**SURVEY OF BACCALAUREATE LEVEL PROGRAMS LISTED ON THE FEMA HIGHER
EDUCATION SITE**

**RESULTS AND ANALYSIS AUGUST 2005**

The survey was sent to 49 institutions and a total of 14 have responded
to date for a response rate of 28.5%.

**CORE COMPETENCIES (Table 1 and 2)**

The Core Competencies were rated in order of importance by the
respondents allowing for an initial simple numerical rank ordering of
the results. An initial target of ten competencies was established and
requested in the survey. Actual survey submissions ranged from zero to
seventeen categories for a total of 106 individual line items. The seven
lowest ranked competencies from the one survey that had seventeen
competencies listed were not used in calculating the rank ordering for
the derived categories and are included only in the narrative portion of
the survey results. In addition, as noted in table 2, some of the
individual submissions were worded in such a way that as to cover more
than one of the final derived categories.

The separate competencies were clustered based on generally accepted
definitions of standard subject areas and/or disciplines.

-   Using those criteria 92 of the 106 items or 86.5% fall into the top
    ten competencies

-   Using those criteria 98 of the 106 items or 91.5% of the items
    resolved into thirteen categories

-   Of the remaining 8 item one may be discarded as it refers to four
    categories and ends with etcetera making it indeterminate

-   Five of the remaining seven items showed up one time but are till
    legitimate competencies

-   While there is inherent value to the remaining two items they do not
    necessarily meet the criteria for competencies.

**CORE COURSES (Tables 3 and 4)**

The Core courses were not rated in order of importance by the
respondents thus there is no inherent rank ordering. An initial target
of ten courses was established and requested in the survey. Actual
survey submissions ranged from zero to ten courses for a total of 67
individual courses listed. Clustering was used again to organize the
courses into disciplines and as a result, based on commonality in name,
a rough ordered table is used to present the final outcome by number of
similar course. Three of the submittals contained no course information,
five had 10 courses, three had 8 courses, one had 9 courses one had 6
courses and one had 3 courses. The

Items listed below represent separate sets of courses from the eleven
programs

-   Eight programs seemed to include the same, or very similar by name,
    course.

-   Seven programs seemed to have two same or very similar, by name,
    courses

-   There are an additional three sets of five course similarities by
    name

-   There are an additional three sets of four course similarities by
    name

-   There are an additional four sets of three course similarities by
    name

-   There are an additional five sets of two course similarities by name

Overall the very large number of these matches speaks volumes about the
commonality in approach and delivery despite the very disparate program
offerings, their genesis and the placement of these programs across the
very broad spectrum of departments and schools

**COMPETENCY VERSUS CORE COURSE OFFERINGS (TABLE 5)**

While there is clearly a high level of correlation here the differences
are more obvious when looking at courses versus competencies: 58 of the
92 course or 60.8 % fall into place nicely with no form of adjustment.
Given that many competencies would be covered in many of the courses
this is higher than the authors anticipated.

**COMPETENCY VERSUS 10 COURSE CORE PROGRAMS (TABLE 6)**

There are so many variables built into the arbitrary division of both
competencies and courses into their clusters that one must be very
cautious when viewing this last table. Nonetheless some conclusions can
be drawn.

-   The five very different program represented all end up with roughly
    five courses in the generic but critical "Emergency and Disaster
    Management" competency.

-   All the programs track close enough to definitively identify nine
    core competencies supported by course offerings

-   Although 'critical thinking' was ranked as the most important
    competency it did not rate a separate course

-   No program contained less than 50% content, in the form of related
    courses, from the 10 core competencies and if you posit that
    Homeland Security is the replacement competency for critical
    thinking than one program attains complete congruency with the ten
    competencies and another is 90% congruent that is 40% of the sample
    of the samples.

In summary thirteen competencies have been clearly identified and eleven
seem to form a solid basis for the 10 core competency and 10 core
courses have also been identified. Given the major changes that occurred
going from nine submittals to fourteen submittals additional efforts
should be expended to collect an additional submittals so the results
become more representative.

**CORE COMPETENCY RANKING**

+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **NU   | **CORE COMPETENCY**                  | **NUMBER | **A     |
| MBER** |                                      | OF**     | VERAGED |
|        |                                      |          | RANK**  |
|        |                                      | **RES    |         |
|        |                                      | PONSES** | **      |
|        |                                      |          | VALUE** |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **1**  | **CRITICAL THINKING**                | 12       | 3.58    |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **2**  | **VERBAL COMMUNICATION**             | 8        | 4.825   |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **3**  | **EMERGENCY AND DISASTER             | 22       | 4.86    |
|        | MANAGEMENT**                         |          |         |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **4**  | **LEGAL**                            | 6        | 5.33    |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **5**  | **WRITTEN COMMUNICATION**            | 6        | 5.375   |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **6**  | **MANAGEMENT**                       | 18       | 5.666   |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **7**  | **LEADERSHIP**                       | 11       | 6.09    |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **8**  | **EXERCISES**                        | 5        | 6.6     |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **9**  | **FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT**             | 3        | 6.66    |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **10** | **HUMAN BEHAVIOR**                   | 4        | 7.5     |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **GIS**                              | 2        | 3.0     |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **ETHICS**                           | 2        | 3.5     |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **IT/MIS**                           | 2        | 6.0     |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        |                                      |          |         |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **LOGISTICS**                        | 1        | 4       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT**         | 1        | 4       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **READING**                          | 1        | 5       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **MATHEMATICS/SCIENCES**             | 1        | 6       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **TERRORISM**                        | 1        | 9       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **DEVELOP COMPUTER, GIS,             | 1        | 10      |
|        | COMMUNICATION, LEADERSHIP SKILLS,    |          |         |
|        | ETC**                                |          |         |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        |                                      |          |         |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **DIVERSITY**                        | 1        | 6       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT**         | 1        | 9       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+

**Table 1**

**CORE COMPETENCY CLUSTERING**

Table 2

+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
| *         | **CORE COMPETENCY CATEGORY**                  | **RANKI |
| *NUMBER** |                                               | NGS**\* |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
|           |                                               |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
| **1**     | **CRITICAL THINKING**                         | 1       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Critical Thinking                             | 1       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Critical thinking                             | 3       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Problem Solving Skills                        | 1       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Critical Thinking including Preparing and     | 7       |
|           | Reviewing Grants                              |         |
|           |                                               | 7       |
|           | Grant Writing Skills                          |         |
|           |                                               | 8       |
|           | Critical Thinking and Decision-Making         |         |
|           |                                               | 4       |
|           | Critical Thinking and Decision-Making         |         |
|           |                                               | 3       |
|           | Decision making                               |         |
|           |                                               | 5       |
|           | Decision making                               |         |
|           |                                               | 2       |
|           | Decision-making Skills                        |         |
|           |                                               | 1       |
|           | Assess operational and administrative         |         |
|           | situations and problems and arrive at         |         |
|           | effective decisions                           |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Critical thinking and problem solving skills  |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
| **2**     | **VERBAL COMMUNICATION**                      | 4       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Verbal Communication                          | 1       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Speaking Skills                               | 3       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Speaking Skills                               | 4       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Presentation skills                           | 5       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Communications                                | 3       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Personal Communication                        | 8       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Risk Communications & Public Information      | 5       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Conduct public information and crisis         | 9       |
|           | communications effectively                    |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Interpersonal communications skills in an     |         |
|           | interagency situation                         |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
| **3**     | **EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT**         | 1       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Emergency management skills                   | 7       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Management of Fire Related programs           | 8       |
|           | operations and incidents                      |         |
|           |                                               | 9       |
|           | Management of EMS related programs operations |         |
|           | and incidents                                 | 2       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Management of Emergency Management related    | 1       |
|           | programs operations and incidents             |         |
|           |                                               | 2       |
|           | Identify the diverse roles and                |         |
|           | responsibilities of the emergency manager     | 2       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Emergency Planning, Mitigation, Response and  | 4       |
|           | Recovery Operations                           |         |
|           |                                               | 5       |
|           | Understand the causes and consequences of     |         |
|           | disaster                                      | 5       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Be aware of the complex and overlapping       | 6       |
|           | nature of the four phases of disaster         |         |
|           |                                               | 9       |
|           | Understanding of hazards                      |         |
|           |                                               | 1       |
|           | Know the processes associated with risk       |         |
|           | assessments, land-use planning, structural    | 3       |
|           | mitigation, planning, training, exercises,    |         |
|           | grant acquisition                             | 4       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Comprehend ICS, EOC operations, warning,      | 5       |
|           | evacuation, sheltering, SAR, EMS, damage      |         |
|           | assessment, disaster declarations, debris     | 7       |
|           | removal, donations management, CIS/PTSD, mass |         |
|           | fatality management, public information       | 6       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Hazards analysis & risk assessment            | 2       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Be cognizant of the needs of special          | 6       |
|           | populations                                   |         |
|           |                                               | 4       |
|           | Evaluate the potential for more and worse     |         |
|           | disasters, and appreciate the need for a more |         |
|           | proactive approach to disaster management     |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Emergency Response                            |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Mitigation and Prevention                     |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Recovery                                      |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Hazard & Risk Assessment                      |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Incident Management NIMS NRP                  |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Emergency Planning to include Business        |         |
|           | recovery & COOP                               |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Develop emergency response and recovery plans |         |
|           | resources directories procedures etc          |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Develop and conduct specialized training      |         |
|           | programs for emergency staff                  |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
| **4**     | **LEGAL STUDIES**                             | 6       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Legal Issues and Concerns                     | 8       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Legal Environment                             | 10      |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | EMERENCY MANAGEMENT Public Policy and         | 3       |
|           | Disaster Laws                                 |         |
|           |                                               | 2       |
|           | Articulate requirements and help shape public |         |
|           | policy including those that drive mitigation  | 3       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Understand the Stafford act and Patriot Act   |         |
|           | as they apply to EMERENCY MANAGEMENT          |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Comprehensive knowledge of legal              |         |
|           | framework.....                                |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
| **5**     | **WRITTEN COMMUNICATION**                     | 7       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Writing                                       | 2       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Writing Skills                                | 2       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Written Communication including research      | 5       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Communications                                | 10      |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Writing skills                                | 5       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Effective writing                             | 3       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Personal Communication                        | 9       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Interpersonal communications skills in an     |         |
|           | interagency situation                         |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
| **6**     | **MANAGEMENT**                                | 1       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Understanding and applying management         | 9       |
|           | principles                                    |         |
|           |                                               | 9       |
|           | Management                                    |         |
|           |                                               | 3       |
|           | Effective Management Skills                   |         |
|           |                                               | 8       |
|           | Administrative Skill Sets                     |         |
|           |                                               | 4       |
|           | Planning, Policy Development & Organizational |         |
|           | Skills                                        | 2       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Understanding and applying labor principles   | 9       |
|           | and issues Understanding and applying human   |         |
|           | resources                                     | 7       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Project management                            | 8       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Managing People                               | 1       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Managing Change                               | 2       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Manage a local emergency management program - | 9       |
|           | including budgeting and staffing etc          |         |
|           |                                               | 7       |
|           | Manage and coordinate emergency response      |         |
|           | operations, including operations of an EOC    | 4       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Identify futures and trends and make useful   | 5       |
|           | forecasts and develop futures scenarios       |         |
|           |                                               | 6       |
|           | Develop and conduct public education and      |         |
|           | mobilization programs                         | 8       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Understand various elements of an Emergency   |         |
|           | Response Plan                                 |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Foundation in hazards and disasters, natural, |         |
|           | manmade .......                               |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Competency in gathering data hazard           |         |
|           | identification and vulnerability assessment   |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Knowledge of techniques and methods to        |         |
|           | restore operations quickly after a disaster,  |         |
|           | to cope survive and recover from disaster     |         |
|           | situations                                    |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
| **7**     | **LEADERSHIP**                                | 10      |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Leadership/follower ship                      | 6       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Skill in Leadership Ability                   | 7       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Leadership including Networking/Consensus     | 4       |
|           | building/Team building                        |         |
|           |                                               | 8       |
|           | Leadership                                    |         |
|           |                                               | 4       |
|           | Personal Networking Skills                    |         |
|           |                                               | 4       |
|           | Understand the value and purposes of          |         |
|           | professional associations and recognize need  | 5       |
|           | for networking and inter-organizational       |         |
|           | collaboration                                 | 2       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Leadership                                    | 8       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Leadership and ethics                         | 9       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Evaluating and Implementing Current           |         |
|           | Technologies                                  |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Strategic Planning                            |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Community Leadership and Intergovernmental    |         |
|           | Relationships                                 |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
| **8**     | **EXERCISES**                                 | 2       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Emergency Managementergency Preparedness to   | 10      |
|           | include Exercise & Training Principles        |         |
|           |                                               | 6       |
|           | Exercise Development Skills                   |         |
|           |                                               | 8       |
|           | Game Theory and exercise planning/execution   |         |
|           |                                               | 7       |
|           | design and manage an effective exercise       |         |
|           | program                                       |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Training and exercise development skill       |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
| **9**     | **FINANCIAL MANAGMENT**                       | 3       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Understanding and applying financial          | 7       |
|           | management principles                         |         |
|           |                                               | 10      |
|           | Budgeting and program management              |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Financial Management and budgeting            |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
| **10**    | **HUMAN BEHAVIOR**                            | 8       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Understanding of human behavior               | 7       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Be aware of individual and group behavior in  | 5       |
|           | disasters and importance of improvisation     |         |
|           |                                               | 10      |
|           | Human behavior in crises/group behavior       |         |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Knowledge of psychological emotional and      |         |
|           | physical response of individuals and          |         |
|           | groups....                                    |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
|           |                                               |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
| **11**    | **GEOGRAPHY**                                 | 3       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | GIS                                           | 3       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | GIS                                           |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
| **12**    | **ETHICS**                                    | 5       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Leadership and ethics                         | 2       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Ethics                                        |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
| **13**    | **IT/MIS**                                    | 10      |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Information management and communications     | 2       |
|           |                                               |         |
|           | Computer skills                               |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
|           |                                               |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
|           | Logistics                                     | 4       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
|           | Research and Development                      | 4       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
|           | Reading                                       | 5       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
|           | Mathematics/Sciences                          | 6       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
|           | International studies (terrorism)             | 9       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
|           | Develop computer, GIS, communication,         | 10      |
|           | leadership skills, etc                        |         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
|           | Professional Development                      | 9       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+
|           | Diversity                                     | 6       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------+---------+

> \* The details list each submission applied to the overriding
> competency. The number of entries exceeds the total of applied items
> as some submissions were applicable to more than one category.

**CORE COURSES CLUSTERING**

Table 3

+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| \ | Level     | Course                                               |
| # |           |                                                      |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   |           |                                                      |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | FES 3015  | # Principles of Fire and Emergency Serv              |
|   |           | ices Management Fundamentals of EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT |
|   | DSM 2010  |                                                      |
|   |           | # Introduction to EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT               |
|   | 3010      |                                                      |
|   |           | # Introduction to EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT               |
|   | ETM 360   |                                                      |
|   |           | Developing EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Skills               |
|   | EAM 3003  |                                                      |
|   |           | Introduction to EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT                 |
|   | EMGT250   |                                                      |
|   |           | Foundations of EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT                  |
|   | PAD 4391  |                                                      |
|   |           | Intro to EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT                        |
|   | EXT 370   |                                                      |
|   |           | Principles and Practices of EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT     |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 2 | EXT 371   | Practical Applications of Principles and Practice of |
|   |           | Disaster Planning and Response Operations.           |
|   | EXT 465   |                                                      |
|   |           | Disaster Characteristics and impacts                 |
|   | EMGT326   |                                                      |
|   |           | Impact of disaster                                   |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   |           | Defending Communities                                |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   |           | Principles of Hazard Mitigation                      |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   |           | Risk Assessment & Vulnerability Analysis             |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 2 | PADM 4509 | Political and Policy Basis of EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT   |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | EMGT340   | Political & Policy Basis of EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT     |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | EAM 3013  | Public Policy Issues EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT            |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | PSC303    | State and Local Government                           |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | 3410      | Financial Aspects of Government                      |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | EXT 372   | Public Policy decision making                        |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   |           | Law and Policy in EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT               |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 3 | 3080      | Leadership and Organizational Behavior (Public       |
|   |           | Management)                                          |
|   | PADM 4400 |                                                      |
|   |           | Seminar on Leadership Development                    |
|   | FES 4023  |                                                      |
|   |           | Leadership and Ethics                                |
|   | PAD 4332  |                                                      |
|   |           | Strategic Leadership for Communities                 |
|   | EXT 464   |                                                      |
|   |           | Group Dynamics and facilitation of EMERGENCY         |
|   |           | MANAGEMENT systems                                   |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 3 | ETM 364   | Toxicology and Biohazards in EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT    |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | EAM 4053  | Community Management of Hazardous Materials          |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | SC403     | Chemistry of Hazardous Materials                     |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | GEO 4340  | Living in a hazardous environment                    |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   |           | Hazards and threats in the future                    |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 3 | COMM 2101 | Professional Communications                          |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | EAM 3123  | Public Information Skills for Emergency Managers     |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | CMPR400   | Crisis Communications                                |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | PAD       | Public Information and EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT          |
|   | 4936-7    |                                                      |
|   |           | Crisis Communications                                |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 4 | ETM 362   | Homeland Security                                    |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | ETM 494   | Terrorism Defense                                    |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | PAD       | Terrorism Preparedness and Response                  |
|   | 4936-6    |                                                      |
|   |           | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT and the challenge of Terrorism  |
|   | EXT 467   |                                                      |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 4 | PADM 4511 | Social Dimensions of Disaster                        |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | PY431     | Psychology of Disaster                               |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | EXT 468   | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT and coping with disaster Stress |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | EXT 463   | Social Issues related to EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT        |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 4 | EMGT324   | > Emergency Planning                                 |
|   |           | >                                                    |
|   | CJ395     | > Emergency Planning                                 |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | PAD 4393  | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Principles Planning & Policy    |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   |           | Emergency Planning                                   |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 5 | FES 3803  | Multi Agency Incident Command                        |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | ETM 460   | NIMS                                                 |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | MC477     | Emergency and Disaster Incident Command              |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 5 | PADM 4508 | Technology and EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT                  |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | EAM 4023  | Information Technology and EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT      |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | ETM 363   | Information Technology Applications in EMERGENCY     |
|   |           | MANAGEMENT                                           |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 5 | EAM 4013  | Business and Industry Crisis Management              |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | MM325     | > Consequence Management                             |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | EXT 497   | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT risk assessment and continuity  |
|   |           | planning                                             |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 5 | 3045      | Disaster Response and Recovery                       |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | EAM 4003  | Disaster Relief and Recovery                         |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   |           | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Operations                      |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 6 | ETM 301   | Environmental Management                             |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | GM324     | Environmental and Ecosystems Management              |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 6 | DSM 2000  | Introduction to Hazards                              |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | 3035      | Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness                   |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 6 | PADM 3302 | Ethics and Values in Public Sector                   |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | EAM 4043  | Disaster and EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Ethics             |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 6 | EAM 4033  | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Research Methods                |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | RQ300     | Research, Analysis, and Writing                      |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
| 6 | 4800      | Internship Preparation                               |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | EXT 494   | Service learning internship                          |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   |           |                                                      |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   | FES 4045  | Fire and Emergency Services Human resource           |
|   |           | Management                                           |
|   | FES 4003  |                                                      |
|   |           | Fire and Emergency Services Policy and               |
|   | FES 3033  | Administration                                       |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | FES 3753  | Fire and Emergency Services Labor Issues             |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   | FES 3755  | Fire and Emergency Services Financial Management     |
|   |           |                                                      |
|   |           | Capital Equipment and Facilities                     |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   | CORE 1006 | The Global Challenge                                 |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   | PADM 4512 | Safety and Emergency Administration                  |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   | PSC304    | Public Administration                                |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   | ENGL401   | Writing for Careers                                  |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   | CJ397     | Physical Security                                    |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   | GM464     | Natural Disaster Management                          |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   | FES 3284  | Management of Emergency Medical Services             |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   | MC 310    | > Logistics Management                               |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   |           | Disaster Exercises                                   |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   |           | Public Budgeting                                     |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   |           |                                                      |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   | DSM 3900  | Disaster Seminar (1 hour)                            |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   | ETM 424   | Comprehensive EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT                   |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   | 4080      | Capstone in Emergency Management                     |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+
|   | 4810      | Practicum                                            |
+---+-----------+------------------------------------------------------+

**CORE COURSES BY PROGRAM**

Table 4

\* No course numbers were given for this submission so arbitrary
identifying numbers have been assigned to allow for their placement in
table six

**COMPETENCY VS COURSE CLUSTERING**

**Table 5**

For clusters with two or more courses

+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| * | **CORE COMPETENCY          | **CLUSTER (First line and rank     |
| * | CATEGORY**                 | order)**                           |
| \ |                            |                                    |
| # |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
|   |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| * | **CRITICAL THINKING**      |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| 1 |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| * | **VERBAL COMMUNICATION**   | PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS (3)    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| 2 |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| * | **EMERGENCY AND DISASTER   | PRINCIPLES (1)                     |
| * | MANAGEMENT**               |                                    |
| 3 |                            | PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS (2)         |
| * |                            |                                    |
| * |                            | EMERGENCY PLANNING (4)             |
|   |                            |                                    |
|   |                            | MULTI AGENCY INCIDENT COMMAND (5)  |
|   |                            |                                    |
|   |                            | BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY CRISIS       |
|   |                            | MANAGEMENT (5)                     |
|   |                            |                                    |
|   |                            | DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY (5) |
|   |                            | BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COOP (5)     |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| * | **LEGAL STUDIES**          | POLITICAL/POLICY (2)               |
| * |                            |                                    |
| 4 |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| * | **WRITTEN COMMUNICATION**  | PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS (3)    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| 5 |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| * | **MANAGEMENT**             | ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (6)       |
| * |                            |                                    |
| 6 |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| * | **LEADERSHIP**             | LEADERSHIP (3)                     |
| * |                            |                                    |
| 7 |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| * | **EXERCISES**              |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| 8 |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| * | **FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT**   |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| 9 |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| * | **HUMAN BEHAVIOR**         | SOCIAL DIMENSIONS (5)              |
| * |                            |                                    |
| 1 |                            |                                    |
| 0 |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| * | **GIS**                    |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| 1 |                            |                                    |
| 1 |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| * | **ETHICS**                 | ETHICS AND VALUES (6)              |
| * |                            |                                    |
| 1 |                            |                                    |
| 2 |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| * | **IT/MIS**                 | TECHNOLOGY (5)                     |
| * |                            |                                    |
| 1 |                            |                                    |
| 3 |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
| * |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
|   | Homeland Security          | HOMELAND SECURITY (4)              |
|   | Including Terrorism        |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
|   | Mathematics/Sciences       | TOXICOLOGY/CHEMISTRY (3)           |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
|   |                            | INTRO TO HAZARDS (6)               |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
|   | Research and Development   | RESEARCH METHODS (6)               |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
|   | Logistics                  |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
|   | Reading                    |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
|   | Develop computer, GIS,     |                                    |
|   | communication, leadership  |                                    |
|   | skills, etc                |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
|   | Diversity                  |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
|   |                            |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
|   | Professional Development   |                                    |
+---+----------------------------+------------------------------------+

> NOTE: With only course names to work with courses were clustered. The
> end results fell into a logical order with three leading clusters and
> then bands of competing clusters and then finally an array of single
> courses therefore there are a number of 4s 5s 6s and 7s.

**COMPETENCY VS FIVE INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAM OFFERINGS**

Table 6

+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| * | **CORE COMPETENCY        | **  | **2** | **3** | **4** | **5** |
| * | CATEGORY**               | 1** |       |       |       |       |
| \ |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| # |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| * | **CRITICAL THINKING**    |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| 1 |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| * | **VERBAL COMMUNICATION** |     | CM    | 7     | EA    | E     |
| * |                          |     | PR400 |       | M3123 | XT466 |
| 2 |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| * | **EMERGENCY AND DISASTER | CJ  | EM    | 1     | EA    | E     |
| * | MANAGEMENT**             | 395 | GT250 |       | M3000 | XT370 |
| 3 |                          | MC  |       | 2     |       |       |
| * |                          | 477 | EM    |       | EA    | E     |
| * |                          | MM  | GT324 | 3     | M3003 | XT371 |
|   |                          | 325 |       |       |       |       |
|   |                          | GM  | EM    | 6     | EA    | E     |
|   |                          | 464 | GT326 |       | M4003 | XT465 |
|   |                          |     |       | 7     |       |       |
|   |                          |     | EM    |       |       | E     |
|   |                          |     | GT331 |       |       | XT497 |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| * | **LEGAL STUDIES**        |     | EM    | 4     | EA    | E     |
| * |                          |     | GT340 |       | M3013 | XT372 |
| 4 |                          |     | P     |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     | SC303 |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| * | **WRITTEN                |     | CM    |       |       |       |
| * | COMMUNICATION**          |     | PR400 |       |       |       |
| 5 |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     | EN    |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     | GL401 |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| * | **MANAGEMENT**           |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| 6 |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| * | **LEADERSHIP**           |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| 7 |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| * | **EXERCISES**            |     | EM    | 9     |       |       |
| * |                          |     | GT448 |       |       |       |
| 8 |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| * | **FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT** |     |       | 5     |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| 9 |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| * | **HUMAN BEHAVIOR**       | PY  |       |       |       | E     |
| * |                          | 431 |       |       |       | XT463 |
| 1 |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| 0 |                          |     |       |       |       | E     |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       | XT464 |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
|   |                          |     |       |       |       | E     |
|   |                          |     |       |       |       | XT468 |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| * | **GIS**                  |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| 1 |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| 1 |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| * | **ETHICS**               |     |       |       | EA    |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       | M4043 |       |
| 1 |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| 2 |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| * | **IT/MIS**               |     |       |       | EA    |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       | M4013 |       |
| 1 |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| 3 |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
| * |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   | Homeland                 |     |       | 8     |       | E     |
|   | Security/Terrorism       |     |       |       |       | XT467 |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   | Mathematics/Sciences     | SC  |       |       | EA    |       |
|   |                          | 403 |       |       | M4053 |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   | Logistics                | MC  |       |       |       |       |
|   |                          | 310 |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   | Reading                  |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   | Develop computer, GIS,   |     |       |       |       |       |
|   | communication,           |     |       |       |       |       |
|   | leadership skills, etc   |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   | Diversity                |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   | Research and Development | RC  |       |       | EA    |       |
|   |                          | 300 |       |       | M4033 |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   | Professional Development |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   | (Physical Security)      | CJ  |       |       |       |       |
|   |                          | 397 |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   | (Environmental and       | GM  |       |       |       |       |
|   |                          | 324 |       |       |       |       |
|   | Ecosystem Management)    |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   | (Public Administration)  |     | P     |       |       |       |
|   |                          |     | SC304 |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   | (Internship)             |     |       |       |       | E     |
|   |                          |     |       |       |       | XT494 |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   |                          |     |       |       |       |       |
+---+--------------------------+-----+-------+-------+-------+-------+

> NOTE: Competency in parentheses was not on any competency list .