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  • 3.00 Credits

    Supervised practicum in an elementary or middle level classroom with accompanying seminars. Preservice teachers work closely with mentor teachers in planning and implementing instruction, including curriculum integration of technology, guiding student learning, and evaluating student progress in the elementary school curriculum. Transportation not furnished. Prerequisites: ElEd 370, fully accepted into Teacher Education Program, and departmental permission. Graded S/U only.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Overview of the dynamic relationships between natural and technological hazards and disasters and associated requirements for mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Presents the theories, principles, and approaches to emergency management. Philosophy of comprehensive emergency management will be discussed including mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Role, duties, and importance of the emergency manager will be discussed. Prerequisite: EM 276.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Overview of empirical vs. theoretical approaches to disasters; human behavior in disaster, disaster myths; group disaster behavior; community social systems and disaster; cultures, demographics and disaster behavior distinctions, and contemporary disaster research. Writing Instruction in the Discipline (WID) course. Prerequisites: EM 304 and Eng 280, or permission of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Provides an extensive study of the design, implementation, and evaluation of public disaster preparedness education programs. Model preparedness education programs, teaching materials, and educational methods and techniques will be examined. Prerequisites: EM 304 and 305, or permission of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Concepts, theories, principles, programs, and requirements of emergency preparedness; governmental planning, practice, exercises; hazard and risk assessment; team building; case studies. Overview of the relationship of preparedness to response; emergency operations; incident command systems; National Incident Management System (NIMS), interoperability. Prerequisite: EM 304.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduction to federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and policies governing emergency management; history of statute development; significant legislation; federal, state, and local authorities and responsibilities. Prerequisite: EM 304. ( formerly HE 351) Emergency Medical Technician's Training IA. (4) Includes experiences designed to prepare persons who are responsible for giving emergency care to the sick and injured. The American Heart Association "CPR" certificate is include d. Necessary as a prerequisite for EM 352 and state certification as an EMT( formerly HE 352) Emergency Medical Technician's Training IB. (4) May include sessions with paramedics, directors of ambulance services, respiratory therapists, and physicians; ten hours of hospital observation in an approved emergency room; and extrication exercise. Satisfactory completion of EM 351 and 352 and recommendation of instructor results in student eligibility to take EMT state examination. Prerequisite: EM 351 and consent of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Concepts, theories, principles, programs, and requirements of pre- and post-disaster hazard mitigation; governmental planning and practice; hazard and risk assessment; team building; case studies; project development. Overview of disaster recovery programs and requirements; public and individual assistance; hazard mitigation relationships. Prerequisite: EM 304.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduction to research methods in emergency management including scientific method and model and hypothesis development and testing. Utilization of real-time and historic databases for immediate, intermediate, and long-term research needs for hazard and risk assessment and other planning purposes. Prerequisite: EM 305. Weapons of Mass Destruction in Health Science. (3) Provides an overview of weapons of mass destruction from the health sciences and emergency management perspectives. Examination of various forms of weapons of mass destruction and discussion of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention practices facing future professionals is included. Prerequisites: Chem 101 and EM 304, or permission of instructor. Business and Industry Emergency Management. (3) Provides an analysis of governmental emergency management, legal requirements, employee and business disaster awareness and preparedness, public policy considerations, and coordination of community outreach. Prerequisite: EM 304 or permission of instructor. ( formerly OS 477) Disaster and Fire Defense Planning. (3) Covers disaster and fire defense planning, and the interrelationship between those two areas. The concepts and principles of community risk assessment and regional and cooperative procedures and plans, and the relationship of structural, climatic, and topographical variables to group fires, conflagrations, and natural disasters will be discussed. Prerequisites: acceptance into the Open Learning Fire Service Program for inservice fire/ safety personnel by the Director of Nontraditional Programs, or permission of the instructor. ( formerly OS 478) Managerial Issues in Hazardous Materials. (3) The role of the fire service in planning for, responding to, and managing hazardous material incidents. Prerequisite: permission of the Director of Nontraditional Programs.
  • 9.00 - 12.00 Credits

    Provides field work experience and knowledge in appropriate emergency management programs, under supervision of a qualified preceptor. Prerequisites: all coursework must be completed with the exception of 6 s.h. in the minor or General Education. Must have overall GPA 2.00 and major GPA 2.50. Graded S/U only.
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