Emergency Management (BA)

College of Community Innovation and Education
School of Public Administration,
UCF Downtown, Dr. Phillips Academic Commons (DPAC): Room 446
https://ccie.ucf.edu/public-administration/emergency-management/

Contact: 407-823-2604

Dr. Stephanie Krick, stephanie.krick@ucf.edu, Program Director

Dr. Daniel Seigler, daniel.seigler@ucf.edu, Internship Director

Mr. Steven Carrillo, steven.carrillo@ucf.edu, Program Academic Advisor

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

• None

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 usualy be completed in the first 60 hours.
• Students must earn a 2.5 GPA in Core Requirements in order to graduate.