HSEM 240 - Homeland Security Emergency Management Work-Based Learning

5 Credits

Provides students with real world experiences in homeland security and emergency management. Students learn to work within time constraints and are exposed to appropriate workplace behaviors. Students will have opportunities to refine the core skills they have learned from the courses or curriculum.

Pre-requisite(s) HSEM 102 with min 2.0
Instructor Permission Required Yes
FeesHD

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Online
Spring Online

Designed to Serve Those wishing to gain experience in the emergency management field through non paid work study
Active Date 20220330T15:34:09

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Internship Yes
Class Limit 25
Contact Hours: Field Studies 165
Total Contact Hours 165
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline

On-the-job training
Agency organizational environment/culture
Problem solving techniques for the workplace
Working with people from diverse backgrounds
Career development and opportunities

Student Learning Outcomes
Obtain homeland security emergency management work experience through volunteering, job shadowing, interning, and/or agreeing to be evaluated by a current supervisor.

Set workplace learning objectives, develop a plan for accomplishing those objectives, document the learning process, and assess their success in reaching objectives.

Write a career path plan communicating where they want to be in their careers five years in the future and the steps they will take to make it happen.