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Overview
Benefits
Curriculum
Admission criteria and application information
Contact info
Overview
The School
of Public Health at
UNC-Chapel Hill has developed an online certificate program to provide
community leaders in public health, health services, emergency management, emergency medical services, fire, law
enforcement and other disaster responders with the opportunity to enhance their
knowledge of management systems used to prepare for, and to respond to, natural
and man-made disasters, including terrorism. Even though this is a graduate-level
program, individuals with substantial experience in public health, health
services, and disaster response services who do not have a bachelor’s degree
may take these courses.
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Benefits
Students obtain this certificate from a program whose
nationally recognized faculty has delivered off-campus graduate education to
health care professionals since 1969. Our Executive Master’s Program is
currently ranked second highest in health services administration programs in the United States by U.S News and World
Report and historically has been ranked in the top two percent of
all health services administration programs accredited by the Accrediting
Commission on Education for Health Services Administration.
Once the certificate program is completed, students may opt to obtain an additional certification by completing the Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) credentialing
process through the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM).
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Curriculum
Certification requires the completion of four 3-hour courses
and provides mentoring in obtaining the optional 1-credit hour CEM elective through IAEM, which are offered through a mix of
on-campus and distance learning activities.
The four core courses are:
- HPAA 420 – Community
and Public Health Security (3 hours) Designed to teach students about local, state and federal
systems, including FEMA, CDC and state emergency management systems.
- HPAA 421 – Community
and Public Health Disasters (3 hours) Focuses on the science and agents of hazards, such as
biological, chemical, weather and radiological hazards.
- HPAA 422 – Analytic
Methods (3 hours) Designed to teach students the methods of assessing,
designing and evaluating disaster management systems, including forensic
epidemiology, risk assessment, and cost/benefit analysis
- HPAA 423 – Disaster
Management Issues (3 hours) Designed to expose students to current issues in disaster
management, including evacuation, recovery, mitigation and crisis communications.
- HPAA 496 – CEM
Certification (1 hour) Structured approach to obtaining credential as a Certified
Emergency Manager (CEM)® through the International Association of Emergency
Managers (IAEM).
The elective choices are:
- Obtain
credentials as a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)® through the International Association of Emergency
Managers (IAEM).
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Admission criteria
Priority will be given to applicants who are currently
engaged in disaster management services. Applicants will be accepted in order
of submission up to capacity of the cohort.
All applications must include the following:
- Online
admission application for this certificate program
- Supplemental information, including personal statement and resume or CV
- $73 application fee, payable by check or money order ONLY.
See the complete Admissions information here. Start your online application here.
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Contact CPDM
Bill Gentry
(919) 966-4228 | wgentry@email.unc.edu
Kim Sieler
(919) 966-7364 | krsieler@email.unc.edu
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