Earn an Online Degree in Emergency Services Management

Undergraduate Degree in Emergency Services Management

Study Online All the Time. Our Emergency Services Management (ESM) degree is offered entirely online. Study at your own pace with students and instructors from all over the world.

Study Part Time or Full Time. Our ESM degree is available to all part-time or full-time students. Our degrees are open to all applicants who meet eligibility requirements.

Preparing You to Manage Emergency Management and Business Continuity. Our ESM degree assists in preparing you to manage public sector emergency management and private sector business continuity programs in the context of events ranging from routine emergencies to catastrophes. We focus on the integration of emergency management, fire, emergency medical services, law enforcement, business continuity, and voluntary agencies in a comprehensive approach to protecting life, property, government and the economy.

Earn Your Undergraduate Degree in ESM

Earn a Bachelor of Applied Studies (BAS) in ESM. The BAS requires 120 undergraduate credit hours, including 30 hours of course work in the ESM major. Students must select one of the three ESM minors, which counts toward General Distribution requirements.

Earn a Minor in Business Continuity. The Business Continuity minor requires 18 undergraduate credit hours and is open to all undergraduate SCS students.

Earn a Minor in Emergency Management. The Emergency Management minor requires 18 undergraduate credit hours and is open to all undergraduate SCS students.

Earn a Minor in Homeland Defense. The Homeland Defense minor requires 18 undergraduate credit hours and is open to all undergraduate SCS students.

Eligibility Requirements

• Bachelor's degree applicants
  • High school diploma or GED
  • Completion of the undergraduate application
  • Submission of original transcripts from high school and college coursework

Emergency Management Program Resources

• Books
  List of textbooks for the coming semester for our online courses and links to the publishers for ordering.
• The Disaster Database Project
  Database captures critical data on events and facilitates further exploration of incidents that fall within the criteria for inclusion in specific projects and courses
• The Electronic Encyclopaedia of Civil Defense and Emergency Management
  Supporting research, learning, and teaching in the history, organization, and theory of civil defense and emergency management
• Electronic Journal of Disaster Science
  Publishing research on the application of integrated emergency management
• Faculty Biographical Sketches
  Review biographical sketches of select program faculty
• Integrated Emergency Management BENCHMARK
  Assisting students of emergency management in research in the discipline
• Notes on the Science of Extreme Situations
  Ongoing series of papers prepared and presented to increase the available literature in the field of disaster science to support research, teaching, and practice
• Online Student Handbook
  Current edition of the handbook covering procedures, resources, and general instructions for online students.
• Style Guide
  Standard style guide for the preparation of papers in all graduate and undergraduate ESM courses.
• Instructions for Preparation of a Graduate Thesis
  Instructions and form(s) required for submission of a graduate thesis in the School of Continuing Studies.