EMGT 204 - Emergency Management Public Education Programs

(TP/SS only)

Course provides a study of the design, development, and delivery of public disaster safety education. Addresses methods of identification of disaster safety programs, the selection of target populations, methods of designing and implementing information and education programs, and methods of evaluating a program’s impact. Includes theoretical and practical skills training in individual, group, and mass media communications; instructional skills; planning priorities; and evaluation techniques. PREREQUISITE(S): EMGT 101 or consent of department. Three hours each week. Formerly EP 204.

3 semester hours

Course Outcomes:
Upon course completion, a student will be able to:

Analyze emergency preparedness history, philosophy, strategy, programs, and consequences of a lack of preparedness.
Conduct community vulnerability analysis incorporating the capacity and resources, as well as the needs, of the most vulnerable groups
Identify specific ‘stakeholders’ in the community and assess relations with the public safety agency.
Develop a community-based action plan increasing resilience.
Analyze plans for responding to special populations and the general public during disasters.
Identify root causes of social vulnerability that tend to place some groups more at risk
Design simple performance evaluation criteria.
Deliver emergency management public education programs to target populations.

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