Bachelor of Arts in Emergency Management — Columbia College

Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina, offers a Bachelor of Arts in Emergency Management that is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Every student in the program takes the following core courses: Introduction to Emergency Management; Introduction to Homeland Security; Psychological and Social Dimensions of Disaster; Introduction to the Science of Hazards; Planning for Emergency and Disaster Management; Communication Skills for Emergency Management; Introduction to Public Administration; and Leadership in Emergency Management Organizations. Students also select five electives from these options: Community Resiliency, Recovery and Mitigation; Hazard Mapping and Modeling; Disasters and Public Health; Terrorism in the Modern World; Weapons of Mass Destruction; Cyber and Information Security; Risk Analysis and Threat Assessment; Homeland Security Law and Public Policy; Management of Human Resources; Strategic Planning; International Disaster Response; Terrorist Organizations: Structure and Operations; Emergency Management of Epidemics and Bioterrorism; and Response to Explosive Devices and Incidents.