Community Preparedness and Disaster Management Certificate
If you’ve been thinking about expanding your individual knowledge or you want to advance your career in disaster management, this program is a perfect fit. We run one cohort of students each year — beginning every January. Our application deadline is December 4 for January classes. The certificate is taught entirely online with an optional graduation attendance. There is no on campus time required. You will learn an “all hazards” approach to disaster management with an emphasis on building an emergency management system through partnering and networking.
Our cohorts recruit professionals from a variety of backgrounds, thus providing a rich environment of peer networking and learning. For example, it’s not unusual for us to have a class that includes veterinarians, fire and medical responders, public health officials, military personnel and community leaders.
The courses can be used for undergraduate and graduate degree programs as elective hours. Students may take just one course or opt for all three. The certificate can be earned by executive and graduate students only. Undergraduate students are restricted from earning the certificate denotation.
Graduate students who are interested in taking all three certificate courses and earning the CPDM certificate must apply here:https://applynow.unc.edu/apply/
Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| HPM 420 | Community and Public Health Security: Disasters, Terrorism, and Emergency Management | 3 |
| HPM 422 | Emergency Management I: Analytic Methods | 3 |
| HPM 423 | Emergency Management II: Disaster Management | 3 |
| Minimum Hours | 9 | |
