Course Textbook APA Citation:
Rubin, C. B. (Ed.). (2012). Emergency management: The American experience 1900-2010 (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Discussion Board.
Find an internet resource, like a youtube video, webpage, or blog related to the any aspect of disaster or emergency management, including crisis communications and share the link(s). Tell us why we should take a look and what we should look for. Share how this is connected to our course learning objectives.
STARTER?: Feeling stuck? See this page for some great discussions. Copy and paste link:
http://belfercenter.hks.harvard.edu/experts/62/juliette_kayyem.html
CLOs: Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Analyze disasters and the evolution of emergency management from 1900 to present time.
2. Investigate a major disaster called a focusing event that resulted in federal emergency management policy revisions.
3. Examine the collaboration between local, state, and federal governments, and non-governmental organizations in response to a focusing event.
4. Investigate major disasters since the Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to assess emergency management capabilities.
