Emergency and Disaster Management, BS

Total number of hours for the program: 120.

Admission Requirements: The Emergency and Disaster Management major is only offered as a distance education program. Residential students cannot participate in this major. Admissions requirements include a cumulative 2.0 GPA or better on all coursework at  other college or universities, completion of an AA, AS or AAS degree from the community college or substantial progress toward “44 General Core” courses that satisfy the General Education/Liberal Studies requirement for North Carolina Community College System provides for seam-less transfers.

Coursework taken in Fire Science, Emergency Medical and Emergency Preparedness programs at North Carolina community colleges may transfer into the major (max. 18 credit hours). Fifty percent of earned degree hours and 50 percent of all courses in the major must be the 300/400 level.