COURSES UNDER DEVELOPMENT ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT AT AUSTIN PEAY
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CORE COURSES FOR THE MPA in DM (15 sh)
PM 5000 Administrative and Organizational Theory (3sh) -- Examination of the scientific and theoretical foundations as well as practical applications of administrative science and organizational theory.
PM 5230 Personnel Management and Administration (3sh) -- Analysis of policies and procedures relating to the personnel functions of management along with the study of classic and contemporary problems of human resources.
PM 5240 Budgeting for Disaster Management (3sh) -- Study of financial management practices in the disaster management field, including revenues and expenditures, and the relationship between budgets and policies.
PM 5250 Quantitative Methods of Research (3sh) -- The accomplishment of skills at carrying out research of a quantitative nature and an understanding of statistics and methodology will be achieved in this course.
PM 5270 Intergovernmental and NGO Behavior (3sh) -- Examines the structure and function of intergovernmental and multijurisdictional organizations, including non-governmental organizations.

CORE SPECIALIZATION COURSES (3sh must be taken from one of the following)
PM 5335 Disaster Planning and Policy (3sh) -- policy analysis of disaster planning
PM 5355 Disaster Assessment and Victimology (3sh, CRJ) -- political and social contexts

CORE COGNATE ELECTIVES (18sh, i.e., 6 courses must be taken from the following)
Structural Risk Assessment (3sh) -- architectural and engineering facets of the built environment
Natural Hazards and Resource Management (3sh) -- environmental dangers and concerns
Critical Infrastructure Protection (3sh, CRJ) -- the vital sectors necessary for societal functioning
Emergency Health Management and Epidemiology (3sh, CRJ) -- health problems and care delivery systems
Humanitarian Operations and Refugee Management (3sh, CRJ) -- aid programs and peacekeeping missions
Response and Recovery Administration (3sh, CRJ) -- management and legal issues in the aftermath
Security and Incident Management (3sh, CRJ) -- global and homeland security prevention procedures
Disaster Crime Scene Forensics (3sh, CRJ) -- evidence collection, processing, and scientific analysis

TOTAL: 18sh of Core plus 18sh of Elective = 36 hours total for degree.
General courses in emergency management and disaster preparedness already exist, as well as cognates in other disciplines. CRJ notation refers to core, special core, or specialization areas thought most closely related to extension of the criminal justice/homeland security program in the PM department.  These areas are currently under curricular development as graduate-level courses.  Request For Comments: oconnort@apsu.edu.

OTHER COURSES UNDER CONSIDERATION

TERRORISM-RELATED COURSES
Domestic terrorism & international terrorism courses already exist. Below are special topics areas within the homeland security specialization under curricular development.  Request For Comments: oconnort@apsu.edu.

Agroterrorism and Public Health
ChemBio and WMD Terrorism
Cyberterrorism and Digital Crime Control
Ecoterrorism and Single-Issue Extremism
Geography of Terrorism, Disasters, and Homeland Security
Narcoterrorism and Drug Control Policy
Oppositional Political Terrorism and State Repression
Seamless Terrorism (combined foreign & domestic)
State-Sponsored Terrorism and Rogue/Pariah States
Terrorism-Crime Morphology/Transmutation
Unclaimed/Anonymous Terrorism

FORENSICS-RELATED COURSES
General courses on medico-legal forensics and criminalistics are already offered. Below are special topics areas or criminal justice/homeland security specialization areas under curricular development.  Request For Comments: oconnort@apsu.edu.

Forensic Accounting
Forensic Anthropology/Archaeology
Forensic Computing
Forensic Nursing
Forensic Psychology
Forensic Social Science
Forensic Social Work

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