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The Master of Science in Emergency Services Administration degree program at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is fully online, and prepares graduates for organizational leadership and senior-level positions across the emergency services sector. The program's high-quality, wide-ranging courses engage students in theory and research that inform the management of disaster risk. Program coursework culminates in projects or theses that directly strengthen students’ organizations and communities.

In recent years, emergency services professions have become extremely competitive, with demands for personnel to further their education to attain promotion and keep up with technical advances. Those in the following fields are well-suited for this program: firefighters, police officers, military personnel, emergency medical services personnel, and disaster response planners within government, business, and industry.

The purpose of the EMER program is to develop administrative leadership skills in emergency service personnel including:

Public administrators
Private business and industry disaster planners
Emergency medical services personnel
Nursing and public health practitioners
Military personnel
Humanitarian workers
Police officers, firefighters, and emergency managers

Features and Benefits

Exclusively online instruction to meet the needs of working professionals
Instructors are prominent faculty from the emergency services field
Networking with other professionals in a team learning environment
Students’ course assignments have practical and real-world applications
Courses are scheduled to allow students to pursue the degree on a year-round basis

In This Program You'll Learn

Administrative leadership
Emergency planning and management theory and practice
International emergency management
Legal, economic, and human issues in emergency administration
Organizational change mechanisms
Participative decision making and collaboration
Research methods and analytic techniques for decision support and innovation
Hazards and risk management
Critical infrastructure
Disaster public and mental health
Homeland security
Risk, crisis, and interagency communications
Business continuity
Emergency management technologies
Public service
Critical thinking
Sociocultural skills
Community Engagement
Governance and Civics
Leadership