Department website: https://www.atu.edu/emergencymanagement

Disasters, both natural and man-made, have multitude of impacts on businesses that result in disruption of services. Business continuity focuses on continuity of operations during disasters and involves effectively preparing for, responding to, mitigating against, and recovering from disasters at an organizational level. This graduate certificate provides students job opportunities as business continuity planner, business resilience associate, crisis analyst, disaster recovery specialist, and risk advisor, with employment in banking field, corporations, healthcare, insurance agencies and many more.

 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
EMHS 5023	Technology for Comprehensive Emergency Management	3
EMHS 6023	Risk and Vulnerability Assessment for Business and Industry	3
EMHS 6033	Leadership and Management	3
EMHS 6063	Principles of Emergency Management	3
MGMT 6203	Decision Modeling in Supply Chain Management	3
Total Hours		15

Students who complete they program will be able to:

• acquire proficiency in conducting business impact analysis, developing business continuity plans, and identifying business recovery strategies to minimize organizational risks and impacts to disasters.
• implement strategies to provide continuity of operations during and in the aftermath of a disaster.