Graduate Certificate Program
in Emergency Management

UMBC offers the option for baccalaureate degree holders to take a limited number of graduate courses in a narrowly defined area of special interest in order to expand their educational preparation, and, in some cases, to prepare the student for professional certification examinations. The EHS Department offers a Graduate Certificate Program in the field of emergency management. It is intended to help current and aspiring emergency managers to develop graduate-level analytical, planning, and leadership skills in the increasingly important field of all-hazards emergency management, with a series of courses that are also designed to provide the educational material needed to qualify students for the certification exam of the International Association of Emergency Managers.

This certificate program can be taken as a stand-alone 4-6 course program, or as part of the student’s MS degree in Emergency Health Services. Prospective students who wish to take the certificate program only, should apply via the online application found at:
http://www.umbc.edu/gradschool/admissions/forms.html#cert

Students must complete, at a minimum, the following courses:

EHS 634: Disaster Mitigation [3]
EHS 636: Disaster Response [3]
EHS 637: Disaster Recovery [3]
EHS 638: Disaster Preparedness [3]

In addition, students are strongly encouraged to complete:

EHS 632: Disaster Health Services [3]
EHS 633: Refugee Health Services [2]

UMBC Department of Emergency Health Services
Academic IV Room 316
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Phone: 410-455-3223
Fax: 410-455-3045
Email: bissell@umbc.edu