The Disaster Science and Management is an interdisciplinary program which provides student interested 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.

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CURRICULUM The Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, Concentration in Disaster Science and Management requires 34 hours. Required Core Course (10 hours)

• Hazards and the Environment (DSM 2000) (3 hours)
• Fundamentals of Emergency Management (DSM 2010) (3 hours)
• Hazards Seminar (DSM 3910) (1 hour)
• Introduction to International Politics (POLI 2057) (3 hours)

Electives (9 hours from the following groups)

Disaster Science and Engineering (3 hours from any of the following)
• Issues of Sustainability (ARCH 4041)
• Hurricane Engineering (CE 4445) or Hurricanes and the Built Environment (for Non-engineers) (CE 4745)
• Engineering Applications of Remote Sensing (CE 4560)
• Meteorology (GEOG 4013 or OCS 4021)
• Climatology (GEOG 4014), Microclimatology (GEOG 4015) or World Climates (GEOG 4017)
• Coastal Resources Management (GEOG 4029) or Coastal Zone Management (OCS 4465)

Planning and Mitigation (select at least 3 hours)
• Technology in Emergency Management (DSM 3200)
• Crisis Management (DSM 4600)
• Environmental Economics (ECON 4320)
• Environmental Hazards Analysis (ENVS 4262)
• Regulation and Environmental Hazards (ENVS 4264)
• Planning Disaster Resilient Communities (LA 4277)

Social and Cultural Dimensions (select 3 hours from any of the following)
• Environmental Historical Geography (GEOG 4080)
• Family Stress Management (HUEC 4064)
• International Conflict and Cooperation (POLI 4048)
• International Politics of the Middle East (POLI 4059)
• Comparative Politics of the Middle East (POLI 4061)
• The Religion of Islam (REL 3786 also INTO 3786)
• Fundamentalisms and Religious Nationalism (REL 3092 also INTL 3092)
• Selected Topics in Sociology: The Sociology of Terrorism (SOCL 4091)
• Crisis Intervention (SW 4050)

Technical Electives (15 hours from any of the following groups)

Chemical and Biological Hazards
• Quantitative Risk Assessment (EMS 4020)
• Environmental Chemistry (ENVS 4101 see also CHEM 4150)
• Environmental Toxicology (ENVS 4477)
• Environmental Pollution Transport Processes (OCS 4040)

Community
• Selected Topics in Architecture (ARCH 4221)
• Technology in Emergency Management (DSM 3200)
• Introduction to Management (MGT 3200)
• Public Policy Making (POLI 2070)

Human Environment
• Family Stress Management (HUEC 4064)
• Comparative Politics of the Middle East (POLI 4061)
• Psychology of Adjustment (PSYC 2004)
• Psychology of Counseling (PSYC 3083)
• Methods of Sociological Research (SOCL 2211)
• Human Ecology (SOCL 4711)
• Perspectives in Contemporary Social Welfare (SW 3000)
• Crisis Intervention (SW 4050)