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The mission of the emergency management major at Â鶹¾«Æ· is to give students the theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and the sense of duty necessary to help save lives and property from the devastating impact of disasters.

Students who complete the Bachelor of Arts in Emergency Management should be able to:

• Understand and apply administrative, management, grant research and writing; leadership skills; ethics; managing projects, people and change; inter- and intra-agency coordinating, collaborating and networking.
• Demonstrate understanding of legal issues and concerns; Stafford Act and Patriot Act (as they relate to emergency management); legal environment and disaster laws.
• Utilize technology such as GIS, GPS, MIS, Emergency Communication, Interoperability communications and computer skills.
• Demonstrate understanding of national response framework, local emergency operation plans, and response agreements/memorandums of understanding.
• Identify actions to reduce or eliminate risk to people and property from hazards and their effects including long-term solutions to reducing risk.

Additional topics include: hazard identification and mapping, design and construction applications, land-use planning, financial incentives, insurance and structural controls.

All course requirements and descriptions for Â鶹¾«Æ·â€™s Emergency Management program can be found in the most recent version of the course catalog.

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Imagine studying Emergency Management at Â鶹¾«Æ·, named No. 8 nationally among the Top 20 Best Affordable programs in the country and the only Emergency Management bachelor’s degree offered in the state of Kansas, while simultaneously learning how to utilize unmanned aircraft system in emergency situations with courses from the No. 2 program on Drone Training HQ’s list of the “Top 20 Unmanned Aerial Systems Colleges in the United States,” Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus. These two schools are located in one place: Salina, KS.

Here is your chance to prepare for a career in Emergency Management with the additional ability to speak the language of UAS technology and understand what is involved in flying and interpreting data collected by UAS vehicles. This unique collaboration, the only one of its kind between a state university and a private institution, will put Â鶹¾«Æ· students ahead of their peers in the Emergency Management field and will provide them with the tools and knowledge for more effectively and safely guiding response team efforts in emergency situations.

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• Unmanned Aircraft Systems Minor Requirements (Kansas State Polytechnic: College of Technology and Aviation)

Â鶹¾«Æ· is located near Crisis City, operated by the , an unrivaled world-class, multi-discipline, multi-agency training environment developed to enhance the state’s capability to defend against terrorism threats and respond to disasters and emergencies.

The university enjoys strong partnerships with local, regional and national Emergency Management experts and organizations, and is currently the only institution in the state of Kansas selected to host ’s 2015 L-363 Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Higher Education course.