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

**CURRENT RESULTS AND ANALYSIS**

The survey was sent to 49 institutions and a total of 9 have responded
to date for a response rate of 18.36%.

**CORE COMPETENCIES**

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 85 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 95.8% of the items resolved into seventeen
    categories.

-   Of the remaining 4 item one may be discarded as it refers to four
    categories and ends with etcetera making it indeterminate

-   While there is inherent value to the remaining three items they do
    not necessarily meet the criteria for competencies and might better
    be labeled as personal traits or characteristics, each was only
    listed by one respondent

-   There are eleven categories (two were equal numerically and tied for
    the number 10 position) that fell into a logical order

-   Two more just did not have sufficient support to make the top ten
    -both listed by two respondents

-   Two more are considered vital and basic and as such might better be
    assigned to the associate degree level. Both of these were listed by
    only one respondent.

**CORE COURSES**

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. Given that four of the nine submittals had ten courses,
three of the nine had 8 courses, one had 3 courses and one had zero
courses they communality is very high.

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

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

-   Five programs seemed to have the same or very similar, by name,
    courses

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

-   There are an additional eight 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

**CORE COMPETENCY**

**COMPETENCY RANKING**

**Table 1**

+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **NU   | **CORE COMPETENCY**                  | **NUMBER | **A     |
| MBER** |                                      | OF**     | VERAGED |
|        |                                      |          | RANK**  |
|        |                                      | **RES    |         |
|        |                                      | PONSES** | **      |
|        |                                      |          | VALUE** |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **1**  | **GIS**                              | 2        | 3       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **2**  | **VERBAL COMMUNICATION**             | 6        | 3.33    |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **3**  | **ETHICS**                           | 2        | 3.5     |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **4**  | **CRITICAL THINKING**                | 10       | 4.0     |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **5**  | **EMERGENCY AND DISASTER             | 14       | 4.43    |
|        | MANAGEMENT**                         |          |         |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **6**  | **WRITTEN COMMUNICATION**            | 7        | 4..58   |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **7**  | **MANAGEMENT**                       | 10       | 6.0     |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **8**  | **IT/MIS**                           | 2        | 6.0     |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **9**  | **LEADERSHIP**                       | 10       | 6.1     |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **10** | **FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT**             | 3        | 6.66    |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **10** | **HUMAN BEHAVIOR**                   | 3        | 6.66    |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        |                                      |          |         |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **11** | **LEGAL**                            | 2        | 7       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **12** | **EXERCISES**                        | 2        | 8       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        |                                      |          |         |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **13** | **TERRORISM**                        | 1        | 9       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **14** | **LOGISTICS**                        | 1        | 4       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        |                                      |          |         |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **15** | **READING**                          | 1        | 5       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
| **16** | **MATHEMATICS/SCIENCES**             | 1        | 6       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        |                                      |          |         |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **DEVELOP COMPUTER, GIS,             | 1        | 10      |
|        | COMMUNICATION, LEADERSHIP SKILLS,    |          |         |
|        | ETC**                                |          |         |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        |                                      |          |         |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **DIVERSITY**                        | 1        | 6       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT**         | 1        | 4       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+
|        | **PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT**         | 1        | 9       |
+--------+--------------------------------------+----------+---------+

**CORE COMPETENCY**

**COMPETENCY CLUSTERING**

Table 2

+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **NUM | **CORE COMPETENCY CATEGORY**                      | **DETA  |
| BER** |                                                   | ILS**\* |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
|       |                                                   |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **1** | **GEOGRAPHY**                                     | 3       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | GIS                                               | 3       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | GIS                                               |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **2** | **VERBAL COMMUNICATION**                          | 4       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Verbal Communication                              | 1       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Speaking Skills                                   | 3       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Speaking Skills                                   | 4       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Presentation skills                               | 5       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Communications                                    | 3       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Personal Communication                            |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **3** | **ETHICS**                                        | 5       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Leadership and ethics                             | 2       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Ethics                                            |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **4** | **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                                   |         |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Decision-making Skills                            |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **5** | **EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT**             | 1       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Emergency management skills                       | 7       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Management of Fire Related programs operations    | 8       |
|       | and incidents                                     |         |
|       |                                                   | 9       |
|       | Management of EMS related programs operations and |         |
|       | incidents                                         | 2       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Management of Emergency Management related        | 1       |
|       | programs operations and incidents                 |         |
|       |                                                   | 1       |
|       | Identify the diverse roles and responsibilities   |         |
|       | of the emergency manager                          | 2       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Emergency Planning, Mitigation, Response and      | 2       |
|       | Recovery Operations                               |         |
|       |                                                   | 4       |
|       | Understand the causes and consequences of         |         |
|       | disaster                                          | 5       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Be aware of the complex and overlapping nature of | 5       |
|       | the four phases of disaster                       |         |
|       |                                                   | 6       |
|       | Understanding of hazards                          |         |
|       |                                                   | 9       |
|       | Know the processes associated with risk           |         |
|       | assessments, land-use planning, structural        |         |
|       | mitigation, planning, training, exercises, grant  |         |
|       | acquisition                                       |         |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Comprehend ICS, EOC operations, warning,          |         |
|       | evacuation, sheltering, SAR, EMS, damage          |         |
|       | assessment, disaster declarations, debris         |         |
|       | removal, donations management, CIS/PTSD, mass     |         |
|       | fatality management, public information           |         |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Hazards analysis & risk assessment                |         |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Be cognizant of the needs of special populations  |         |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Evaluate the potential for more and worse         |         |
|       | disasters, and appreciate the need for a more     |         |
|       | proactive approach to disaster management         |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **6** | **WRITTEN COMMUNICATION**                         | 7       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Writing                                           | 2       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Writing Skills                                    | 2       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Written Communication including research          | 5       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Communications                                    | 10      |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Writing skills                                    | 5       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Effective writing                                 | 3       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Personal Communication                            |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **7** | **MANAGEMENT**                                    | 1       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Understanding and applying management principles  | 9       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Management                                        | 9       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Effective Management Skills                       | 3       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Administrative Skill Sets                         | 8       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Planning, Policy Development & Organizational     | 4       |
|       | Skills                                            |         |
|       |                                                   | 2       |
|       | Understanding and applying labor principles and   |         |
|       | issues Understanding and applying human resources | 9       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Project management                                | 7       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Managing People                                   | 8       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Managing Change                                   |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **8** | **IT/MIS**                                        | 10      |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Information management and communications         | 2       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Computer skills                                   |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **9** | **LEADERSHIP**                                    | 10      |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Leadership/follower ship                          | 6       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Skill in Leadership Ability                       | 7       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Leadership including Networking/Consensus         | 7       |
|       | building/Team building                            |         |
|       |                                                   | 4       |
|       | Leadership                                        |         |
|       |                                                   | 8       |
|       | Personal Networking Skills                        |         |
|       |                                                   | 4       |
|       | Understand the value and purposes of professional |         |
|       | associations and recognize need for networking    | 5       |
|       | and inter-organizational collaboration            |         |
|       |                                                   | 2       |
|       | Leadership                                        |         |
|       |                                                   | 8       |
|       | Leadership and ethics                             |         |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Evaluating and Implementing Current Technologies  |         |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Strategic Planning                                |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| *     | **FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT**                          | 3       |
| *10** |                                                   |         |
|       | Understanding and applying financial management   | 7       |
|       | principles                                        |         |
|       |                                                   | 10      |
|       | Budgeting and program management                  |         |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Financial Management and budgeting                |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| *     | **HUMAN BEHAVIOR**                                | 8       |
| *10** |                                                   |         |
|       | Understanding of human behavior                   | 7       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Be aware of individual and group behavior in      | 5       |
|       | disasters and importance of improvisation         |         |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Human behavior in crises/group behavior           |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
|       |                                                   |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| *     | **LEGAL STUDIES**                                 | 6       |
| *11** |                                                   |         |
|       | Legal Issues and Concerns                         | 8       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Legal Environment                                 |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| *     | **WARGAMING**                                     | 10      |
| *12** |                                                   |         |
|       | Exercise Development Skills                       | 6       |
|       |                                                   |         |
|       | Game Theory and exercise planning/execution       |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
|       |                                                   |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| *     | **HOMELAND SECURITY INCLUDING TERRORISM**         | 9       |
| *13** |                                                   |         |
|       | International studies (terrorism)                 |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| *     | **LOGISTICS**                                     | 4       |
| *14** |                                                   |         |
|       | Logistics                                         |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
|       |                                                   |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| *     | **READING**                                       | 5       |
| *15** |                                                   |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
| *     | **MATHEMATICS/SCIENCES**                          | 6       |
| *16** |                                                   |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
|       |                                                   |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
|       | Develop computer, GIS, communication, leadership  | 10      |
|       | skills, etc                                       |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
|       |                                                   |         |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
|       | Diversity                                         | 6       |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
|       | Research and Development                          | 4       |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+
|       | Professional Development                          | 9       |
+-------+---------------------------------------------------+---------+

> \* The details list each submission applied to the overriding
> competency, The number of entries exceeds the total of 78 applied
> items as some submissions were applicable to more than one category..

**CORE COURSES**

COURSES BY PROGRAM

Table 4

+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| Level       | Course                                        |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
|             |                                               |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| FES 3015    | # Princip                                     |        |
|             | les of Fire and Emergency Services Management |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| FES 4045    | Fire and Emergency Services Human resource    |        |
|             | Management                                    |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| FES 4003    | Fire and Emergency Services Policy and        |        |
|             | Administration                                |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| FES 3755    | Capital Equipment and Facilities              |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| FES 4023    | Leadership and Ethics                         |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| FES 3033    | Fire and Emergency Services Labor Issues      |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| FES 3753    | Fire and Emergency Services Financial         |        |
|             | Management                                    |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| FES 3284    | Management of Emergency Medical Services      |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| FES 3803    | Multi Agency Incident Command                 |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| \]          |                                               |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| DSM 2010    | Fundamentals of Emergency Management          |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| DSM 2000    | Introduction to Hazards                       |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| DSM 3900    | Disaster Seminar (1 hour)                     |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
|             |                                               |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| 3010        | Introduction to Emergency Management          |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| 3035        | Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness            |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| 3045        | Disaster Response and Recovery                |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| 3080        | Leadership and Organizational Behavior        |        |
|             | (Public Management)                           |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| 4080        | Capstone in Emergency Management              |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| 3410        | Financial Aspects of Government               |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| 4800        | Internship Preparation                        |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| 4810        | Practicum                                     |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
|             |                                               |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| ETM 301     | Environmental Management                      |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| ETM 360     | Introduction to Emergency Management          |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| ETM 362     | Homeland Security                             |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| ETM 460     | NIMS                                          |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| ETM 424     | Comprehensive Emergency Management            |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| ETM 363     | Information Technology Applications in Em Mgt |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| ETM 364     | Toxicology and Biohazards in Emergency Mgt    |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| ETM 494     | Terrorism Defense                             |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
|             |                                               |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| PADM 4400   | Seminar on Leadership Development             |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| PADM 3302   | Ethics and Values in Public Sector            |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| COMM 2101   | Professional Communications                   |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| CORE 1006   | The Global Challenge                          |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| PADM 4511   | Social Dimensions of Disaster                 |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| PADM 4509   | Political and Policy Basis of Emergency       |        |
|             | Management                                    |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| PADM 4508   | Technology and Emergency Management           |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| PADM 4512   | Safety and Emergency Administration           |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
|             |                                               |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EAM 3003    | Developing Emergency Management Skills        |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EAM 3013    | Principles and Practice of Disaster Planning  |        |
|             | and Response Operations                       |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EAM 3013    | Public Policy Issues in Emergency Management  |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EAM 3123    | Public Information Skills for Emergency       |        |
|             | Managers                                      |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EAM 4003    | Disaster Relief and Recovery                  |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EAM 4013    | Business and Industry Crisis Management       |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EAM 4023    | Information Technology and Emergency          |        |
|             | Management                                    |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EAM 4033    | Emergency Management Research Methods         |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EAM 4043    | Disaster and Emergency Management Ethics      |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EAM 4053    | Community Management of Hazardous Materials   |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
|             |                                               |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EMGT250     | Introduction to Emergency Management          |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EMGT324     | Emergency Planning                            |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EMGT340     | Political & Policy Basis of Emergency         |        |
|             | Management                                    |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EMGT326     | Risk Assessment & Vulnerability Analysis      |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EMGT 331    | Principles of Hazard Mitigation               |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| CMPR400     | Crisis Communications                         |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| PSC303      | State and Local Government                    |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| PSC304      | Public Administration                         |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| ENGL401     | Writing for Careers                           |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| EMGT448     | Emergency Exercise Design & Evaluation        |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
|             |                                               |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| CJ395       | > Emergency Planning                          |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| CJ397       | Physical Security                             |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| GM324       | > Environmental and Ecosystems Management     |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| GM464       | > Natural Disaster Management                 |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| MC 310      | > Logistics Management                        |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| MC477       | > Emergency and Disaster Incident Command     |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| MM325       | > Consequence Management                      |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| PY431       | Psychology of Disaster                        |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| RQ300       | > Research, Analysis, and Writing             |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+
| SC403       | Chemistry of Hazardous Materials              |        |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+--------+