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It is expected that students will spend 2 to 3 hours, minimally, outside of the classroom/laboratory performing course related work such as readings, research, homework assignments, practica, studio work, and other academic work for every hour of instruction spent in the classroom/laboratory.
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This course provides students with an understanding of contemporary management principles and practices as they apply to emergency management, and discusses administrative methods for managing the organization. Students will gain an understanding of the decisions and challenges facing today's administrators. Topics include planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and budgeting for a typical agency. This course provides instruction commensurate with many sections of the standards and recommendations of the Ohio and Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(2 contact hours) [Catalog Entry]
This course is designed to provide a multi-discipline audience with the knowledge and training needed to develop an incident action plan and an incident command system to support such a plan. The course includes group activities and a tabletop exercise.
(2 contact hours) [Catalog Entry]
Prerequisite: Second year standing in Emergency Management Planning and Administration Program and permission of instructor.
Under the direction of qualified personnel, students will have the opportunity of experiencing first-hand an agency's role, dynamics, functions, and relationship to the community served. At the conclusion of the course, students will prepare a report discussing the differences and similarities among the agencies within which they have been placed.
(2 contact hours) [Catalog Entry]
Prerequisite: Second year standing in Emergency Planning and Administration program or permission of instructor.
This course provides in-service students with the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained through this and other courses. Students will examine problems and current issues facing the emergency service and propose a solution to one of these problems/issues. While some topics may vary from year to year, typical issues discussed include hiring practices, motivation and discipline, needs assessment and planning, legal issues, current legislative issues, and unfunded mandates. This course is cross-listed as EMGT 2490 Emergency Management Problem Analysis and FIRE 2490 Fire Service Problem Analysis. Students who have taken the course under the alternative course ID should not take this course. (2 contact hours) [Catalog Entry]
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