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Emergency Management & Homeland Security
A wide variety of rewarding career options await graduates the emergency management & homeland security program.
From government and healthcare to non-profit and faith-based organizations, emergency management professionals keep us safe. At Penn College, you’ll explore what it takes to serve and protect in critical times. Whether it’s developing an action plan or facilitating a coordinated response, this flexible online program cultivates the practical real-world skills that tomorrow needs most.
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You're on your way to becoming a tomorrow maker.
At Penn College, we believe your educational experience should go beyond specialized skills. Real-world ready means taking a broader approach that builds communication skills, inspires collaboration, and encourages exploration of arts, history, and science.
Specialization requires in-depth knowledge and high-level proficiency. Students learn and apply major-specific concepts, skills, and methods.
Perspectives are points of view, offering a variety of ways of understanding, interacting, and influencing the world. Students identify, explain, and utilize the approaches used by academics and professionals to study, analyze, or understand problems, and offer solutions.
A wide variety of rewarding career options await graduates the emergency management & homeland security program.
Listen to David E. Bjorkman, instructor of emergency management/social science, as he discusses the program, career opportunities, the realistic disaster simulations in which students participate, and the overwhelming acceptance by veteran emergency managers.
Thanks to the Military Tuition Assistance Program, more tomorrow makers can find their futures at Penn College. Through this special offering, qualified active military personnel are eligible to pursue college credits tuition free.
Think Penn College might be a good fit for you? Make plans to visit and discover what hands-on learning is all about. Academic Tours allow you to explore labs and get to the core of your future program. If you’re looking for a deeper dive into your academic area of interest, opt for a Self-Scheduled Personal Tour. Comprehensive COVID-19 safety protocols are in place.
Mar 8
Self-Scheduled Personal Tour - Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Monday, March 81:30 PM - 4:30 PM Eastern Time (U.S.)
Mar 15
Self-Scheduled Personal Tour - Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Monday, March 151:30 PM - 4:30 PM Eastern Time (U.S.)
Mar 22
Self-Scheduled Personal Tour - Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Monday, March 221:30 PM - 4:30 PM Eastern Time (U.S.)
Mar 29
Self-Scheduled Personal Tour - Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Monday, March 291:30 PM - 4:30 PM Eastern Time (U.S.)
Apr 5
Self-Scheduled Personal Tour - Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Monday, April 51:30 PM - 4:30 PM Eastern Time (U.S.)
Apr 12
Self-Scheduled Personal Tour - Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Monday, April 121:30 PM - 4:30 PM Eastern Time (U.S.)
Apr 19
Self-Scheduled Personal Tour - Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Monday, April 191:30 PM - 4:30 PM Eastern Time (U.S.)
Apr 26
Self-Scheduled Personal Tour - Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Monday, April 261:30 PM - 4:30 PM Eastern Time (U.S.)
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Our Emergency Management Club promotes, fosters, and advocates for professional development within the field of emergency management through training, conferences, and professional development opportunities within the emergency management community.
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Juggling full-time college classes by day and full-time emergency medical technician work by night, Brooke M. Strubel is earning ...
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is upending the norm in most sectors of society, students and faculty in Pennsylvania College of ...
David E. Bjorkman, instructor of emergency management/social science at Penn College, was a recent guest on the Keystone ...
Internships are key for career preparation. During the eighth and final semester, apply what you’ve learned in the real world working with an emergency preparedness, response, or recovery organization.
Emergency Management Technology Online student Robyn Wolfe, a survivor of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, recalls her experience while evaluating the reactions during and after the event.
Internal and external transfers may carry parallel major courses into the baccalaureate when the grades are 'C' or better. Transcripts should be submitted with the application for admission and will be evaluated by Registrar staff and by academic school staff. By its nature, prior work experience in emergency services, military, and other appropriate work backgrounds will be evaluated for transfer evaluation and placement in the major. The academic school dean and full-time faculty will evaluate credit for life experience for course work from applicants with non-credit training or work experience. Credits awarded for work/life experience will be posted to the applicant’s College transcript after successful completion of at least 12 credits at the College.
Alternative Credit refers to academic credits earned through means other than traditional college course completion, including: credit by exam, articulation, proof of competency gained in high school, work/life experience, and advanced placement.
Visit the Alternative Credit Options page in our Course Catalog for general requirements and procedures and for information on credit through Advanced Placement.
International students who are studying in the United States on an F-1 visa must be enrolled in a full course of study in-person. Students are not permitted to enroll in an entirely online degree. Online degrees are available to international students pursuing the degree from their home country. Students must still meet all admissions criteria for admission to the college and any special admissions requirements that govern pursuit of their chosen major.