Record details
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In this all-online completion Bachelor of Applied Science Emergency Management program, you'll learn to plan and direct disaster response or crisis management activities, oversee disaster preparedness, and establish emergency plans and procedures for natural (e.g. hurricanes, floods, earthquakes), wartime, or technological disasters.
This degree will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to manage and assume positions of leadership within the field of emergency management.
- Catalog Year
- 2023-24
- Degree Type
- BAS
- Prerequisite
- Emergency management related AAS
- Available Online
- Yes
- Available Hybrid
- No
- TSI
- Complete
- Degree Plan
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Emergency Management - Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS)
Associate of Applied Science
TSI Reading & Writing Complete
The Bachelor of Applied Science in Emergency Management is contingent on the completion of an emergency management-related associate of applied science degree.
MAJOR COURSES 34 CREDITS EMGT 3301 – Public Safety Organization 3 EMGT 3302 – Political & Legal Foundations 3 EMGT 3303 – Applied Research Methods 3 EMGT 3305 – Emergency Preparedness 3 EMGT 3306 – Financial Management & Applications 3 EMGT 3307 – Emergency Communications 3 EMGT 4301 – Emergency Planning 3 EMGT 4302 – Leadership 3 EMGT 4304 – Emergency Response Operations 3 EMGT 4303 – Emerging Issues in Emergency Management 3 EMGT 4405 – Capstone —Emergency Management 4 TJC CORE CURRICULUM: 44 CREDITS
In addition to the Major Courses, the student is required to take 44 credit hours from the TJC Core Curriculum. These courses must not duplicate courses taken to fulfill the major course requirement.
ELECTIVES
Select any number of elective hours needed to bring the total semester hours to no fewer than 120.
Transfer Core: 18
Transferred from AAS Credit Hours: 42
Major Courses: 34
TJC Core Curriculum: 26
Total Semester Hours: 120
Two-year Course Sequence:
FIRST SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS EMGT 3301 – Public Safety Organization 3 EMGT 3302 – Political & Legal Foundations 3 EMGT 3303 – Applied Research Methods 3 Core Curriculum Course 3 Core Curriculum Course 3 TOTAL 15 SECOND SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS EMGT 3305 – Emergency Preparedness 3 EMGT 3306 – Financial Management & Applications 3 EMGT 3307 – Emergency Communications 3 Core Curriculum Course 3 Core Curriculum Course 3 TOTAL 15 THIRD SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS EMGT 4301 – Emergency Planning 3 EMGT 4302 – Leadership 3 EMGT 4304 – Emergency Response Operations 3 Core Curriculum Course 3 Core Curriculum Course 3 TOTAL 15 FOURTH SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS EMGT 4303 – Emerging Issues in Emergency Management 3 EMGT 4405 – Capstone-Emergency Management 4 Core Curriculum Course 3 Core Curriculum Course 3 Total Semester Hours - 120 Applicants with prior college-level coursework or an AAS, AA, or AS degree which is non-healthcare related or those without the required associate’s degree should consult with an academic advisor or department chair for additional admission information for the degree program.
If you meet the requirements as stated above, the steps to apply are as follows:
1. Apply for admission to TJC (https://www.tjc.edu/admissions).
2. Complete and submit a selective admission application for the BAS program viaThe web address for selective admissions application is: www.tjc.edu/selectiveadmissions
Email the Emergency Management BAS selective admissions application to the Department chair. Drop off the information at the Office of the Dean of the School of Professional and Technical Programs in the Pirtle Technology Building, Room 203 on TJC’s Central Campus.
- Apply for admission to TJC (https://www.tjc.edu/admissions).
- Complete and submit a selective admission application for the BAS program via:
- The web address for selective admissions application: www.tjc.edu/selectiveadmissions
- Email the Emergency Management BAS selective admissions application to the Department chair
- Drop off the information at the Office of the Dean of the School of Professional and Technical Programs, located in the Pirtle Technology Building, Room 203 on TJC’s Central Campus.