# Presentation: 505048

## 2006 Body of Knowledge ReportFEMA Higher Education Project

**Carol Cwiak**
**North Dakota State University**

- The survey instrument sought basic demographic information:
-  Program name
-  Location
-  Degree level
-  Estimated number of students
-  Name and title of respondent
- _AND_...
-  Top ten “must reads” for students

-  Distributed to 93 Institutions via email
-  Responses from 35 Institutions
-  Response rate was 38%
-  Programs with more than one program
-    level were requested to submit
-    individual responses for each program

- _Associate Level_

-  Seven (7) responses received from
-    twenty-six (26) programs surveyed
-  Twenty-seven percent (27%) response rate
-  Student enrollment:
-    Six - less than 50 students
-    One - in excess of 150 students
-  Fifty-three (53) entries recorded
-  Forty-five (45) were solitary selections
-  85% of the list selections chosen by only
-    one program

- _Associate Level_

-  Number one “must read” -  *Introduction to  *
*  **Emergency Management* by Haddow &
-   Bullock -six of seven programs selected it
* **Disasters by Design* by Mileti, *Avoiding *
*  **Disaster*  by Laye, *Facing the Unexpected*
-   by Tierney, Lindell & Perry, the *National *
*  **Response Plan* and *NIMS*  (FEMA/DHS)
-   and *Introduction to Natural and Manmade *
*  **Disasters and Their Effects on Building*s
-   by McDonald each were selected twice

- _Bachelor Level_

-  Twelve (12) responses received from
-    thirty (30) programs surveyed (included
-    Bachelor Level Concentrations and
-    Minors)
-  Forty percent (40%) response rate
-  Three Stand-Alones also included – three
-    (3) responses received from forty (40)
-     programs surveyed
-  Seven percent (7%) response rate

- _Bachelor Level_

-  Student enrollment:
-    Twelve -  less than 50 students
-    Two - 100-150 students
-    One - 200 students
-  127 entries recorded
-  111 were solitary selections
-  87% of the list selections chosen by
-   only one program

- _Bachelor Level_

-  Number one “must read” - *Disasters by  *
*  **Design*  by Mileti* – *selected six times
* **Facing the Unexpected *by Tierney, Lindell
-   & Perry*, Introduction to Emergency  *
*  **Management *by Haddow and Bullock, and* *
*  **Living with Hazards, Dealing with *
*  **Disasters *by Waugh all were each selected
-   by four programs

- _Graduate Level_

-  Twelve (14) responses received from
-    thirty (30) programs surveyed
-  Forty-seven percent (47%) response rate
-  Student enrollment:
-    Eight - less than 50 students
-    Six - 50-100 students
-  131 entries recorded
-  114 were solitary selections
-  87% of the list selections chosen by only
-    one program

- _Graduate Level_

-  Number one “must read” - *Disasters by  *
*   **Design*  by Mileti with eight programs
-    selecting it
* **Facing the Unexpected *by Tierney, Lindell
-   & Perry was selected by seven programs.
-  *Methods of Disaster Research *by Stallings,* *
*   **Introduction to Emergency Management* by
-    Haddow and Bullock, and *Disasters and  *
*   **Democracy* by Platt were each
-    selected by four programs
* *
*  *

- _Top Reads Across Programs_

- 10  *Natural Hazard Mitigation*
-       by Godschalk, et al.   (4)

-   *Introduction to Homeland Security*
-      by Haddow & Bullock   (5)

-   8   *National Response Plan*
-        by FEMA/DHS   (6)

- _Top Reads Across Programs_

- 7   *National Incident Management System*
-       by FEMA/DHS   (6)

- 6*   Disasters and Democracy*
-       by Platt   (6)

-  5   *The 9/11 Commission Report*
-        by The National Commission on
-        Terrorist Attacks Upon the
-        United States   (6)

- _Top Reads Across Programs_

- 4   *Living with Hazards, Dealing with *
*     **Disasters: An Introduction to Emergency  *
*     **Management*
-       by Waugh   (7)

- 3   *Facing the Unexpected: Disaster  *
*     **Preparedness and Response in the    *
*     **United States*
-       by Tierney, Lindell & Perry   (13)

- _Top Reads Across Programs_

- 2   *Introduction to Emergency Management  *
-       by Haddow & Bullock   (14)

- 1   *Disasters By Design: A Reassessment of *
*     **Natural Disasters in the United States*
-       by Mileti   (16)

##  What Have We Learned?

-  About 85% of the “must reads”
-    provided were specific to one program
-  There is not a lot of consensus on what is
-    critical material at any program level
-  Program foundation is dictating reading
-    selections, more than a general body of
-    emergency management knowledge

##   What’s next?

-  Principles of emergency management
-  Utilizing the foundational program focus as
-    a starting point for establishing Body of
-    Knowledge materials
-  Appreciation of specificity in program
-   focus at all levels

## Contact Information

- Carol Cwiak
- Emergency Management Program
- Department of Sociology
- North Dakota State University
- P.O. Box 5075
- Fargo, ND 58105
- carol.cwiak@ndsu.edu