Disaster Science and Management is an interdisciplinary program which provides students interested in emergency management-related careers in the public, not for profit, and private sectors with:

• A broad understanding of the nature and impact of disasters on the natural, built and human environments;
• A basis for establishing strategies to effectively plan for disasters, mitigate the adverse effects of disasters,respond to disasters, and recover from disasters.

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts with Concentration in Disaster Science and Management is currently available at the undergraduate level and Minor in Disaster Science and Management (DSM) is available at the graduate level.

Interesting Links

• Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts with Concentration in Disaster Science & Management (New 10/23/06)
• DSM Course Offerings For Spring 2008
• LSU Course Offerings for Spring 2008
• Faculty Presentations
• Job Opportunities with FEMA

Funding Funding to support the DSM academic program has come from a number of sources, including

• LSU College of Arts and Sciences,
• LSU Center for Computation and Technology (CCT), and its predecessor
• LSU Center for Applied Information Technology and Learning (LSU CAPITAL)