BA/BS in Emergency Management is designed to prepare future emergency management leaders through the development of various core competencies including: resilience, hazard mitigation and analysis, disaster response and recovery, emergency preparedness and planning, fiscal management, communication, intergovernmental administration, geographic information systems, legal and ethical decision making, cultural competency and diversity, and general emergency management.
Admission Requirements
Degree Requirements
- Students who change degree programs and select this major must adopt the most current catalog.
- Students should complete the General Education Program before transferring within the Florida College System or State University System.
- Students should consult with a departmental advisor on a regular basis.
- Students must earn at least a “C-“ in each course accepted as a Core Requirement (see section 4).
- No transfer course will be accepted with a grade lower than a “C-“.
- The courses designated in section 1 (General Education) should usually be completed in the first 60 hours.
- Students must earn a 2.5 GPA in Core Requirements in order to graduate.
UCF General Education Program (GEP) (36 Credit Hours)
- Communication Foundations (9 Credit Hours)
- Cultural & Historical Foundations (9 Credit Hours)
- Mathematical Foundations (6 Credit Hours)
- Social Foundations (6 Credit Hours)
- Science Foundations (6 Credit Hours)
Common Program Prerequisites (CPP)
Core Requirements: Basic Level
Core Requirements: Advanced Level (30 Credit Hours)
Core requirements must be completed with a minimum GPA of 2.5 to satisfy the major
- PAD 3733 - Professional Administrative Writing in the Public Sector Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4204 - Fiscal Management Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4390 - Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4392 - Emergency Management and Homeland Security Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4395 - Disaster Response and Recovery Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4712 - Information Systems for Public Managers and Planners Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4720 - Research Methods in Public Administration Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4822 - Intergovernmental Administration Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4942 - School of Public Administration Internship Orientation Credit Hours: 0
- PAD 4941 - Public Administration Internship Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4371 - Community Resiliency & Sustainability Credit Hours: 3
Restricted Electives (24 Credit Hours)
Required Minor (18 Credit Hours)
- Students are required to complete a minor that will enhance their background in the Emergency Management field. Approved Minors include: Public Administration, Urban and Regional Planning, Nonprofit Management, Health Services Administration, Intelligence and National Security, Criminal Justice, Terrorism Studies, Technical Communication, Mass Communication, and Secure Computing and Networks. Students may not choose Emergency Management and Homeland Security as a minor. Other minors must be approved by the Program Director.
BA/BS Option (6 Credit Hours)
- Students pursuing the BA degree must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language equivalent to one year in college. ASL I and II ( ASL 2140 and ASL 2150) can also be used to fulfill this requirement.
- Students pursuing the BS degree must complete two additional courses from the following list (please note that courses used to satisfy the required minor can not be used for the requirement):
- PAD 4104 - Administrative Theory Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4131 - Public Sector Project Management Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4253 - Community & Economic Development Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4351 - Issues in Environmental Program Management Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4414 - Human Resource Administration Credit Hours: 3
- CJT 3803 - Security Management Credit Hours: 3
- DSC 4012 - Terrorism Credit Hours: 3
- DSC 4013 - Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3
- INR 4074 - Immigration Policy Credit Hours: 3
- INR 4084 - Politics of International Terrorism Credit Hours: 3
- INR 4363 - Intelligence Analysis and Reporting Credit Hours: 3
- INR 4764 - Cyberwarfare Policy Credit Hours: 3
- PUR 4400 - Crisis Communication Credit Hours: 3
Capstone Requirements
- PAD 4371 Community Resiliency and Sustainability
Foreign Language Requirements
Admissions
Graduation
- Students pursuing a B.A. degree must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language equivalent to one year at college level. Proficiency equivalent to two semesters of college instruction in a foreign language or in American Sign Language (ASL). Standardized examinations for foreign languages may be used. ASL proficiency is met by successful completion of ASL 2140 and ASL 2150 or an appropriate score on the ASL proficiency exam. Contact the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (https://healthprofessions.ucf.edu/csd/) regarding the ASL proficiency examination.
Electives
- If students need additional credit hours in order to meet the 120 credit hour graduation requirement, additional electives can be taken from other allied supporting fields.
Additional Requirements
Required Minors
- Please refer to minors listed in Restricted Electives catagory.
Departmental Exit Requirements
- The courses designated as General Education should usually be completed in the first 60 hours.
- Students must earn and maintain at least a “C-“ in each course accepted as a Core Requirement.
- Students must earn a 2.5 GPA in Core Requirements in order to graduate.
University Minimum Exit Requirements
- A 2.0 UCF GPA
- 48 semester hours of upper division credit completed
- 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
- 30 of the last 39 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF.
- A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted.
- Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, and nine hours of Summer credit.
Additional Information
Honors In Major
- Interested students should speak with an advisor.
Related Programs
- Public Administration
- Criminal Justice
- Nonprofit Management
- English - Technical Communication
- International and Global Studies
- Political Science
- Computer Science
- Communication & Conflict
- Health Services Administration
Certificates
Related Minors
- Criminal Justice
- Nonprofit Management/National Certification in Nonprofit Management
- Intelligence and National Security
- Leadership Studies
- Mass Communication
- Public Administration
- Secure Computing and Networks
- Terrorism Studies
- English - Technical Communication
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Health Services Administration
Advising Notes
- Orientation and advising are two of the most valuable tools that a student can make use of when transferring to UCF. Be sure that you take advantage of both.
- Students are urged to have access to a personal computer, modem, and appropriate software to interact with the University and professors.
Transfer Notes
- Lower division courses do not substitute for upper division courses.
- Courses transferred from private and out-of-state schools must be formally evaluated for equivalency credit. The student must provide a course syllabus and any additional supporting documentation with his/her petition for this evaluation.
- Subject to the general grade and residence requirements, credit will be granted for transferred course work equivalent to that required in the Public Administration program. Only grades of “C-” (1.75) or higher transfer into the program and students must have a “C-” (1.75) or better in each common program prerequisites class.
Acceptable Substitutes for Transfer Courses
- Program approval required.
Program Academic Learning Compacts
- Program Academic Learning Compacts (student learning outcomes) for undergraduate programs are located at: http://www.oeas.ucf.edu/alc/academic_learning_compacts.htm
Total Semester Hours Required
Plan of Study
Freshman Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- ENC 1101 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Cultural & Historical Requirement Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Social Foundations Requirement Credit Hours: 3
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 3
Freshman Year - Spring (15 Credit Hours)
- ENC 1102 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3
- MAC 1105C - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Communication Foundation Requirement Credit Hours: 3
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 3
Sophomore Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- STA 2014 - Principles of Statistics Credit Hours: 3
- ECO 2013 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Cultural & Historical Requirement Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Science Foundation Requirement Credit Hours: 3
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 3
Sophomore Year - Spring (15 Credit Hours)
- PAD 3733 - Professional Administrative Writing in the Public Sector Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Cultural & Historical Requirement Credit Hours: 3
- GEP Science Foundation Requirement Credit Hours: 3
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 3
Junior Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- PAD 4390 - Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4392 - Emergency Management and Homeland Security Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4822 - Intergovernmental Administration Credit Hours: 3
- Approved Minor Course Credit Hours: 3
- Restricted Elective Credit Hours: 3
Junior Year - Spring (15 Credit Hours)
- PAD 4395 - Disaster Response and Recovery Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4720 - Research Methods in Public Administration Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4712 - Information Systems for Public Managers and Planners Credit Hours: 3
- Approved Minor Course Credit Hours: 3
- Restricted Elective Credit Hours: 3
Senior Year - Fall (15 Credit Hours)
- PAD 4204 - Fiscal Management Credit Hours: 3
- Approved Minor Course Credit Hours: 3
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 3
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 3
- PAD 4942 - School of Public Administration Internship Orientation Credit Hours: 0
- PAD 4941 - Public Administration Internship Credit Hours: 3
Senior Year - Spring (15 Credit Hours)
- PAD 4371 - Community Resiliency & Sustainability Credit Hours: 3
- Approved Minor Course Credit Hours: 3
- Approved Minor Course Credit Hours: 3
- Approved Minor Course Credit Hours: 3
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 3
