Academic and Training Program Hub
This database includes academic offerings for people interested in furthering their formal education at the intersection of health and extreme weather. This includes degree programs, coursework, fellowships, and other resources that require more time and financial commitment than the offerings in CAFE’s Educational Resource Hub.
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The Doctor of Science degree requires a total of 60 semester credit hours. Required coursework includes 42 hours in administration and policy, practice areas, and research methods and statistics, plus a minimum of 18 hours of dissertation credit. In addition, applicants must hold a master’s degree in emergency management or a related field from a regionally accredited school.
emergency management; administration; policy; practice; research
The M.S. program in Emergency Management balances the conceptual knowledge in emergency management with skill acquisition in crisis management, hazard assessment, and other analytic and management skills.
emergency management; crisis management; risk assessment
The bachelor’s program is designed to prepare students for emergency management careers in the public, private, and voluntary sectors. The interdisciplinary curriculum blends theoretical perspectives with professional practice, and emphasizes application of knowledge to practice settings.The Emergency Management Graduate Certificate provides students with graduate level instruction in homeland security and balances conceptual knowledge in emergency management with skill acquisition in crisis management, hazard assessment, and other analytic and management skills.
emergency management; theory; practice
The graduate certificate program in emergency preparedness nursing coordinator is available for non-degree students who wish to specialize in the area of emergency preparedness.
emergency management; nursing
The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree program with a Concentration in Emergency Management is designed to prepare advanced population health nurses to address the health needs of vulnerable populations and communities. Students acquire advanced knowledge and skills in population and community needs assessment, analysis of aggregate data, and health planning, as well as program development, implementation, and evaluation. Students also acquire advanced knowledge and skills in emergency preparedness, planning, and management from the nurse coordinator perspective. Focusing on health promotion and prevention, the program allows students to select a vulnerable population focus for study across the curriculum, such as women and infants, children, teens, adults with chronic illnesses, geriatric clients, clients with ethnic or racial disparities, and infectious disease clients, to name a few. The scope of public health/population health nursing practice and concepts of disaster preparedness and management, systems leadership, and quality and safety are integrated into various courses throughout the curriculum.An Emergency Preparedness Nursing Coordinator Graduate Certificate is available for non-degree students who wish to specialize in the area of emergency management nursing. Upon satisfactorily completing the 15 hours required of the graduate certificate, an entry will be made on the student’s transcript. All courses are delivered through distance education.A student who completes the graduate certificate in Emergency Preparedness Nursing Coordinator may apply the 15 hours credit toward the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) in Population Health with a Concentration in Emergency Management OR towards the Master of Science with a Major in Emergency Management. All coursework for the MSN must be completed within six years. Hours earned through a graduate certificate program may only be applied to one graduate degree.
nursing; vulnerable populations and communities; needs assessment; data analysis; health planning
CHESS was the former International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, which was founded in 2010 under the leadership of Dr. Hanqin Tian and produced enormous outcomes since then. In March 2025, the Center has been renamed to Center for Human-Earth System Science (CHESS), better reflecting its evolving mission, expertise, and an influx of new members who have specialized knowledge in socioeconomic aspects. This new name aligns the center’s work more closely with its goals and research profiles.CHESS has its mission on understanding and envisioning various human-earth system processes, the impacts of these processes on human society and natural ecosystem systems, and the corresponding implications for human-earth system sustainability. Without losing strengths on modeling ecosystem structure, processes, and functions, we will also explore the reason(s), timing, and location of human decisions and activities, exploring the interactions between human system and earth system processes over both space and time. CHESS hosts a variety of activities that explore solutions related to the above mission, including but not limited to research idea brainstorming meetings, high-profile scholar seminars, grant opportunity briefing meetings, and sharing some resources. We will also establish student awards, promoting student research and publications.
human-earth system; sustainability; modeling
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