The Master of Science in Disaster Medicine and Management is a comprehensive graduate-degree program encompassing all facets of disaster management.

The program encompasses the study of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, hazardous materials, natural disasters, psychological aspects of disasters, public-health considerations of disasters, research methods and disaster planning and management including risk assessment, incident command and resource allocation.

This degree program is structured to appeal to medical, public-safety and defense professionals working in the public and private sectors. Some of the professionals who would be served by this degree offering include:

• Physicians in emergency medicine
• Nurses in emergency medicine
• Nurse practitioners in emergency medicine
• Physician assistants in emergency medicine
• EMTs and paramedics
• Environmental-health professionals
• Healthcare and government administrators
• Military members and Department of Defense personnel
• Non-governmental agency administrators
• Public-health professionals
• Emergency managers

The program is conveniently offered in 2 methods that involves a one-week (6.5 days) summer, intensive, on-campus experience that includes role-playing seminars, disaster drills and a table-top exercise. New option to study on campus now available, combining on-line education with a minimum of 15 hours per course of in-person seminars.