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2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Disaster Science and Management (MS)

Program Educational Goals:

M.S. in Disaster Science & Management Program Education Goals

Program Educational Goal #1: Students will be able to explain the development of disaster science as an interdisciplinary field. This includes the principal theoretical approaches from geography, sociology, political science, and anthropology and how they have evolved over time.
Program Educational Goal #2: Students will articulate how the interconnection of social, natural, and technical systems generates hazards and vulnerabilities along axes of gender, race, class, sexuality, and age, among other human attributes, characteristics, and identifiers.
Program Educational Goal #3: Students will comprehend theories of individual and organizational responses to hazard and disaster in such areas as warning, evacuation, donations, volunteers, emergence and convergence, and other areas.
Program Educational Goal #4: Students will demonstrate understanding of elements of disaster response and recovery, including the establishment of emergency operations centers, housing restoration, theories of coordination and collaboration, and the unique challenges of critical facilities.
Program Education Goal #5: Students will apply scientific theories and principles to emergency management activities in a practice setting through successful completion of an internship or other practical experience.

Program Policy Document:

Please see the Program Policy Document for more information.

Requirements for the Degree:

Students are required to work with an advisor during the first semester of study to develop an individual plan of study. The non-thesis option requires 30 credits of graduate level coursework. The thesis option requires 33 credits of graduate level courseswork, including the thesis.

Core:

9 credits.

DISA 650 - Overview of Disaster Science and Management Credit(s): 3
DISA 652 - Issues in Disaster Recovery Credit(s): 3
DISA 670 - Issues in Disaster Response Credit(s): 3

Non-Thesis Option:

Research, Methods, and Analysis:

One of the following (EDUC 665 or SPPA 808 are recommended, but other courses may be taken if appropriate):

EDUC 665 - Elementary Statistics Credit(s): 3
EDUC 850 - Qualitative Research in Educational Settings Credit(s): 3
EPID 605 - Epidemiology Methods I Credit(s): 3
EPID 621 - Methods in Field Epidemiology Credit(s): 3
EPID 622 - Disaster Epidemiology Methods Credit(s): 3
GEOG 670 - Geographic Information Systems and Science Credit(s): 3
SOCI 605 - Data Collection and Analysis Credit(s): 3
SPPA 808 - Qualitative Research Methods Credit(s): 3
UAPP 691 - Quantitative Analysis in Public and Nonprofit Sectors Credit(s): 3
UAPP 702 - Research Methods in Urban and Public Policy Credit(s): 3

Public Policy and Organizational Decision-making:

One of the following:

MAST 663 - Decision Tools for Policy Analysis Credit(s): 3
UAPP 613 - Planning Theory and Urban Policy Credit(s): 3
UAPP 707 - Public Policy Analysis Credit(s): 3

Electives:

9 credits. Three courses chosen in an area of interest.

Other Requirements:

6 credits.

DISA 857 - Practicum Credit(s): 1 (1 credit)
DISA 858 - Disaster Science and Management Internship Credit(s): 3 (3 credits completed in any semester, including summer or winter)
SPPA 661 - Masters Level Professional Development Credit(s): 0-1 (1 credit is taken in each of first two semesters for total of 2 credits)

Thesis Option:

Research, Methods, and Analysis:

One of the following (EDUC 665 or SPPA 808 are recommended, but other courses may be taken if appropriate):

EDUC 665 - Elementary Statistics Credit(s): 3
EDUC 850 - Qualitative Research in Educational Settings Credit(s): 3
EPID 605 - Epidemiology Methods I Credit(s): 3
EPID 621 - Methods in Field Epidemiology Credit(s): 3
EPID 622 - Disaster Epidemiology Methods Credit(s): 3
GEOG 670 - Geographic Information Systems and Science Credit(s): 3
SOCI 605 - Data Collection and Analysis Credit(s): 3
SPPA 808 - Qualitative Research Methods Credit(s): 3
UAPP 691 - Quantitative Analysis in Public and Nonprofit Sectors Credit(s): 3
UAPP 702 - Research Methods in Urban and Public Policy Credit(s): 3

Public Policy and Organizational Decision-making:

One of the following:

MAST 663 - Decision Tools for Policy Analysis Credit(s): 3
UAPP 613 - Planning Theory and Urban Policy Credit(s): 3
UAPP 707 - Public Policy Analysis Credit(s): 3

Electives:

9 credits. Three courses chosen in an area of interest.

Other Requirements:

3 credits.

DISA 857 - Practicum Credit(s): 1 (1 credit)
SPPA 661 - Masters Level Professional Development Credit(s): 0-1 (1 credit is taken in each of first two semesters for total of 2 credits)

Thesis:

6 credits.

DISA 869 - Master’s Thesis Credit(s): 1-6

Disaster Science and Management (MS)

Program Educational Goals:

Program Policy Document:

Requirements for the Degree:

Core:

Non-Thesis Option:

Research, Methods, and Analysis:

Public Policy and Organizational Decision-making:

Electives:

Other Requirements:

Thesis Option:

Research, Methods, and Analysis:

Public Policy and Organizational Decision-making:

Electives:

Other Requirements:

Thesis:

Credits to Total a Minimum of 30

Last Revised 2022-2023 Academic Year