Ph.D in Fire and Emergency Management Administration Curriculum
■Credit Hours: 60
■Residency Requirement: Two semesters while working on dissertation (can be summer semesters)
■Distance Courses: Students can attend classes through live video streaming and independent study
■Culminating Project: PhD Dissertation
■GRE Requirement: Taken with the last five (5) years
■Academic Prerequisite: Master's Degree in similar field and 3.0 cumulative GPA
Click here for Doctoral Student curriculum prior to Spring 2012
*Students enrolling in class before Spring 2012 have the option to follow either curriculum. Please consult your advisor.
List of Courses:
FEMP Introduction (6 hours)
POLS 6003 - Proseminar in Fire and Emergency Management
POLS 6153 - Pedagogical Methods for Fire and Emergency Management Instruction
Analytical Skills (12 hours)
POLS 5103 - Research Methods
POLS 6123 - Quantitative Methods for Fire and Emergency Managers
POLS 6013 - Qualitative Methods for Fire and Emergency Managers
POLS 5613 - Public Policy Analysis OR 5653 Risk Assessment for Emergency Managers
[Replace courses already taken with other skills courses; alternatives may include GIS, statistics and qualitative analysis from other departments, software modeling, and so on]
FEMP Body of Knowledge (24 hours)
FEMP Foundation (mandatory if not already taken, and must address both fire and EM)
POLS 5923 - Preparedness and Planning (renumbered from 6000)
POLS 5933 - Response (renumbered from 6000)
POLS 5383 - Recovery
POLS 6313 - Mitigation
Electives
POLS 5300 - Seminar in Fire and Emergency Management
POLS 5633 - Practical Environmental Compliance
POLS 5643 - Regulatory Risk Analysis
POLS 5663 - Community Relations for Emergency & Environmental Managers
POLS 5673 - Understanding and Responding to Terrorism
POLS 6303 - Populations at Risk
POLS 6040 - Readings in Fire and Emergency Management (max = 6 hours)
POLS 6203 - Comparative and International Fire and Emergency Management
POLS 6213 - Political Context of Fire and Emergency Management
POLS 6300 - Advanced Seminar in Fire and Emergency Management ( max = 9 hours)
*Other courses with permission of advisor/FEMP director (outside dept. limited to 6 hours)
Research Demonstration (18 hours)
POLS 6000 -Dissertation
