Emergency Management - AAS
Major: 3018
Effective Term: 2012 Fall Final Term: Current
Award: AAS
Total Credits: 64
Description:
The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Emergency Management provides the student with knowledge and skills required to conduct a comprehensive emergency management program. The program prepares students to manage fire department operations, hazardous materials incidents, tactics, strategy, and safety of firefighting activities, and customer service in the public sector. The student will be prepared for positions such as Emergency Manager, Emergency Management Planner, Emergency Operations Coordinator, Environmental Compliance Planner, and Emergency Management Specialist, working in state, local, federal, and international governments, business and industry, military installations, and health care facilities.
Program Notes:
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
Students must earn a grade of "C" or better in all courses within the program.
Students must earn a grade of "C" or better in all courses within the program.
Admission Criteria:
None
Program Prerequisites: None
| Credits: 24 | |||
| AJS101 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 | |
| AJS/FSC139 | Emergency Response to Terrorism | 3 | |
| AJS/FSC146 | Disaster Recovery Operations | 3 | |
| AJS/FSC147 | Emergency Preparedness | 3 | |
| AJS/FSC148 | Fundamentals of Emergency Management | 3 | |
| AJS/FSC149 | Hazard Mitigation | 3 | |
| FSC105 | Hazardous Materials/First Responder | 3 | |
| FSC224 | Incident Command Systems | 3 | |
| Credits: 15-18 | |||
| AJS195 | International and Domestic Terrorism | 3 | |
| AJS225 | Criminology | 3 | |
| AJS270 | Community Relations | 3 | |
| AJS275 | Criminal Investigation I | 3 | |
| FSC216 | Fundamental of Flammable Hazardous Materials | 3 | |
| FSC217 | Dangerous and Explosive Hazardous Materials | 3 | |
| AJS++++ | Any Administration of Justice Studies course | ||
| FSC++++ | Any Fire Science Technology course | ||
| General Education Requirement | Credits: 25-27 | ||
| General Education Core | Credits: 15-17 | ||
| First-Year Composition | Credits: 6 | ||
| ENG101 | First-Year Composition (3) AND | ||
| ENG102 | First-Year Composition (3) | 6 | |
| Oral Communication | Credits: 3 | ||
| Any approved general education course in the Oral Communication area | 3 | ||
| Critical Reading | Credits: 3 | ||
| Any approved general education course in the Critical Reading area | 3 | ||
| Mathematics | Credits: 3-5 | ||
| MAT102 | Mathematical Concepts/Applications or Satisfactory completion of Higher level mathematics course | 3-5 | |
| General Education Distribution | Credits: 10 | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | Credits: 3 | ||
| AJS123 | Ethics and the Administration of Justice | 3 | |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | Credits: 3 | ||
| AJS/EMT/FSC/SWU258 | Victimology and Crisis Management | 3 | |
| Natural Sciences | Credits: 4 | ||
| Any approved general education course in the Natural Sciences area. | 4 | ||
Program Competencies
- Identify and describe the major components of the criminal justice process. (AJS101)
- Define terrorism, and describe the role of first responders in emergency response plans, resource development, incident management systems, patient assessment, and communication with the media. (AJS/FSC139)
- Describe disaster recovery operations including planning considerations, special populations issues and recovery responsibilities. (AJS/FSC146)
- Explain emergency planning concepts and implementation strategies for response and prevention. (AJS/FSC147)
- Describe the components of an integrated emergency management system, including the role of the managers and key organizations and explain historical events that impacted on its development and processes for assessing threat. (AJS/FSC148)
- Identify and describe hazard mitigation strategies, including coordinated community responses and resources. (AJS/FSC149)
- Describe the chemical processes utilized in dealing with hazardous materials incidence. (FSC105)
- Recognize and identify the chemical and physical properties of hazardous materials. (FSC105)
- Describe methods for managing Emergency incidents including command, control, and coordination of response. (FSC224)
Additional information is available at MCCCD's Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation.
All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change.
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