PADM 365: Policies of Emergency Management

Course Description

This course will focus on the political processes, institutional structures, public policies and social phenomena associated with mitigating the likely effects of extreme events, responding to them and recovering from them. The course is intended to help emergency managers develop an understanding of how local, state, federal and intergovernmental politics affect and are affected by hazards, crises, disasters and other extreme events. Cross-listed: FERM 365/PUB ADM 365. Prerequisite: PUB ADM 221 or CRIM JUS 212 or instructor consent.