Executive MS in Crisis & Emergency Management

Program Overview

This Executive MS in Crisis & Emergency Management program provides professionals with an innovative approach to CEM, focusing on integrating CEM into organizational processes and enhancing skills in complex systems thinking and practice. The fully online and accelerated program offers networking opportunities, industry conference attendance, and financial aid options.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Executive MS in Crisis & Emergency Management program offers an innovative approach to Crisis & Emergency Management (CEM) education. Students will enhance their skills through the lens of organizations dealing with complex systems thinking and practice—and take a contextual shift from focusing on a disaster to actually integrating CEM into all organizational processes.

Objectives:

• Enhance skills in complex systems thinking and practice.
• Integrate CEM into all organizational processes.
• Build on leadership skills.

Program Description:

• Fully online and asynchronous program.
• Designed for individuals in mid- to high-level positions in emergency management.
• Leverages skills in organizational continuity and resilience.
• Accelerated curriculum with 8-week blocks of courses.

Other:

• Program Highlights:
• Competitive pricing
• Accelerated curriculum
• Networking opportunities
• International Association of Emergency Managers National Conference:
• Required attendance for three days.
• Opportunities to network with multiple organizational types.
• Opportunity to present Capstone work.
• Financial Aid:
• U.S. citizens or permanent residents can apply for federal or state aid through the FAFSA.
• Graduate students with at least 6 credit hours can be considered for federal direct unsubsidized Stafford loan and the graduate PLUS loan.