Bachelor of Science in Emergency Management
The Degree, On-Campus and Online
University General Education Requirements (40 to 46 hours)
- Fundamental Academic Skills (15 hours)
- Distribution Requirements (25 hours)
- Diversity Requirements (6 hours)
Core Requirements (30 hours)
- EMGT 1000 Introduction to Emergency Management
- EMGT 2020 Emergency Management Strategies and Communications: National Incident Management System
- EMGT 2050 Political and Legal Foundations in Emergency Services
- PA 2170 Introduction to Public Administration
- PA/CRCJ 3000 Applied Statistics and Data Processing in the Public Sector
- EMGT 3040 Preparedness Planning and Risk Mitigation
- EMGT 3080 Agency Collaboration during Disasters
- EMGT 4060 Disaster Response and Recovery
- EMGT 4200 Internship in Emergency Management
- EMGT 4990 Capstone
Concentration Areas (Choose two 15-hour concentration areas)
- Aviation Administration
- Criminology and Criminal Justice*
- Fire Service Management*
- Gerontology*
- Geospatial Science
- Information Technology and Communication*
- Intelligence and Security*
- Logistics Management
- Natural Disasters
- Nonprofit Management*
- Planning and Preparing for Urban Hazards
- Private Sector Management
- Public Administration and Management*
- Public Health
- Tribal Management and Emergency Services*
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Contact Us
- Emergency Management and Disaster Science
- 6001 Dodge Street, 112 CPACS
- Omaha, NE 68182
- unoemgt@unomaha.edu
- 402.554.4900
College of Public Affairs and Community Service
- CPACS Units and Resources
- Division of Continuing Studies
- School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Department of Gerontology
- Goodrich Scholarship Program
- School of Public Administration/Aviation Institute/Emergency Management and Disaster Science
- Grace Abbott School of Social Work
- William Brennan Institute for Labor Studies
- Center for Public Affairs Research
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