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EM 220-Emergency Management
Planning (3)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: EM 130
Provides a thorough understanding of risk
management, operational planning, and strategic
planning as applied in current emergency
management policy. Teaches evaluation and
use of current policy tools to determine risk
vulnerabilities and capabilities, critically evaluate
an emergency operations plan, identify the
components of an emergency operations plan,
and assess the purpose of strategic planning.
EM 221-Public Safety
Leadership and Ethics (3)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: EM 201 or FSA 201
Provides the student with understanding of
leadership theories, skills, and techniques for
application in emergency management. Introduces
the concept of effective leadership in emergency
management by identifying leadership models
utilized in managing across the life cycle of
the incidents. Challenges students to analyze
and evaluate current emergency management
leaders and their leadership styles for their
theoretical value and practical effectiveness.
EM 225-Emergency Management
Mitigation (0)
Prerequisites: FEM 157, FEM 186, FEM 173
Explores the reasons and need for planning for
a sustainable, disaster-resistant community.
Introduces participants to mitigation basics for
both natural and human-driven disasters. Describes
the Continuity Management Program, Process
and Cycle, the fundamentals of Risk Management,
and the importance of Devolution Planning.
EM 235-Recovery and Assessment (0)
Prerequisites: FEM 103, FEM 179, FEM 201
Provides students with the knowledge to plan an
effective damage assessment program, conduct
rapid damage assessments, and begin the process
of recovery and mitigation. Introduces students
to the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation
Program (HSEEP), exercise design, and exercises as
a concept. Explores the National Disaster Recovery
Framework (NDRF) key concepts, core principles,
and roles and responsibilities of NDRF leadership.
EM 297-Emergency Management
Capstone (3)
Prerequisite: EN 101; Prerequisite or
Corequisite: EM 220 and EM 221
As the culminating experience for the Emergency
Management Track II major, this course enables
students to exercise critical thinking and evaluation
skills, while applying comprehension of the
emergency management discipline. Students will
write a research paper, under the supervision of a
faculty mentor, which demonstrates the ability to
analyze and synthesize the theories and practices to
reduce vulnerability to hazards and mitigate disasters.
EN/CMM: English &
Communications
EN/CMM 241-Journalism
Publication Practicum (3)
• Gen Ed Humanities; Gen Ed Communications; Cultural
Competence
Prerequisite: EN 101
Provides instruction and laboratory experience in
writing, editing, designing, and publishing print
and digital content for The Commuter. Students
receive practical experience in journalistic and
social media content, curation, editing, design,
photography, and digital production using industry
standard software. Students will create and produce
three journalistic publications per semester.
EN: English
EN 70-Introduction to College
Reading andWriting (0) [6]
Prerequisite: Appropriate scores on the
reading and writing placement tests
Provides extended practice with academic writing
based on college-level texts. The course stresses the
interaction between critical reading, writing, and
thinking. The course offers structured practice and
support with writing academic essays, improving
reading comprehension, and increasing critical
reading skills to succeed in future college academic
tasks. Students are guided to become flexible,
confident, and independent readers and writers.
EN 75-Reading andWriting in the
Academic Disciplines (0) [4]
Prerequisite: EN 51 or appropriate scores on
the reading and writing placement tests
Promotes the integrated approach to the
development of active reading and writing strategies
for the tasks and texts students encounter in
college. The course stresses the interaction among
the reader, the text, and the context and one’s
ability to critically respond to a variety of writing
situations. The course addresses whole discourse
and sentence-level matters. Students are guided
to become independent readers and writers.
EN 101-English Composition (3)
• Gen Ed English
Prerequisites: (EN 70 or EN 75) OR [(EN 50A or EN
61) and EN 52] OR (ESL 95 and ESL 99) OR (ESL
72 and ESL 73) OR (satisfactory performance
on the writing assessment and satisfactory
performance on the reading assessment)
Develops students’ability to use writing,
reading, research, and thinking processes to
create documented essays that demonstrate
the conventions of academic writing.
EN 102-English Composition
and Literature (3)
• Gen Ed Humanities; Gen Ed Communications
Prerequisite: EN 101
Reinforces, through an examination of literature, the
reading, writing, critical thinking, and information
literacy skills introduced in English Composition.
By exploring literary texts from fiction, poetry, and
drama, students learn to clarify their own values and
identities as well as develop a better understanding
of ideas and cultures beyond their own experience.
EN 201-British Literature Anglo-Saxon
Period to the Eighteenth Century (3)
• Gen Ed Humanities
Prerequisite: EN 101
Surveys the literature of Great Britain from the
Anglo-Saxon period to the eighteenth century.
The growth of a nation, social classes, the rise and
questioning of the monarchy, the role of women,
and early colonialism are explored through poetry,
prose fiction and nonfiction, and drama.
EN 202-British Literature Eighteenth
Century through the Present (3)
• Gen Ed Humanities
Prerequisite: EN 101
Surveys the literature of Great Britain from the
eighteenth century through the present. The rise
of industry, changing views of gender and citizen,
the rise and fall of an empire, world wars, and
artistic experimentation are explored through the
literary genres of poetry, fiction, and drama.
EN 203-American Literature Pre-
Colonial through Civil War Periods (3)
• Gen Ed Humanities
Prerequisite: EN 101
Surveys American literature from its pre-
contact beginnings. Culture clash, settlement,
rebellion, and the rise of a democratic republic
are explored through histories, diaries, sermons,
pamphlets, poetry, essays, and fiction.
EN 204-American Literature Civil War
Period through the Present (3)
• Gen Ed Humanities
Prerequisite: EN 101
Surveys American literature from the late 19th
Century to today. The rise of industrialism, world
wars, the fragmenting of society, and artistic
experimentation are explored through the
literary genres of poetry, fiction, and drama.
EN 205-World Literature through 1650 C.E. (3)
• Gen Ed Humanities; Cultural Competence
Prerequisite: EN 101
Surveys selected works of western and non-
western literature from their beginnings through
1650 C.E. Cultural and historical contexts are
explored through a wide range of literary forms.