AAS-T Degree in Homeland Security Emergency Management
Course Overview
Cascadia's Homeland Security Emergency Management (HSEM) Associate Degree prepares the next generation of leaders with the critical skills needed to manage complex disasters and improve community resilience. This dynamic program blends online and in-person instruction, covering the essential policy, planning, and operational components of the field. Students gain hands-on experience with current technologies and learn to coordinate response efforts, develop policy, and supervise emergency management operations.
Key Program Highlights
- Hybrid learning model combining flexible online and face-to-face instruction
- Comprehensive curriculum spanning policy, planning, and operational execution
- Hands-on practice with real-world incident management technologies
- Development of critical skills in disaster response and recovery coordination
- Preparation for leadership roles in emergency management and homeland security
Course Overview
Cascadia's Homeland Security Emergency Management (HSEM) Associate Degree prepares the next generation of leaders with the critical skills needed to manage complex disasters and improve community resilience. This dynamic program blends online and in-person instruction, covering the essential policy, planning, and operational components of the field. Students gain hands-on experience with current technologies and learn to coordinate response efforts, develop policy, and supervise emergency management operations.
Key Program Highlights
- Hybrid learning model combining flexible online and face-to-face instruction
- Comprehensive curriculum spanning policy, planning, and operational execution
- Hands-on practice with real-world incident management technologies
- Development of critical skills in disaster response and recovery coordination
- Preparation for leadership roles in emergency management and homeland security
Requirements
Modules
- English Composition I
- Multicultural Communication
- Introduction to Emergency Management
- Basic Incident Command System/National Incident Management System
- Technology in Emergency Management
- Introduction to Statistics
- Technical Writing
- Professional Communication
- Introduction to Mass Media
- Interpersonal Communication
- All Hazards Emergency Planning
- Public Information Officer
- Exercise Design and Evaluation
- General Psychology
- Introduction to Sociology
- Emergency Responses Awareness to Terrorism
- Developing and Managing Volunteer Resources
- History of the US II
- American Government
- State and Local Government
- Public Administration
- Emergency Operations Center
- Work-Based Learning Experience
- Disaster Recovery
- Special Topics in Emergency Management
- Homeland Security Law and Policy
- The Science of Weather
- Introduction to Environmental Science
- Introduction to Physical Geology
- Introduction to Physical Geography
- Geography of the Pacific Northwest
- Cultural Anthropology
- Biological Anthropology
- Public Speaking
- Ethics and Social Problems
- Introduction to Law
- Social Inequality
- Sociology and Deviance
