UAF offers master's in security and disaster management
August 10, 2015
Andrea Miller
907-474-5942
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will offer a new online master's degree in security
and disaster management starting this fall.
The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities approved the degree last week.
The approval allows the UAF School of Management to accept new students and deliver
a program that supports students already studying homeland security and emergency
management.
“Based on the popularity of the undergraduate HSEM program, which has grown from four
to 180 students in five years, there clearly exists both a need and a strong interest
in a graduate-level degree,” said Cameron Carlson, program director.
The master's program will give homeland security and emergency management practitioners
the education needed to lead and manage at the operational to strategic levels. With
its online delivery option, the master's program takes advantage of emerging technology
while attracting students from around the world. It develops the skills to succeed
in emergency and disaster professions in the military, civilian government agencies
or industry.
Students can register now for classes. Two new classes include HSEM F601 - Legal Aspects
of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and HSEM F609 - Human Security.
People interested in being a part of the first cohort of students in the master's program
can contact Anita Hughes at alhughes2@alaska.edu.
ADDITIONAL CONTACT: Cameron Carlson, 907-474-6537, cdcarlson@alaska.edu
ON THE WEB: www.uaf.edu/som