The objective of the academic minor in Emergency Management (EM) is to allow students to achieve one half of the HLS breadth requirement in a closely related discipline to Homeland Security. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) deï¬nes Emergency Management (EM) as "the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters."
Students completing this minor will have a composite view of emergency management, and its integral role in Homeland Security and resilience, as well as how to design emergency management plans,continuity
of operations plans and how to design and evaluate exercises in both the public and private sectors. As such, the minor in EM formalizes an academic credential in an area vital to Homeland Security and of interest to several other disciplines and professions such as business, law enforcement, the government, the military, etc.

