Disaster Sciences Minor
Description
Disaster sciences is a multidisciplinary minor that exposes students to the science and practice in fields such as emergency management and disaster mental health. The disaster context considered includes natural and technological disasters, pandemic, domestic and international terrorism, and climate change/environmental degradation. Students receive training in research areas within the disaster sciences, and with respect to occupations in emergency management. The minor is also of potential interest to first responders and related occupations. The minor promotes an integrated understanding of human behavior before, during, and after disasters, and an enhanced ability to work effectively across disciplines in diverse disaster-related socio-political-cultural-economic contexts.
Course Requirements
Disaster sciences is a multidisciplinary minor consisting of 18 credit hours, including CRJU 3250 Emergency Management and CJ and PSYC 4632 Disasters and Mental Health. The remaining hours are listed below, with a minimum of one course completed from the Foundations of Human Behavior, Applications, and Contexts category, and one course completed from the Working with Diversity category. At least three different disciplines outside the student's major must be represented, and 12 of the 18 hours must be at the 3000 level or above. The same course may not satisfy requirements for both the major and the minor.
Foundations of Human Behavior, Applications, and Contexts
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CRJU 1000 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CRJU 1150 | Introduction to Homeland Security | 3 |
| CRJU 2850 | Foundations of Terrorism | 3 |
| CRJU 4350 | Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century | 3 |
| GEOL 1040 & GEOL 1140 | Environmental Geology - Hazards and Environmental Geology-Hazards Laboratory | 4 |
| PBHL 1910 | Personal and Community Health | 3 |
| PBHL 2030 | First Aid and CPR | 3 |
| NAHM 3110 | Nutrition | 3 |
| POLS 3501 | Ethnic Conflict and International Terror | 3 |
| PSYC 3130 | Psychopathology: Integrative Approaches | 3 |
| PSYC 3140 | Brain and Behavior | 3 |
| PSYC 3160 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 3201 | Forensic Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 3603 | Environmental Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 4605 | Positive Psychology | 3 |
| SCWK 2010 | Introduction to Social Work | 3 |
| SOCY 3110 | Social Problems | 3 |
| SOCY 3130 | Social Movements | 3 |
| SOCY 3320 | Sociology of Peace and Justice | 3 |
| SOCY 3330 | Juvenile Delinquency | 3 |
| SOCY 3550 | Sociology of Human Rights | 3 |
| SOCY 4110 | Environment, Technology and Society | 3 |
| SOCY 4310 | Criminology | 3 |
Working with Diversity
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| NAHM 3230 | Human Development Across the Lifespan | 3 |
| NAHM 3280 | Child Development | 3 |
| PSYC 3110 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 3601 | Multicultural Psychology | 3 |
| SCWK 3211 | Human Behav and the Soc Environment I | 3 |
| SCWK 3212 | Human Behav and the Soc Environment II | 3 |
| SCWK 3260 | Gerontology: Social Welfare Aspects | 3 |
| SCWK 3300 | Human Diversity and Social Work Practice | 3 |
| SOCY 3250 | Sociology of Gender | 3 |
| SOCY 3270 | Genocide and Women | 3 |
| SOCY 3360 | Sociology of Religion | 3 |
| SOCY 4130 | Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
Other Academic Requirements
Students must receive a grade of C or higher on all courses to be applied to the minor.