# Presentation: 693789

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Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management
Natural Hazards Workshop
What’s Happening in Higher Education?
July 15, 2002
Gregory L. Shaw
Institute Program Manager
Research Scientist
Certified Business Continuity Professional

**Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management**
**Natural Hazards Workshop**
**What’s Happening in Higher Education?**
**July 15, 2002**
**Gregory L. Shaw**
**Institute Program Manager**
**Research Scientist**
**Certified Business Continuity Professional**

## The George Washington University Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management

_**Home School and Department**_
**School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)**
**Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering (EMSE)**
_**Focus**_
**Provide an interdisciplinary graduate level education with strong research support for persons engaged in or seeking professional careers in crisis and emergency management in the private business, government, or not-for-profit sectors**

## Graduate Programs

**Engineering Management Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)**
**Master of Science (M.S.) in Engineering Management**
**Graduate Certificate in Crisis and Emergency Management**
**Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management and Public Health**

## The George Washington University Crisis, Emergency and Risk Management Curriculum

_**Emphasis**_
**   ****Fourteen Crisis, Emergency and Risk Management concentration courses**
**   ****A systems approach to management of   complex events and organizations**
**   ****A strong technological foundation**
**   ****Inclusion of core Engineering Management and Systems Engineering courses in the Master of Science Degree Program**

_**EMSE M.S. CORE COURSES **_
**   ****EMSE 212 - The Management of Technical Organizations**
**   ****EMSE 260 - Survey of Finance and Engineering Economics**
**   ****EMSE 269 - Elements of Problem Solving and Decision Making **
**    ****for Managers**
**   ****EMSE 283 - Systems Engineering**
_**CRISIS, EMERGENCY AND RISK MANAGEMENT M.S. CORE COURSES**_
**   ****EMSE 232 - Crisis and Emergency Management**
**   ****EMSE 233 - Information Technology in Crisis and Emergency**
**    ****Management**
**   ****EMSE 234 - Management of Risk and Vulnerability for Natural**
**    ****and Technological Hazards**
**   ****EMSE 256 - Information Management and Information Systems**

## Additional Crisis, Emergency and Risk Management Concentration Courses

**EMSE 218 - Information Security**
**EMSE 238 - Issues in International Crisis and Disaster Management**
**EMSE 239 - Health and Medical Issues in Emergency Management**
**EMSE 240 - Terrorism Preparedness, Critical Infrastructure Protection, and Emergency Management**
**EMSE 256 - Information Management and Information Systems **
**EMSE 298 - Directed Studies**
**EMSE 298A - Disaster Mitigation and Recovery (Fall 2002)**
**EMSE 298B - Crisis Communication (Fall 2002)**
**EMSE 332 - Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, and Organizational Continuity**
**EMSE 334 - Environmental Hazard Management**
**PPSY 205 - Political Violence and Terrorism**

## Questions 1 & 2 - New perspectives and the Impact of 9/11

_**EMSE 232 - Crisis and Emergency Management**_
**Comprehensive Emergency Management**
**All hazards approach**
**Terrorism emphasizes the importance of consequence management and adaptive response management**
_**EMSE 332 - Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, and Organizational Continuity**_
**Realization that 9/11, particularly the WTC, was an attack on corporate America**
**NSF supported research - Terrorism and Corporate Crisis Management: The Strategic Effect of the September 11 Attacks**
**Functional model stressing risk management**
**Need for strong private, public partnerships**

## Questions 1 & 2 - New perspectives and the Impact of 9/11

_**EMSE 233 -Information Technology in Crisis and Emergency**_
_**	**__**Management**__** **_
**IT/IM is becoming more central to CM and EM**
**Requirements should determine the technologies**
**Students need to be able to analyze the potential for technologies as they emerge and not just memorize the benefits, limitations and costs of current technologies**
**The hands on Information Technology Laboratory is essential to the course and the overall program**
**The expanded Enabling Technology Laboratory will allow increased interface with technology providers and practitioners**
_**EMSE 239 - Health and Medical Issues in Emergency Management**_
**Integration of Emergency Management, Public Health and Medical Operations**
**Sloan Foundation funded research - Regional  Planning for Mass Casualty Care: A Medical Model**
**Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management and Public Health**

## Question 3 - Balance between academic education and practical training

**Position - The role of graduate education does not include vocational training.**
**Qualifier - We provide an interdisciplinary graduate education for persons engaged in or seeking professional careers in crisis and emergency management in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.**

## Question 4 - Challenges/Opportunities

_**Distance Learning**_
**Our classes are entirely in the resident mode.**
**The location of GWU and the scheduling of graduate courses results in a unique student body.**
**Research is an essential component of our programs.**
_**Internships and Co-Ops**_
**Again, the location of GWU and the scheduling of graduate courses results in unique opportunities for our students.**
_**Employment**_
**Networking opportunities abound.**
**Our graduates are actively sought for employment.**
_**Tuition and Living Expenses**_
**GWU is expensive.**
**University tuition assistance is limited.**

## Question 5 - Meeting Future Educational Requirements

_**Course evaluation**_
**Students provide input from the practitioner perspective**
**Case study approach provides ideas**
_**Access to recognized experts**_
**Networking opportunities (EM Forum)**
**Guest lecturers**
**Research agenda for the faculty and students**
**Co-Op and Internships**
**Partnerships with private sector companies **
_**Enabling Technology Laboratory**_
**Expanded educational and research capabilities**
**Bringing technology providers and practitioners together**

## Questions?/Comments!

**Greg Shaw - 202-994-6736**
**	****	****	****  ****glshaw@seas.gwu.edu**
**	****	****	****  ****http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~icdm**