The BSHS in Leadership for Emergency Action & Disaster Response is a 100% online, degree-completion program that will offer courses in an accelerated format. Students will have 8-week classes offered in Session A and B of the fall, spring, and summer semesters.
The BSHS with a major in Leadership for Emergency Action & Disaster Response is a degree completion program that requires successful completion of 120 credit hours, divided into three components:
- General Education (19 credit hours)*
- Advanced Standing and Electives (41 credit hours)*
- Courses in the Major (60 credit hours)
*Students who are missing general education or advanced standing credits prior to admission, may take additional GW courses to meet these degree requirements.
General Education (19 credit hours)
- English Composition (3 credits)
- Natural or Physical Science with lab (4 credits) Biology recommended
- Social Science (6 credits)
- Humanities (3 credits)
- Statistics (3 credits)
Advanced Standing and Electives (41 credit hours)
Prior academic coursework will be evaluated for transferability. Academic credit may also be awarded for ACE-recognized military courses and other non-traditional learning, as appropriate.
Courses in the Major (60 credit hours; 3 credits each unless noted)
Major Courses (45 credits; 3 credits each):
- EHS 2160: Disaster Response Planning & Management (take as first course in major)
- EHS 2109: Infectious Diseases & Bioterrorism
- EHS 2161: Principles of Hazmat and CBRNE Incident Management (take EHS 2109 first)
- EHS 3101: Leadership Concepts
- EHS 3103: Technology in Critical Incident Response
- EHS 3105: Integrated Response to High Impact Violent Incidents
- EHS 3107: Financial Management for the Disaster Cycle
- EHS 4101: Humanitarian Relief Operations
- EHS 4103: Advanced Topics in Leadership
- EHS 4105: Operations Management in Asymmetric Conditions
- EHS 4160: Seminar in Project Management and Leadership
- HSCI 2105: Current Issues in Bioethics
- HSCI 2112W: Writing in the Health Sciences
- HSCI 4102: Human Physiology in Extreme Environments
- HSCI 4112W: Research and Writing in the Health Sciences
Major Electives (15 credits; 3 credits each); Chosen with advisor approval:
- EHS 2211: Introduction to Telemedicine
- EHS 4198: Administrative Internship
- HSCI 2101: Psychosocial Aspects of Health & Illness
- HSCI 2102: Pathophysiology
- HSCI 3113: Health Policy and the Health Care System
- HSCI 2110: Disease Prevention & Health Promotion
- HSCI 2114: Health Care in Developing Nations
- HSCI 4105: Case Studies in Health Care
- HSCI 4106: Intro to Epidemiology for Health Sciences