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This course addresses the
Homeland Security learning
outcomes marked in bold text.
- Define and identify vulnerabilities, threats, and hazards
- Assess risk
- Plan for emergency action
- Formulate prevention and mitigation strategies
- Organize responses
- Manage recovery options
- Evaluate effectivenes
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, students will:
- Recognize hazards in the industrial, commercial, governmental, and residential sectors relative to Natural and Man Made Disasters.
- Assess the risk of disaster by determining the potential severity and probability of occurrence.
- Evaluate pre, during, and post disaster issues.
- Plan, train, and implement countermeasures to minimize the effects of a disaster, and/or remediate the aftermath.
- Identify and discuss coordination between Federal, State, and Local Agencies and organizations involved in the response and relief.
- Apply Federal, State, and Local regulations and standards.
- Write an effective Emergency Action Plan.
Foundations in Homeland Security
& Disaster Preparedness
Credit Hours: 3.0 undergraduate
Description: The Foundations of Homeland Security course provides the basics of disaster preparedness. The course takes the "All Hazards" approach. It is a study of natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes and tornados, as well as "man-made" incidents such as acts of terrorism, chemical spills or release, fire, and explosions. The course will focus on potential hazards for each type of incident, severity, risk of occurrence, methods of mitigation (risk reduction), and preparedness, response, and recovery procedures. The knowledge base will be used as a foundation to develop written Emergency Action Plans.
Pre-requisites: None
Restrictions/Suggestions: This course has been developed for online delivery. The presentations have been designed to be interesting, graphic, and interactive. Unfortunately, the presentations are more complex and substantial in size. Your participation in this course will be less frustrating if your computer has:
- Windows operating system
- Pentium processor (the faster the better)
- 10 meg of free memory
- High speed modem (T1 line, Video modem, DSL, etc)
- Latest version of PowerPoint, Flash, and Adobe Reader
If your download times are excessively long, your system locks up or the animations do not appear, it might be your system. All university computers can be used, as well as those found in any other computer lab or public library.
Knowledge of Blackboard will also be helpful. If you have any questions or problems, please log onto www.niu.edu. On the Home Page, in the upper right-hand corner, select A-Z index, then select B, click on Blackboard. Before you log in, on the left side of the page is a box with "Helpful Links". Select "Student Help".
| If you are a student at |
Course name and number | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago State University | Contact your campus coordinator | Dr. Marian Perkins Assistant Professor Office: HWH 325 Phone: (773) 995-2233 |
| Eastern Illinois University | APLP 3100/APLP 5100, Foundations of Homeland Security and Disaster Preparedness | Sue Harvey Registrar gsharvey@eiu.edu (217) 581-3831 |
| Governors State University | Contact your campus coordinator | Veronica Williams Director, Extended University v-williams@govst.edu 708-534-3143 |
| Illinois State University | Contact your campus coordinator | Dr. Marilyn Morrow Chair, Health Sciences mmorrow@ilstu.edu 309-438-8806 |
| Northern Illinois University | UNIV 310/510, Foundations of Homeland Security & Disaster Preparedness | Linda Traff Assistant Director, Credit ltraff@niu.edu 815-753-8735 Cathy Cradduck Campus Coordinator ccradduc@niu.edu 815-753-5008 |
| Southern Illinois University at Carbondale | ||
| Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville | Contact your campus coordinator | Laura Strom Registrar lstrom@siue.edu 618-650-3330 |
| Western Illinois University | Contact your campus coordinator | Dr. Nancy Parsons Professor, Health Sciences NP-Parsons@wiu.edu 309-298-1746 |