DSM and Other Hazards Course Offerings
Fall 2005 (Previous Semesters)
Courses marked with a "**" are required courses for
the DSM Minor program.
Courses marked with a "*" are accepted DSM
Minor electives.
The other courses on the list are hazards-related or the material has application to DSM. Courses on this list (and others that may not have been identified) may be applicable for credit in the minor on a case by case review basis. Please contact program coordinator Dr. John Pine.
| ** DSM 2010 - Fundamentals of Emergency Management - Lecture - 3.0 hours |
| Introduction and overview of emergency management functions and processes in federal, state, and local governments; roles of nonprofit and private organizations in disaster planning, response, and recovery; critical management issues in effective response and recovery to natural and man made hazards. |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 1702 | 001 | 600 | 900 N | Th | 0111 | Lockett | Gleason, David Jeffrey |
| DSM 3900 - Disaster Science and Management Internship - Clinic/Practicum - 3.0 hours |
| Prereq.: DSM 2000 and junior standing. Written consent of DSM program coordinator and supervising faculty member. Faculty supervised field study with an agency or organization whose mission is considered relevant to the emergency management system or disaster planning, response, or mitigation. |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 1703 | 001 |
| COURSE IS CURRENTLY IN "HELD" STATUS. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES. |
| ** DSM 3910 - Hazards Seminar - Seminar- 1.0 hours |
| Prereq.: DSM 2000 and junior standing; May be repeated for a max. of 3 sem. hrs. when topics vary. Guest speakers and presentation of reports and discussion with students and faculty concerning a broad range of issues, problems, and topics related to disasters and emergency management. |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 1704 | 001 | 1230 | 130 | F | 0116 | Prescott | Garrison, M. |
| DSM 4900 - Research in Disaster Science and Management - Research - 3.0 hours |
| Prereq.: SOCL 2211 or equivalent and 12 hrs of course work including DSM 2000 and core courses in the disaster science management concentration or minor; consent of instructor. |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 1706 | 001 | TBA | Pine, John C |
| STUDENTS MUST CONTACT JOHN PINE AT 578-1075 AFTER REGISTERING FOR THIS COURSE. |
| DSM 7000 - Policies and Practices of Emergency Management - 3.0 Hours |
|
The evolution of hazard and disaster policies and
emergency management organizational practices and their |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 6606 | 001 | 430 | 730N | W | 0134 | Allen | Pine, John C |
| DSM 7910 -Disaster Science and Management Seminar - 1.0 Hours |
|
May
be repeated for a max. of 2 sem. hrs. of credit as sessions
vary for fall and spring semesters. |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 6589 | 001 | 1230 | 130 | F | 100 | Tureaud Hall | Garrison, M . |
| *CE 4445 - Hurricane Engineering - Lecture - 3.0 hours |
| Prereq.: CE 3415 and credit or registration in CE 3200 or equivalent. Analysis and design of structures to resist hurricanes and other natural hazards; wind engineering, flood engineering; hazard phenomena and probabilities of occurrence; estimation of loads, loading provisions of major building codes and standards; damage mechanisms; design strategies for life safety and damage mitigation. |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 1025 | 001 | 930 | 1030 | M W F | 3140 | CEBA | Levitan, Marc L |
| EMS 4020 - Quantitative Risk Assessment - Lecture - 3.0 hours |
| Prereq.: six hours of chemistry and six hours of biological sciences, MATH 1431 or equivalent. Assessment of environmental risks; interactions of pollution/toxins with the human body; managing and predicting risks. |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 6959 | 001 | 600 | 900N | Th | 134 | M B Sturgis | Staff |
| ENVS 4477 - Environmental Toxicology: Introduction and Application - Lecture - 3.0 hours |
| Prereq.: 6 hrs. of chemistry, 6 hrs. of life sciences, and permission of instructor. Introduction to the basic principles of environmental toxicology; applications of these principles in industrial and other job related environments; regulatory perspectives; spills; anthropogenic pollution problems; human risk management; overview of classes of toxic agents, routes of exposure, target tissues (human mammalian), and toxicological testing. |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 6608 | 001 | 500 | 800N | W | 0108 | TUREAUD HALL | Cunningham, Albert |
| GEOG 4045 - Environmental Remote Sensing - Lecture/Lab - 3.0 hours |
| Prereq.: consent of instructor. May be taken for elective geology credit. 2 hrs. lecture; 2 hrs. lab. Basic energy and matter relationships; principles of primary remote sensors; environment studied via remote sensing techniques |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 3084 | 001 | 130 | 330 | W | 0260 | HOWE-RUSSELL | Lewis, Anthony J. |
| LAB | 330 | 530 | W | 0260 | HOWE-RUSSELL | Lewis, Anthony J. |
| GEOG 4047 - Geographic Information Systems - Lecture - 3.0 hours |
Prereq.: CSC 1250 or 1253 or equivalent. Geographic information systems used in land resource management and planning; data structures and algorithms for automated retrieval and analysis of spatial data; structuring cartographic data into spatial data; integration of remotely sensed data into geographic information systems. |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 3086 | 002 | 930 | 1230 | W | 0260 | Howe-Russell | Lam, Nina |
| OCS 4021 - Weather Analysis and Satellite Meteorology - 3.0 Hours |
| Diagnostic studies of surface and upper-air observational data using isoplething charts and satellite images to represent the state of the atmosphere over both land and sea; the use of satellite technology in weather forecasting including cloud identification, wind direction, storm development, and air quality. |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 6770 | 001 | 130 | 300 | M W | 0103 | Tureaud Hall | Hsu, S |
| OCS 4465 - Coastal Zone Management - Lecture - 3.0 hours |
| Also offered as LAW 5803. Nonlaw students encouraged to participate. Written and oral presentation required; special projects relating to the primary field of interest permitted. Resources allocation and environmental quality issues in coastal and estuarine zones of the U.S.; evaluating alternative solutions to topical coastal zone issues; preparing legal devices for meeting the issues, such as legislation, regulations, contract prov isions , and deed restrictions ; traditional law courses in water law, environmental law, natural-resources law, and land-use planning. |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 5108 | 001 | 500 | 800 N | M | 0108 | Tureaud Hall | Wilkins, James Gillespie |
| PSYC 3083 - Psychological Counseling - Lecture - 3.0 hours |
| Prereq.: PSYC 2000 or 2060, and 2004. Concepts of psychological treatment in adjustment problems. |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 8428 | 002 | 430 | 600N | T Th | 0104 | Audubon | Zlomke, K |
| SOCL 2211 - Methods of Sociological Research - Lecture - 3.0 hours |
| Prereq.: SOCL 2001 and 2201; or equivalent. Scientific methods and their application in sociological research, including problem selection, research design, measurement, data sources, and evaluation of data. |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 5941 | 001 | 1200 | 130 | T Th | 0129 | Allen | Ynalvez, Marcus |
| 5942 | 002 | 130 | 300 | T Th | 0114 | Audubon | Duque, R. |
| 5943 | 003 | 300 | 430 | T Th | 0129 | Allen | Ynalvez, Marcus |
| *SW 4500 - Crisis Intervention - Lecture - 3.0 hours |
| Introduction to major theories and research that describes and explains the range and complexity of problems that may emerge from natural or other disaster scenarios. |
| Call | Sec | Beg | End | Days | Room | Building | Faculty |
| 6122 | 001 | 1200 | 130 | T Th | 0228 | Tureaud HAll | Watkins, Corie Hebert |