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 Undergraduate Minor in Disaster Science and Management requires 19 hours, including 7 hours of required courses and 12 hours of technical electives. The minor is available to LSU students of any major. However, as with all minors, students from outside of the home college of the minor (in this case Arts and Sciences) are required to get permission from their Dean. Required Core Courses (7 hours)

• Hazards and the Environment (DSM 2000) (3 hours)
• Fundamentals of Emergency Management (DSM 2010) (3 hours)
• Hazards Seminar (DSM 3910) (1 hour)

Electives (12 hours from the following list)

(Note that this list includes courses under review by the LSU Curriculum Committee)
• Urban Design and Planning (ARCH 4062)
• Selected Topics in Architecture: Issues in Sustainability (ARCH 4221)
• Hurricane Engineering (CE 4445) or Hurricanes and the Built Environment (for Non-engineers) (CE 4745)
• Terrorism and Counter Terrorism (DSM 2020)
• Technology and Emergency Management (DSM 3200)
• Disaster Science and Management Internship (DSM 3900)
• Crisis Management (DSM 4600)
• Research in Disaster Science and Management (DSM 4900)
• Directed Readings in Disaster Science and Management (DSM 4996)
• Environmental Economics (ECON 4320)
• Quantitative Risk Assessment ( EMS 4020)
• Applied Ecology (ENVS 4010)
• Environmental Chemistry (ENVS 4101 see also CHEM 4150)
• Environmental Hazards Analysis (ENVS 4262)
• Regulation and Environmental Hazards (ENVS 4264)
• Environmental Toxicology (ENVS 4477)
• Meteorology (GEOG 4013)
• Climatology (GEOG 4014) or Microclimatology (GEOG 4015) or World Climates (GEOG 4017) or Coastal Climatology (GEOG 7942)
• Geographical Hydrology (GEOG 4018) or Hydrology (CE 4200)
• Environmental Remote Sensing (GEOG 4045)
• Geographic Information Systems (GEOG 4047)
• Methods of Spatial Analysis (GEOG 4048)
• Environmental Historical Geography (GEOG 4080)
• Family Stress Management (HUEC 4064)
• Introduction to International Studies (INTL 3001)
• Planning Disaster Resilient Communities (LA 4204)
• 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)
• Weather Analysis and Satellite Meteorology (OCS 4021)
• Introduction to International Politics (POLI 2057)
• International Conflict and Cooperation (POLI 4048)
• International Politics of the Middle East (POLI 4059)
• Comparative Politics of the Middle East (POLI 4061)
• Psychology of Counseling (PSYC 3083)
• Fundamentalisms and Religious Nationalism (REL 3092 or INTL 3092)
• Selected Topics in Sociology: The Sociology of Terrorism (SOCL 4091)
• Topics in Sociology (SOCL 4091)
• Crisis Intervention (SW 4500)