EDMG259  - Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness

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This course will provide the student with an overview of societies need for planning for hazardous situations. Every community faces the potential of hazards, both natural and manmade. Only when people are injured and property is damaged by a hazard does a disaster occur. Due to patterns of population growth and development in the United States, disasters now occur more frequently than ever before. Mitigation and preparedness strategies are critical ways of making a community more resilient against the impacts of hazards.

 

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

N/A

Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
11/05/09 - 03/28/10 04/05/10 - 07/25/10 Spring 2010 Session A - 16 Week session
11/30/09 - 04/25/10 05/03/10 - 08/22/10 Spring 2010 Session K - 16 Week session
12/28/09 - 05/30/10 06/07/10 - 09/26/10 Spring 2010 Session C - 16 Week session
01/25/10 - 06/27/10 07/05/10 - 10/24/10 Summer 2010 Session A - 16 Week session
02/22/10 - 07/25/10 08/02/10 - 11/21/10 Summer 2010 Session K - 16 Week session
03/29/10 - 08/29/10 09/06/10 - 12/26/10 Summer 2010 Session C - 16 Week session
04/26/10 - 09/26/10 10/04/10 - 01/23/11 Fall 2010 Session A - 16 Week session
05/31/10 - 10/24/10 11/01/10 - 02/20/11 Fall 2010 Session K - 16 Week session
06/28/10 - 11/28/10 12/06/10 - 03/27/11 Fall 2010 Session C - 16 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: Pathways Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness
ISBN: 0471790192
Publication Info: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 
 
 

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