ECEM Program Outline and Schedules
The degree is completed in 24 months and includes 12 graduate courses (36 credits) that are taken both online and on campus. The programs requires you to:
- Take three courses at a time, for a six-month period, creating a “module.”
- Meet at least once on campus during each “module” for a three-day weekend (Friday through Sunday afternoon) to maximize the learning experience.
- Attend two additional sessions on campus.
Cohort Study
All students who enter the program are expected to complete the program as a cohort. Cohort composition will attempt to provide a cross-section of professionals with the capability of providing unique perspectives to the learning experience and for the benefit of the entire cohort.
First weekend: Introduction to Program, Webcampus, and Faculty
Second weekend: End of first module
Third weekend: End of second module
Fourth weekend: End of third module
Fifth weekend: Exercise
Sixth weekend: End of program
ECEM Curriculum Requirements and Courses
Module 1:
ECEM 711 Crises and Emergency Management
ECEM 712 Science of Catastrophes
ECEM 713 Evolution of Terrorism
Module 2:
ECEM 714 Intergovernmental Affairs
ECEM 721 Organizational Leadership
ECEM 722 Community Preparedness
Module 3:
ECEM 723 Human Considerations
ECEM 724 Exercise Design and Response Plan
ECEM 731 Risk and Mitigation
Module 4:
ECEM 732 Prevention and Planning
ECEM 733 Response and Recovery
ECEM 734 Concept Implementation
When not on campus, you will be required to interact with instructors and classmates via web-based application, e-mail, and telephone. Reliable access to such means of communication is required for successful completion of the program.
Program Information and Schedules
- Schedule for cohort starting in Fall 2012
- Schedule for cohort starting in Fall 2011
- Schedule for cohort starting in Fall 2010
- Schedule for cohort starting in Fall 2009
- Schedule for cohort starting in Spring 2009