• ESMG 3250: Managing Emergency Medical Services

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): ESMG 310G. Teaches action planning procedures for emergency incidents requiring multiple agency operations. Includes determining resources, assigning and placement of resources to mitigate incidents requiring multi-agency responses. Studies coordination of changing roles and responsibilities of fire service based EMS providers with the requirements set forth by local ordinances, state statutes, and federal laws. Presents personnel, resource management, and quality improvement techniques.
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• ESMG 3300: Emergency and Disaster Planning

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): ESMG 310G. Provides practical skills relating to the development of emergency operations plans. Covers the legal foundation of planning. Explores principles and practices relating to risk assessment (i.e., hazard and vulnerability analysis) and federal/national, state and local emergency operations planning.
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• ESMG 3350: Analytical Research Approaches to Public Emergency Services

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): ESMG 310G. Explores basic research designs, the use of selective analytical tools, and common issues faced by public emergency services managers. Examines tools and techniques using research methods to facilitate the decision making process in public emergency services organizations.
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• ESMG 3400: Critical Infrastructure Protection

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): ESMG 310G and University Advanced Standing. Explores the risks facing critical infrastructure and the interdependencies between government and private industry in creating, operating and protecting critical infrastructure. Identifies measures required to protect and secure power, water, chemical, computer and other sectors with an emphasis on addressing future vulnerabilities. Examines relevant mitigation, preparedness/planning, response and recovery considerations.
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• ESMG 3600: Psychology of Emergency Services

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2010 and University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): ESMG 310G. Examines the general psychological aspects of police, fire, and emergency medical services responders including dimensions of personality, family, organizational, cultural and diversity issues. Examines models of emergency and crisis decision making. Analyzes stress, anxiety, and trauma theories and clinical issues and examines current interventions being used for related disorders and building resilience.
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• ESMG 3710: Comparative Approaches to Homeland Security

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Identifies all types of terrorist threats and natural/technological hazards at the international level, and explores homeland security and emergency management systems around the world. Discusses the legal foundation of homeland security in other countries, and examines the unique nature of their emergency management organizations and practices. Compares how various nations prevent, prepare for, and react to terrorist attacks and disasters in diverse contexts.
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• ESMG 4000: Advanced Emergency Services Leadership

  4.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Explores advanced leadership topics as they relate to the first responder. Discusses leadership theories used in both emergency and non-emergency environments and develops skills necessary to lead small and large organizations under the unique atmosphere of time, pressure, and consequence. Provides an understanding of the role an emergency services leader plays in a paramilitary environment.
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• ESMG 4150: Humanitarian Services and Disaster Relief

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): ESMG 310G. Examines both theoretical and applied aspects of complex humanitarian emergencies and reviews international disasters in the context of humanitarian relief. Explores the needs of displaced persons and the systems and practices currently in place to meet these needs. Reviews the principles of preparedness, resilience, and sustainability in terms of short-term response to disasters and long-term community recovery.
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• ESMG 4200: Public Information and Disasters

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Pre- or Corequisite(s): ESMG 310G or department approval. Prepares emergency services students to respond effectively to public information needs in both day-to-day emergency circumstances as well as in more extreme disaster conditions. Explores the theory and develops skills to effectively respond in crisis situations. Presents case studies in crisis response that demonstrate how information can help the public prepare, respond, and recover from disasters.
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• ESMG 425G: Humanitarian Management and Operations GI

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Deals with the operations side of humanitarian action. Establishes principles that can be used in local, national, and international relief efforts. Applies best practices from emergency management to the field of humanitarian services and disaster relief. Meets the global and international requirements to foster greater understanding of, interaction with, and appreciation for, cultures that reflect the diversity present within the local and campus communities, up to the larger state and global context.
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  General Education Course

  This course is a general education course.