University of South Florida, College of Public Health – Undergraduate Certificate and Minor in Community-engaged Homeland Security and Emergency Management

The University of South Florida, College of Public Health, is offering anUndergraduate Certificate and Minor in Community-engaged Homeland Security and Emergency Management.The program provides students the skills and knowledge necessary to understand the fundamental aspects and terminology of homeland security and emergency management in the United States. It will also provide information on various government and volunteer agencies and their role in homeland security and emergency management. Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) curriculum will be included and will allow students to increase the workforce capacity of their community’s paid resources in the aftermath of a catastrophic event or disaster.

Furthermore, courses look at the global issues related to transnational insecurities and public health concerns due to mass migration and population movement as a result of conflict or large scale emergencies. This undergraduate certificate and minor provide a public health perspective to local, state, national and international security and emergency management needs.

The Undergraduate Certificate and Minor in Community-engaged Homeland Security and Emergency Management require fifteen (15) credit hours for completion. Students are required to complete 5 out of the 9 courses offered. All courses are on campus offerings at the University of South Florida Tampa Campus.

Community-engaged Homeland Security and Emergency Management Undergraduate Certificate and Minor Program curriculum:

  • PHC 4188 Public Health Emergencies in Large Populations (3)
  • PHC 4234 Public and Private Sector Continuity Planning for Emergencies (3)
  • PHC 4241 Psychology of Fear & Mental Health Issues Related to Disasters (3)
  • PHC 4250 Disaster Management: Ensuring Success and Avoiding Failures (3)
  • PHC 4252 International Post-Disaster Recovery: Peacekeeping & Peacebuilding (3)
  • PHC 4253 International Humanitarian Crisis: Gender and Health Issues (3)
  • PHC 4375 Community Participation in Homeland Security and Preparedness (3)
  • PHC 4376 Disasterby Design: Exercise Development for HS Professionals (3)
  • HSC 4933 Community Engagement in Public Health (3)

The University of South Florida (USF) is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the USF College of Public Health is accredited by the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH).

For more information:

Contact: Dr. Ismael Hoare

University of South Florida
College of Public Health

13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC56

Tampa, FL 33612

Phone: (813) 974-9407

Fax: (813) 974-9980

Email:

Additional Contacts: Elizabeth Dunn, MPH, CPH

Assistant to the Director

(813) 396-9403,

Undergraduate Academic Advisor:

Scheduling:

Office:CPH 1039;Email:;

Phone: 813-974-4633;FAX: 813-905-9802

Additional Information:

Update: 7/01/2015

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