Anderson University South Carolina
Bachelor Emergency Management Services - Whole Community
- Anderson, USA
- Ibagué, Colombia
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2027
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus, Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: The Bachelor in Emergency Services Management (Whole Community) at Anderson University, Anderson, Upstate South Carolina provides theoretical and practical courses to protect lives and property from disasters. It covers prevention, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation for man-made and natural hazards, includes homeland security. Curriculum offers a degree-completion option for students with an associate's degree. Keywords: disaster management, emergency response, crisis management, community resilience.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in emergency management, disaster recovery, emergency response coordination, homeland security support, public safety, continuity planning, and community preparedness.
Career opportunities: emergency manager, disaster planner, emergency operations coordinator, resilience officer, continuity planner.
Bachelor Emergency Management Services - Whole Community
The purpose of the Bachelor in Emergency Services Management with a concentration in Whole Community degree program provides a diversity of courses designed to offer students the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to help save lives and property from the potentially devastating impact of disasters. Emergency management is both a profession and a field of study in the key areas involved in addressing any threat or hazard, including prevention, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation. The field covers man-made disasters, as well as issues of homeland security. The curriculum has two options. One is a degree completion option for those with an associate's degree.
Program Start Date: May 6, 2013
Coursework Details
General Education (36 semester hours) - courses in communications, literature, humanities, fine arts, social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, math, and Christian Studies. These courses are viewed as being the liberal arts component of a degree and are foundational to upper division courses.
EMS Courses (27 semester hours) - courses in the emergency, safety, and disaster management, emergency services technology, leadership, public administration, crisis communication and information and intelligence.
Concentration Electives (15 semester hours) - safety and disaster management, internship.
Major Electives (9 Semester Hours) – the upper-level course that permits a student to take additional work in the specialized areas of computer information systems, management, and organizational leadership.
General Electives (Sufficient hours to complete requirements for 123 hours for the degree) – courses that permit a student to take additional work in subjects that interest them and that will be helpful in their careers. It is important to consult with an advisor when selecting electives.
