What is a Homeland Security & Emergency Management Graduate Certificate?
This homeland security emergency management certificate will provide students the opportunity to gain knowledge related to leadership skills in emergency organizations, create plans for areas impacted by large-scale disasters, and build professional ethics into emergency management practice. Coursework for this graduate certificate includes leadership and organizations, emergency planning, economics and human issues, and law and legal issues related to emergency management.
Earn Your Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management & Homeland Security From GCU
Grand Canyon University (GCU) is committed to providing a quality education based on the pillars of servant leadership, ethics and entrepreneurism. With an emergency management certificate from GCU you will learn to support people and organizations amid crises. This includes risk management and disaster response. With a homeland security cert, you will be able to put your desire for helping others to action with a meaningful career.
Why Choose GCU for Your Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management & Homeland Security?
In GCU’s emergency management certificate, you will learn how to enact your knowledge in a career in the field. Students will gain knowledge through four classes:
- Leadership and Organizations
- Emergency Planning and Management
- Economics and Human Issues
- Law and Legal Issues
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In these classes, you will gain foundational knowledge for a career in emergency management. Some of the skills you will learn include:
- Determining the public sector's roles in contingency planning and response
- Evaluating the nature of natural and technological risk and emergency
- Knowing what issues to expect in a disaster and how to plan accordingly
- Developing a resource management plan
- Identifying the federal, state and local legislation related to emergency management in various types of disasters and how that applies
In addition, GCU offers intentional integration of a Christian worldview perspective in its degree programs. Incorporation of Christian principles within the emergency management certificate provides a greater opportunity to be a force of good in today’s world. For example, students are challenged to address how they would handle an information technology ethical dilemma from a Christian worldview perspective.
How Do I Start a Career in Emergency Management?
The best way to start a career in emergency management is by earning an emergency management degree or certification. A good way to start an emergency management career is at a smaller scale such as a local director. To move up within the industry, a master’s in emergency management may provide additional opportunities. Graduates of this emergency management certificate only need to obtain five more classes (18 credits) to earn the master’s degree.
Core Courses
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the College of Business, key concepts of leadership, and an overview of how the science of organizational behavior contributes to effective leaders and managers.
Course Description
This course is designed to teach students the planning and management processes and the issues involved in large-scale emergencies. The nature of natural and technological risk and emergency are explored via case studies. Public sector roles in contingency planning and response are also discussed and assessed.
Course Description
This course provides an overview of the strategic, political, economic, and human issues encountered in the management of disasters or major traumatic public events. This knowledge gives the emergency manager a realistic view of the issues to expect in a disaster, how to plan accordingly, and how to manage resources and people more effectively in emergency situations.
Course Description
This course analyzes the federal, state, and local legislation related to emergency management in various types of disasters. Guaranteed rights under the U.S. Constitution and the legal and ethical application of measures within the parameters of these rights in emergency situations are also discussed.
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