Disaster and Emergency Management Major (B.S.)

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This degree is offered through the School of Online Studies. 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 B.S. Degree

I. Christian Studies Core - 15-21 Credits

ICS 3610 - Concepts of Global and Ethical Leadership 3 Credits *
THE 3701 - Apologetics and Christian Evidences 3 Credits *
BIB 1511 - Survey of Biblical Literature 3 Credits *
or
BIB 1520 - History of the Old Testament 3 Credits
and
BIB 1522 - History of the New Testament 3 Credits
BIB 3510 - Interpreting the Gospels 3 Credits
or
BIB 4710 - Interpreting Romans 3 Credits
THE 3520 - Foundations of Christian Thought 3 Credits *
or
THE 3522 - Systematic Theology I 3 Credits
and
THE 3524 - Systematic Theology II 3 Credits

II. General Education Core - 30 Credits

COM 1010 - Introduction to Communication 3 Credits
or
COM - Communication Elective 3 Credits
Communication, Humanities, Math, Science or Social Science Electives 9 Credits
ENG 1510 - College Writing and Research 3 Credits
ENG 1512 - Introduction to Literary Analysis 3 Credits
or
Literature Elective 3 Credits
MAT - Math Elective 3 Credits
SCI - Science Elective 3 Credits
Social Science Elective 3 Credits
SOC 1510 - College Success Strategies 3 Credits ^1,2

III. Major Core - 36 Credits

BUS 3540 - Management Principles 3 Credits
DEM 3508 - Introduction to Emergency Management 3 Credits
DEM 3512 - Crisis and Risk Communication 3 Credits
DEM 3515 - Emergency Preparedness and Planning 3 Credits
DEM 4510 - Disaster Response, Recovery and Operations Management 3 Credits
DEM 4511 - Political and Policy Basis of Emergency Management 3 Credits
DEM 4514 - Emergency Relief and Community Development 3 Credits
DEM 4518 - Principles and Practice of Hazards Mitigation 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 *

IV. Electives - 44 Credits*

A minimum of 36 credits must be at the upper (3000-4000) level for a bachelor degree.

* Some courses from the Christian Studies Core and Major Core can be used to fulfill requirements in the General Education Core. By doing that the number of electives needed would increase so that the minimum of 125 credits is reached.

Total - 125 Credits

¹Counts towards 3 credits of Social Science credits. Students who have successfully completed 60 credits with a GPA of at least a 2.0 may replace SOC 1510 with a Communication, Humanities, Math, Science or Social Science elective.

²Click HERE to view options for Humanities and Social Science Electives.