Emergency and Disaster Management, BS

Total number of hours for the program: 120.

General admission requirements for undergraduate students can be found on the WCU Admission Requirements page. Residential students may not enroll in the online courses. Those seeking admission to study through the online mode must have completed an AA, AS or AAS degree from a community college or have substantial progress toward “44 General Core” courses that satisfy the General Education/Liberal Studies requirement for North Carolina Community College System.

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 at the 300/400 level.