Emergency Administration and Planning, BS

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A Bachelor of Science with a major in emergency administration and planning helps you develop valuable skills in disaster planning, interpersonal communication and leadership, all of which are skills essential to providing professional leadership in educating communities on strategies to prepare for and alleviate natural, technological and civil hazards.

Degree requirements

Candidates for the Bachelor of Science with a major in emergency administration and planning must meet the following requirements.

Hours required and general/college requirements

A minimum of 120 semester hours for all pre-career EADP students: for those with no professionally relevant work experience 48 must be advanced; for all other EADP students 42 must be advanced. All students must fulfill the degree requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree as specified in the “University Core Curriculum ” in the Academics section of this catalog and the College of Public Affairs and Community Service requirements.

Major requirements

Required courses for all EADP students are:

The remaining hours for the major may be selected from

Other course requirements

ENGL 1310 - College Writing I (may be used to satisfy the English Composition and Rhetoric requirement of the University Core Curriculum)
TECM 2700 - Technical Writing (may be used to satisfy the English Composition and Rhetoric requirement of the University Core Curriculum)

Natural Sciences requirement

Choose one of the following to satisfy 3 hours of the Natural Sciences requirement of the University Core Curriculum.

Internship

Pre-career (students with no professionally relevant work experience) – A major of 48 hours; 42 hours plus 6 hours of internship classes (EADP 4800 and EADP 4810 ) plus 240 hours of actual internship work experience.

In-career (students with professionally relevant work experience) – A major of 42 hours. No internship required.

Minor requirements

A minor of at least 18 hours; 6 must be advanced.

Electives

At least 15 hours. Courses may be selected from any offered at UNT that the student and the advisor deem appropriate to the degree.

Other requirements

A grade of C or better and a minimum GPA of 2.5 on all courses in the major.
At least 30 hours must be completed at UNT.