**NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY**

**Proposal for an Interdisciplinary**

**Emergency Management Minor**

**at North Dakota State University**

The minor will be managed by a committee with representatives from
departments with classes listed below. The Department of
Sociology/Anthropology will take the lead in organizing the Emergency
Management courses and in facilitating the committee.

[**Courses:**]{.underline} (19 credits)

1.  [Required Core Courses:]{.underline} (10 credits) Each course
    offered through alternative settings, times, and means.

> EMGT 130 Principles of Emergency Management (2 cr.) to be developed by
> Ken Jarolimek, etc. in conjunction with FEMA's G230 course. Course may
> be taught at NDSU or in Bismarck.
>
> EMGT 135 Emergency Planning (1 cr.) to be developed by Ken Jarolimek,
> etc. in conjunction with FEMA's G235 course. Course may be taught at
> NDSU or in Bismarck. Prerequisite: EMGT 130 and 498.
>
> EMGT 167 State Hazard Mitigation Planning (2 cr.) to be developed by
> Ken Jarolimek, etc. in conjunction with FEMA's G367 course. Course may
> be taught at NDSU or in Bismarck. Prerequisite: EMGT 130 and 498.
>
> EMGT 185 Disaster Response and Recovery Operations (2 cr.) to be
> developed by Ken Jarolimek, Glenn Ellingsburg, etc. in conjunction
> with FEMA's G385 course. Course may be taught at NDSU or in Bismarck.
> Prerequisite: EMGT 130 and 498.
>
> EMGT 498 Disaster Analysis (3 cr.) Multidisciplinary; team taught;
> readings; use of Group Decision Center; history of disaster, disaster
> films, specific types of disasters, apocalypticism, etc. (to be
> developed by Gary Goreham). The course is to be taught annually on the
> NDSU campus. Prerequisite: EMGT 130.

2.  [Supporting Core Courses:]{.underline} (3 credits) Students must
    take at least one of the following courses. Other courses from this
    category may be taken as electives.

> PSYC 420 Psychology of Disaster (3 cr.) (to be developed by Kit
> O'Neil)
>
> SOC 420/620 Sociology of Disaster (3 cr.) (to be developed by Dan
> Klenow and Gary Goreham)
>
> SPCM\_\_\_Crisis Communication (3 cr.) (to be developed by Tim Sellnow
> and Jeff Brand)

3.  [Elective courses:]{.underline} (6 credits)

> AGEC 355 Negotiation (3 cr.)
>
> ATID 380 Facility Operation and Analysis (3 cr.)
>
> BUSN 370 Management Information Systems (3 cr.)
>
> BUSN 450 Human Resource Management (3 cr.)
>
> EMGT 286 Mass Fatalities (2 cr.) to be developed by Ken Jarolimec,
> etc. in conjunction with FEMA's G386 course.
>
> HIST 201/251: Introduction to Public History (3 cr.)
>
> HIST 237/267: U.S. Environmental History (3 cr.)
>
> POLS 141 Terrorism (3 cr.)
>
> POLS 360 Principles of Public Administration (3 cr.)
>
> SOC 405 Community Development (3 cr.)
>
> SOC 426 Medical Sociology (3 cr.)
>
> SOC 441 Sociology of Death (3 cr.)
>
> SPCM/BUSN 370 Public Relations (3 cr.)
>
> SPCM/BUSN 483 Organizational Communication (3 cr.)
>
> \_\_\_495 Field Experience/lntemship (3 cr.) with in emergency
> management office (e.g., Fargo, Grand Forks, Bismarck with Ken
> Jarolemic, FEMA in Washington, DC).

**Proposal for an**

**Interdisciplinary Emergency Management Certificate**

**at North Dakota State University**

The certificate program will be managed by a committee with
representatives from departments with classes listed below. The
Department of Sociology/Anthropology will take the lead in organizing
the Emergency Management courses and in facilitating the committee.

**[Courses:]{.underline}** (30 credits)

1.  [Required Core Courses:]{.underline} (10 credits) Each course
    offered through alternative settings, times, and means.

> EMGT 130 Principles of Emergency Management (2 cr.) to be developed by
> Ken Jarolimek, etc. in conjunction with FEMA's G230 course. Course may
> be taught at NDSU or in Bismarck.
>
> EMGT 135 Emergency Planning (1 cr.) to be developed by Ken Jarolimek,
> etc. in conjunction with FEMA's G235 course. Course may be taught at
> NDSU or in Bismarck. Prerequisite: EMGT 130 and 498.
>
> EMGT 167 State Hazard Mitigation Planning (2 cr.) to be developed by
> Ken Jarolimek, etc. in conjunction with FEMA's G367 course. Course may
> be taught at NDSU or in Bismarck. Prerequisite: EMGT 130 and 498.
>
> EMGT 185 Disaster Response and Recovery Operations (2 cr.) to be
> developed by Ken Jarolimek, Glenn Ellingsburg, etc. in conjunction
> with FEMA's G385 course. Course may be taught at NDSU or in Bismarck.
> Prerequisite: EMGT 130 and 498.
>
> EMGT 498 Disaster Analysis (3 cr.) Multidisciplinary; team taught;
> readings; use of Group Decision Center; history of disaster, disaster
> films, specific types of disasters, apocalypticism, etc. (to be
> developed by Gary Goreham). The course is to be taught annually on the
> NDSU campus. Prerequisite: EMGT 130.

2.  [Elective Courses:]{.underline} (20 credits)

> AGEC 355 Negotiation (3 cr.)
>
> ATID 380 Facility Operation and Analysis (3 cr.)
>
> BUSN 370 Management Information Systems (3 cr.)
>
> BUSN 450 Human Resource Management (3 cr.)
>
> EMGT 286 Mass Fatalities (2 cr.) to be developed by Ken Jarolimec,
> etc. in conjunction with FEMA's G386 course.
>
> HIST 201/251: Introduction to Public History (3 cr.)
>
> HIST 237/267: U.S. Environmental History (3 cr.)
>
> POLS 141 Terrorism (3 cr.)
>
> POLS 360 Principles of Public Administration (3 cr.)
>
> PSYC 420 Psychology of Disaster (3 cr.) (to be developed by Kit
> O'Neil)
>
> SOC 405 Community Development (3 cr.)
>
> SOC 420/620 Sociology of Disaster (3 cr.) (to be developed by Dan
> Klenow and Gary Goreham)
>
> SOC 426 Medical Sociology (3 cr.)
>
> SOC 441 Sociology of Death (3 cr.)
>
> SPCM \_\_\_\_ Crisis Communication (3 cr.) (to be developed by Tim
> Sellnow and Jeff Brand)
>
> SPCM/BUSN 370 Public Relations (3 cr.)
>
> SPCM/BUSN 483 Organizational Communication (3 cr.)
>
> \_\_\_\_ 495 Field Experience/Internship (3 cr.) with in emergency
> management office (e.g., Fargo, Grand Forks, Bismarck with Ken
> Jarolemic, FEMA in Washington, DC).