Disaster and Emergency Management (B.S.)

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Crown’s Christ-centered degree in Disaster and Emergency Management not only addresses management principles, public policies and best practices, but it also addresses the faith aspects that go hand-in-hand with this critically important work.

Required Courses for the Disaster and Emergency Management Major

General Education Requirements - 74 Credits

I. General Education Requirements - 31 Credits

COM 1515 - Introduction to Public Communication 3 Credits
ENG 1510 - College Writing and Research 3 Credits
ENG 1512 - Introduction to Literary Analysis 3 Credits
FAR - Fine Arts Elective 3 Credits¹
Global Awareness Elective 3 Credits ¹
HIS - History Elective 3 Credits
Humanities Elective 3 Credits ¹
Math Elective 3 Credits
SCI - Lab Science Elective 4 Credits
SOC 1510 - College Success Strategies 3 Credits ²

II. General Electives - 43 Credits

Major Requirements - 51 Credits

I. Christian Studies - 15 Credits

BIB 1511 - Survey of Biblical Literature 3 Credits
HUM 3701 - Apologetics and Christian Evidences 3 Credits
HUM 3710 - Christian Faith and Reason 3 Credits
ICS 3610 - Concepts of Global and Ethical Leadership 3 Credits
THE 3520 - Foundations of Christian Thought 3 Credits

II. Disaster and Emergency Management Core - 36 Credits

All courses in Core must earn a C or above

BUS 3540 - Management Principles 3 Credits
DEM 4511 - Political and Policy Basis of Emergency Management 3 Credits
DEM 3512 - Crisis and Risk Communication 3 Credits
DEM 3515 - Emergency Preparedness and Planning 3 Credits
DEM 3508 - Introduction to Emergency Management 3 Credits
DEM 4510 - Disaster Response, Recovery and Operations Management 3 Credits
DEM 4518 - Principles and Practice of Hazards Mitigation 3 Credits
DEM 4514 - Emergency Relief and Community Development 3 Credits
HIS 2510 - American Government 3 Credits
MAT 2230 - Statistical Concepts 3 Credits
PSY 240X - Social Science Research Methods 3 Credits
SOC 230 - Sociology 3 Credits

Total Credits for Bachelor’s Degree - 125 Credits

¹Click HERE to view options for Social Science, Humanities, Global Awareness, and Fine Arts Electives.

²Counts towards 3 credits of the Social Science credits. Students who have successfully completed 60 credits with a GPA of at least a 2.0 may replace SOC 1510 with another Social Science elective. Students need a total of 6 social science credits.