William L. Waugh, Jr. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Georgia State University

The Range of Possibilities Graduate certificates Graduate concentrations in degree programs, e.g., MPA and MPP and PhD programs – the Georgia State University and University of Nevada at Las Vegas experiences Masters degree programs in EM – the University of Nevada at Las Vegas experience Doctoral degree programs in EM

Educational Missions Professional Certification – Graduate Certificates – pitching to the CEM exam – wrap around programs (linking certificates to graduate degree programs) Professional Education – MPA and MPP programs – three or four course specializations Doctoral Education – research versus application - doctors of practice in a research environment

EM Graduate Curricula Mapping EM KSAs – from undergraduate to graduate knowledge, skills, and abilities Traditional versus professional programs – the theory versus practice debate Pre-service versus midcareer professional programs - where to begin, balancing emergency management and management or technical education Practitioner versus academic educational programs – theory versus practice issues in research programs

Finding a balance that works Finding a mission that works – negotiating institutional and market pressures Truth in advertising – matching values, missions, and student goals Quality control – getting from war stories to generalizable content Support for professional education – counseling, placement, internships, etc.

Building EM Literacy Understanding the context of emergency management – the legal, political, social, and cultural contexts – with a touch of ethics, diversity, and technology Determining the knowledge goals – what do they need to know about emergency management practice Introducing emergency response – from firefighting to shelter management Introducing Homeland Security – organizational and political linkages, values and missions, etc. Introducing management issues in emergency management – from management skills to survivor skills in public, private, and nonprofit organizations – budgets, human resources, financial management, etc.

Institutional constraints, economic realities, professional pressures, and faculty resource limitations