Walden University offers online masters in emergency management

Walden University

Minneapolis-based Walden University is offering an online emergency management degree program aimed at developing skills to handle situations from natural disasters to man-made catastrophes to terrorist acts.

Walden University said its new online M.S. in Emergency Management program helps prepare professionals with the advanced skills they need to lead emergency response efforts, improve public policy and protect communities from natural disasters and other hazardous events.

This new online master's degree program emphasizes key skills related to creating and implementing disaster prevention and response plans, it said. The program's coursework highlights principles and systems that can benefit students seeking to earn certificates from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency Management Institute. Students can choose from a general program as well as four specializations: Criminal Justice,Homeland Security, Public Management and Leadership and Terrorism and Emergency Management.

The online degree program can prepare Walden students to serve in a variety of emergency management leadership roles that include collaborating with first-responder and critical incident management teams, working with government leaders to improve public policy and developing and delivering training to response teams and communities.

The M.S. in Emergency Management program, said the university,  joins its portfolio of online programs in the School of Public Policy and Administration, which includes the B.S. in Criminal Justice, the B.S. in Political Science and Public Administration, the Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.), the Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.), the M.S. in Nonprofit Management and Leadership, the M.S. in Criminal Justice, the M.S. in Criminal Justice Leadership and Executive Management and the Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration. For more information, go to www.WaldenuU.edu/publicpolicy.