Durham Technical Community College - Associate Degree in Emergency Preparedness Technology

Durham Technical Community College - Associate Degree in Emergency Preparedness Technology and Business Continuity Certificate

Durham Technical Community College offers an Associate Degree in Emergency Preparedness Technology and a Business Continuity Certificate. The programswill prepare students to perform in a disaster by providing the necessary skills for mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.The curriculum is designed to provide students with a foundation of technical and professional knowledge needed for emergency services delivery in local and state government agencies and will involve management and technical aspects of law enforcement, fire protection, emergency medical services, and emergency planning.
Students will be involved in classroom and laboratory exercises and will develop technical and administrative skills such as investigative principles, hazardous materials, codes, standards, emergency agency operations, and finance.All courses are offered on-line.

Individuals completing the Business Continuity Certificate will be eligible to sit for the National Business Continuity Certification exam

Associate in Emergency Preparedness Technology
Required Courses (49 credits)
Math Elective (4 credits)

Humanities Elective (3 credits)
Social Science Elective (3 credits)

Major Elective (9 credits)
Total Semester Hours Required For A.A.S. Degree - 68 Credits

Evening Program/5 Semesters

Fall Semester

ACA 122 – College Transfer Success (1 credit)

ENG 111 – Expository Writing (3 credits)

EPT 150 – Incident Management (3 credits)

FIP 228 – Local Government Finance (3 credits)

FIP 236 – Emergency Management (3 credits)

FIP 256 – Municipal Public Relations (3 credits)

Spring Semester

ENG 112 – Argument-Based Research or ENG 113 Literature-Based Research (3 credits)

EPT 130 – Mitigation and Preparedness (3 credits)

EPT 124 – EM Service Law and Ethics (3 credits)

Major Elective (3 credits)

Summer Semester

Math Elective (3 credits)

Humanities Elective (3 credits)

Social Science Elective (3 credits)

Fall Semester

EPT 120 – Sociology of Disaster (3 credits)

EPT 220 – Terrorism and Emergency Management (3 credits)

EPT 225 – Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (3 credits)

EPT 230 – Emergency Planning (3 credits)

Major Elective (3 credits)

Spring Semester

EPT 210 – Response and Recovery (3 credits)

EPT 275 – Emergency Operations Center Management (3 credits)

EPT 260 – Business Continuity (3 credits)

EPT 280 – Building Resilient Communities (3 credits)

Major Elective (3 credits)

Major Electives: (Choose 9 credit hours from one of the following two tracks)

Fire Protection Track:

FIP 124 – Fire Prevention & Public Ed (3 credits)

FIP 220 – Fire Fighting Strategies (3 credits)

FIP 244 – Fire Protection Project (3 credits)

FIP 260 – Fire Protection Planning (3 credits)

Criminal Justice Track:

CJC 111 – Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 credits)

CJC 132 – Court Procedure and Evidence (3 credits)

CJC 231 – Constitutional Law (3 credits)

Math Elective: (Choose 4 credit hours among the following):

MAT 140 and MAT 130A; MAT 161 and MAT 161A; MAT 171 and MAT 171A

Humanities Elective: (Choose 3 credit hours from among the following):

ART 111, ART 114, ART 115, ART 117, DRA 111, DRA 122, ENG 231, ENG 232, ENG 233, ENG 241, ENG 242, ENG 243, ENG 251, ENG 252, ENG 261, ENG 262, HUM 110, HUM 115, HUM 121, HUM 122, HUM 150, HUM 160, MUS 110, MUS 113, PHI 215, PHI 240, REL 110, REL 211

Social Science Elective: (Choose 3 credit hours from among the following):

ANT 210, ANT 220, ECO 251, ECO 252, GEO 111, GEO 112, HIS 111, HIS 112, HIS 121, HIS 122, HIS 131, HIS 132, POL 120, POL 220, PSY 150, PSY 241, PSY 281, SOC 210, SOC 213, SOC 215, SOC 220, SOC 225

Business Continuity Certificate (12 Credits)

FIP 236 – Emergency Management (3 credits)

EPT 225 – Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (3 credits)

EPT 230 – Emergency Planning (3 credits)

EPT 260 – Business Continuity (3 credits)

Durham Technical Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

For more information:

Contact: Randy Egsegian, M.ED.

Program Director, Fire Protection Technology & Emergency Preparedness Technology
Durham Technical Community College

2401 Snowhill Road
Durham, North Carolina 27712
Phone: (919) 536-7230 ext. 8062
Fax: (919) 686-3519
Email:

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Updated: 12/02/10

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