HLS876 Issues in Public Health and Emergency Planning

This course will focus on the role of emergency management and public health in the homeland security enterprise. Topics will include: the National Incident Management System, emergency management institutions (federal, state and local government, plus private sector and non-governmental organizations) and their respective roles, disaster management, strategic communications, public health authorities and institutions, the basics of epidemiology and syndromic surveillance, and a primer on infectious disease and biological threats and their potential impacts.

Corequisite

None

Credits

4

Distribution

Security Studies