Coursework

Downloadable PDF: 4 Year Plan (Management Track)

EDHS MANAGEMENT TRACK LOWER-DIVISION REQUIREMENTS

Mathematics Courses (4 credits required)

Choose one of the following:

  • STAT 121: Introduction to Statistics of the Social Sciences

OR

  • STAT 350: Statistics with Applications in the Biological Sciences

Social Sciences/Political Science (22 credits required)

  • SOCY 101: Basic Concepts in Sociology
  • PSYC 100: Introduction to Psychology
  • POLI 100: American Government
  • POLI 250: Public Administration
  • ECON 101: Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECON 121: Principles of Accounting I
  • ECON 122: Principles of Accounting II

Emergency and Disaster Health Systems (12–13 credits required)

Choose one of the following:

  • *EDHS 200:  Concepts of Emergency Health Services (Social Science GEP)

You must complete all of the following 

  • EDHS 115: Medical Terminology
  • EDHS 202^ Emergency Medical Technician I
  • EDHS 203^ Emergency Medical Technician II

*Transfer Students need to enroll during first semester at UMBC
^Current EMT certification may fulfill these requirements


English (3 credits required)

  • ENGL 393: Technical Writing

EDHS MANAGEMENT TRACK UPPER-DIVISION REQUIREMENTS

Social Science (6 credits required)

  • SOCY 351: Medical Sociology
  • MGMT 210: The Practice of Management (Replaces POLI 354)

Emergency and Disaster Health Systems (27 credits required)

  • EDHS 301: Planning Emergency Health Systems (Writing Intensive GEP)
  • EDHS 311: Stress & Burnout (Social Science GEP)
  • EDHS 320: Disaster Management
  • EDHS 350: Supervision & Operations
  • EDHS 351*: Financial Management and Budgeting (prerequisite EDHS 301)
  • IS 295: Intermediate Business App (Replaces EDHS 352)
  • EDHS 360: Instructional Issues in EDHS
  • MGMT 410: Operations & Supply Chain Management (Replaces EDHS 400)
  • EDHS 430**: Research Topics in Emergency Health Services

Internship – Variable credit course 7-15 credits (7 credits minimum required)

  • EDHS 450 Emergency Health Services Practicum (prerequisite EDHS 351)

GEP Requirements & Electives (35-43 credits required depending on Internship credits)

Total Credits: 124-125

(Lower and Upper Division)

*Alternate course work may satisfy the requirement

**Research Options: EDHS 430, PSYC 331, SOCY 300, SOCY 301, POLI 300

Emergency and Disaster Health Systems Course Catalogue [CLICK HERE]