__University__ 2025-2026 Bulletin

Emergency Management and Community Resilience Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management and Community Resilience is designed to equip leaders to build more resilient communities and systems. The transdisciplinary Emergency Management and Community Resilience curriculum incorporates a multitude of fields, ranging from anthropology to urban planning to communication, which allows students to examine issues from multiple perspectives and equips them with skills and knowledge to create a more resilient future. The program emphasizes informed resilience work, community engagement, sustainability, inclusion and equity, and applied learning.

This is a five course program.


Choose five courses from the following:


EMCR 521/EES 521Anatomy and History of Disasters

4
EMCR 530/USP 530Building Community Resilience

4
EMCR 545/Comm 545Risk and Strategic Communication

4
EMCR 560/USP 560Climate Resiliency Planning

3
EMCR 567/Geog 567Community Resilience in Coupled Socio-Ecological Systems

4
EMCR 591/Anth 591Culture, Vulnerability and Disaster Resilience

4
Geog 512Global Climate Change Science and Socio-environmental Impact Assessment

4

Total Credit Hours: 19-20