# Presentation: 943543

## San Antonio CollegeProtective Services Department

## Developing Interest In and 

- Recruiting Students for The
- Emergency Management Degrees

- How do we start?
- How do we create a student base?
- How do we market the program?

## How Do We Start?

- 1. Needs Assessment

- 2. Develop a Curriculum

- 3. Recruit Qualified and
-        Experienced Instructors

## How Do We Create a Student Base?

- Try to Develop Interest From The
- 	Emergency Services Professions

- 2. Try to Develop Interest From
-      The Private Sector

##  How do we effectively market a new program to persuade the protective service professional to seek a degree in emergency management?

- Make the degree transferable to higher institutions

- Encourage local protective services officials to
- 	offer educational incentives.** **

- Lobby state certification agencies for course recognition.

## SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE

- ORIGINAL PROGRAM 2003

- Concentrated on Emergency
- Management courses in the
- Professional Development Series

- 2 + 2 agreement with
- West Texas A&M

- Very low enrollment

## Modified EMAP For Fall 2006

- Removed some Advanced Professional
- Development courses from curriculum

- Added 12 hours of Homeland
- Security courses

## Offer Additional Options to Other

- Degrees

- Fire Science Degree with an
- Emphasis in Homeland Security

- Criminal Justice Forensic Science
- With an emphasis in Homeland
- Security

- Level I and Level II Certificate
- In Homeland Security

## What Do We Expect?

- Former Program:
- 	4 declared Majors
- 	3 have left to go to other colleges

- New Program Starting Fall 2006:
- 	5 declared Majors

## Demographics

- San Antonio Area

- Large military presence
- 	a.  Fort Sam Houston
- 	b.  Lackland AFB
- 	c.  Brook Army Medical Center
- 	d.  Randolph AFB
- 	e.  Brook-City Base
- 	g.  Camp Bullis

## Should the curriculum reflect aspects of both 

- Should the curriculum reflect aspects of both
- 	public and private sectors?

## Department of Public Services

## North Carolina Community College System

- 58 Colleges
- Emergency Preparedness Technology
- 5 Colleges with Programs
- 2 Colleges with Collaborative Agreement

## North Carolina Community College System

- Fire Protection Technology
- 9 Colleges with Programs
- 1 College with Diploma
- 4 Colleges with Collaborative Agreements
- Criminal Justice Technology
- 52 Colleges with Programs
- 1 College with Collaborative Agreement

## Durham Technical Community College

- AAS in Emergency Preparedness
- Associates Degree in General Education – Concentration in Emergency Preparedness Technology
- Agreement with Western Carolina University

## Emergency Preparedness Tech

- 6 General Education Courses
- 8 Fire Protection Courses
- 5 Emergency Preparedness Courses
- 3 Major Elective Courses from one of three tracks
- Fire Protection Track
- Criminal Justice Track
- Environment, Health & Safety Track

## Associate Degree in Gen Ed with Concentration in EPT

- 44 Hours in General Ed
- English 	6 Credit Hours
- Humanities	12 Credit Hours
- Mathematics 	6 Credit Hours
- Science	8 Credit Hours
- Social Science 12 Credit Hours
- 21 Hours in EPT

## We need to share information

- San Antonio College
- _[jrichard](mailto:jrichard@accd.edu)__[@](mailto:jrichard@accd.edu)__[accd](mailto:jrichard@accd.edu)__[.](mailto:jrichard@accd.edu)__[edu](mailto:jrichard@accd.edu)_
- _[jrichard@moment.net](mailto:jrichard@moment.net)_
- (210) 733-2187
- Randy Egsegian
- Durham Technical Community College
- _[egsegianr@durhamtech.edu](mailto:egsegianr@durhamtech.edu)_
- (919)686-3520

_**We need to share information**_