# Disaster Science and Management

# Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

### Louisiana State University

[http://www.dsm.lsu.edu](http://www.dsm.lsu.edu/)

# The Disaster Science and Management is an interdisciplinary program which provides student interested in the public, not for profit, and private sectors with:

-   A broad understanding of the nature and impact of disasters on the
    natural, built and human environments;

-   A basis for establishing strategies to effectively plan for
    disasters, mitigate the adverse effects of disasters, respond to
    disasters, and recover from disasters.

### 

### Undergraduate Minor in Disaster Science and Management

# The Undergraduate Minor in Disaster Science and Management requires 19 hours, including 7 hours of required courses and 12 hours of technical electives. The minor is available to LSU students of any major. However, as with all minors, students from outside of the home college of the minor (in this case Arts and Sciences) are required to get permission from their Dean.

#### **Required Classes (7 hours)**

> • Hazards and the Environment (DSM 2000) (3 hours)
>
> • Fundamentals of Emergency Management (DSM 2010) (3 hours)
>
> • Hazards Seminar (DSM 3910) (1 hour)

**Elective Classes (12 hours)** (Note that this list includes courses
under review by the LSU Curriculum Committee)

> • Hurricane Engineering (CE 4445) or Hurricanes and the Built
> Environment (for
>
> Non-engineers) (CE 4745)
>
> • Terrorism and Counter Terrorism (DSM 2020)

-   Technology and Emergency Management (DSM 3200)

-   Disaster Science and Management Internship (DSM 3900)

-   Crisis Management (DSM 4600)

-   Research in Disaster Science and Management (DSM 4900)

-   Directed Readings in Disaster Science and Management (DSM 4996)

-   Environmental Economics (ECON 4320)

-   Quantitative Risk Assessment (EMS 4020)

-   Applied Ecology (ENVS 4010)

-   Environmental Chemistry (ENVS 4101 see also CHEM 4150)

-   Environmental Hazards Analysis (ENVS 4262)

> • Regulation and Environmental Hazards (ENVS 4264)
>
> • Environmental Toxicology (ENVS 4477)

-   Meteorology (GEOG 4013)

-   Climatology (GEOG 4014) or Microclimatology (GEOG 4015) or World
    Climates (GEOG 4017) or Coastal Climatology (GEOG 7942)

-   Geographical Hydrology (GEOG 4018) or Hydrology (CE 4200)

> • Environmental Remote Sensing (GEOG 4045)

-   Geographic Information Systems (GEOG 4047)

-   Methods of Spatial Analysis (GEOG 4048)

-   Environmental Historical Geography (GEOG 4080)

-   Family Stress Management (HUEC 4064)

-   Introduction to International Studies (INTL 3001)

> • Planning Disaster Resilient Communities (LA 4204)
>
> • International Conflict and Cooperation (POLI 4048)
>
> • International Politics of the Middle East (POLI 4059)
>
> • Comparative Politics of the Middle East (POLI 4061)
>
> • The Religion of Islam (REL 3786 also INTO 3786)
>
> • Fundamentalisms and Religious Nationalism (REL 3092 also INTL 3092))

-   Weather Analysis and Satellite Meteorology (OCS 4021)

-   Introduction to International Politics (POLI 2057)

-   International Conflict and Cooperation (POLI 4048)

-   International Politics of the Middle East (POLI 4059)

-   Comparative Politics of the Middle East (POLI 4061)

-   Psychology of Counseling (PSYC 3083)

-   Fundamentalisms and Religious Nationalism (REL 3092 or INTL 3092)

-   Selected Topics in Sociology: The Sociology of Terrorism (SOCL 4091)

• Topics in Sociology (SOCL 4091)

-   Crisis Intervention (SW 4500)

# 

> **Note:** The Minor in Disaster Sciences and Management meets the
> Education and Training Requirement for the CEM (Certified Emergency
> Management) and AEM (Associate Emergency Management). See
> <http://www.iaem.com/>
>
> Students may wish to review course offerings at the University of New
> Orleans in Urban and Regional Planning, Sociology, Political Science
> and Public Administration as potential electives in the DSM Minor at
> LSU. Approval by the DSM Director and the student's college must be
> obtained prior to enrolling at UNO for these classes.

**Participating Units:**

• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CE), College of

> Engineering [http://www.ce.lsu.edu](http://www.ce.lsu.edu/)
>
> • School of Architecture (ARCH), College of Art and Design
> [http://www.arch.lsu.edu](http://www.arch.lsu.edu/)

• College of Education (EDUC) <http://coe.ednet.lsu.edu/coe/>

• School of Landscape Architecture (LA), College of Art and Design

> [http://www.la.lsu.edu](http://www.la.lsu.edu/)

• Department of Geography and Anthropology (GEOG), College of Arts and
Sciences

[http://www.ga.lsu.edu](http://www.ga.lsu.edu/)

• Forensic Anthropology / Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Lab

<http://www.faceslab.lsu.edu/>

> • Department of Environmental Studies (ENVS), School of the Coast and
>
> Environment [http://www.envs.lsu.edu](http://www.envs.lsu.edu/)
>
> • International Studies (INTL)
> <http://appl003.lsu.edu/artsci/intlstudies.nsf/index>
>
> • Department of Oceanography And Coastal Sciences (OCS), School of the
>
> Coast and Environment <http://www.ocean.lsu.edu/>
>
> • Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies (PHIL)
> <http://www.artsci.lsu.edu/phil/index.html>
>
> • Department of Political Science <http://www.artsci.lsu.edu/poli>
>
> • Department of Psychology (PSYC)
> [http://www.psych.lsu.edu](http://www.psych.lsu.edu/)

• School of Social Work (SW) <http://www.socialwork.lsu.edu/>

• Department of Sociology (SOC) <http://www.lsu.edu/sociology>

• Louisiana State University Hurricane Center
[http://www.hurricane.lsu.edu](http://www.hurricane.lsu.edu/)

• CADGIS (Computer Aided Design Geographic Information System

> Laboratory) [http://cadgis.lsu.edu](http://cadgis.lsu.edu/)

**Curriculum Committee**

Students are encouraged to talk with any member of the DSM Curriculum
Committee to discuss their course of study and recommend additional
courses offerings that may be included as electives for the DSM Minor.

> Craig E. Colten (Department of Geography and Anthropology -- Cultural
> and Historical
>
> Geography) <ccolten@lsu.edu>
>
> Mark Gasiorowski (International Studies) <pogasi@lsu.edu>

M.E. "Betsy" Garrison (School of Human Ecology and College of
Agriculture)

> <hcgarr@lsu.edu>

C. Barrett Kennedy (School of Architecture) <arkenn@lsu.edu>

Barry D. Keim (Department of Geography and Anthropology) <keim@lsu.edu>

> Marc L. Levitan (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
>
> <levitan@hurricane.lsu.edu>

John C. Pine (Disaster Science and Management) <jpine@lsu.edu>

Carol Plummer (School of Social Work) <plummerc@lsu.edu>

> James Richardson (Public Administration) <parich@lsu.edu>
>
> David Sobek (Political Science) <dsobek@lsu.edu>
>
> Elizabeth Mossop (School of Landscape Architecture) <mossoop@lsu.edu>
>
> Nan G. Walker (Department of Oceanography And Coastal Sciences)
>
> <nwalker@antares.esl.lsu.edu>
>
> Rick Weil (Department of Sociology) <fweil@lsu.edu>

**For Further Information Contact:**

John C. Pine

Director, Disaster Science and Management Program

112 East Howe Russell Hall

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA 70803

\(225\) 578-1075 (225) 578-4420 FAX Email: <jpine@lsu.edu>