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Management: Emergency Management
Master's ConcentrationThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Stand out in today’s job market by earning an online master’s degree in management with an emergency management concentration at University of Maryland Global Campus. This unique degree program is designed to help you develop important skills in several career-relevant areas of study. You’ll be able to access your classroom anywhere with our convenient online coursesÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýno-cost electronic resources in place of most textbooks. Why wait? Take the first step towards your online master’s degree in management with a concentration in emergency management and apply today!
Program Highlights
- Understand ethics: Evaluate ethical considerations when applying laws, regulations, policies, and quantitative analyses.
- Achieve strategic goals: Use the principles of leadership and management, including building public and private partnerships.
- Manage crisis communications: Use a strategic approach to developing public responses to emergency management situations.
- Analyze threats: Assess how cyber plans, strategies, policies, and initiatives are intended to defend against cyber attacks.
- Utilize technology: Use emerging technologies for protection, response, recovery, and disaster preparedness initiatives.
- Study the impact: Assess the impact analysis of threats and risks, including human and natural disasters.
Required Courses
This program requires a total of 36 credits.
Initial Requirement
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)
This course must be taken within the first 6 credits of study (if required). The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.
Core Courses
- MGMT 630
- (3 Credits, MGMT 640)
- (3 Credits, MGMT 650)
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- (3 Credits, EMAN 600)
- (3 Credits, EMAN 610)
- (3 Credits, EMAN 620)
- (3 Credits, HSMN 610)
- (3 Credits, HSMN 630)
- (3 Credits, EMAN 630)
- (3 Credits, EMAN 670)
Capstone Course
- (3 Credits, MGMT 670)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you for work in hazard risk assessment, prevention, response, and strategy development to protect people, communities, and the built environment from natural or human-induced threats. Career opportunities in the emergency management field include hazard risk assessment, prevention, response, and strategy development.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
We recommend a recent background in finance or accounting, as well as statistics. Strong writing skills are also encouraged.
Total Program Credits
36
Transfer Credits
Up to 12
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $544 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Digital Forensics & Cyber Investigation
Master of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Advance in your career with an online master’s degree in digital forensics and cyber investigation from University of Maryland Global Campus. This career-relevant online master’s degree program may help provide you with the key skills employers are seeking. Study in a convenient online classroom with knowledgeable professors who have hands-on working experience in the cybersecurity industry. Access course materials that are available as no-cost electronic resources for most courses in this program, so you can save money on textbooks. Start gaining knowledge you can apply on the job right away and apply today! 
Program Highlights
- Develop investigative skills:Â Employ procedures for results that withstand scrutiny in a court of law.
- Evaluate digital evidence: Assist public and private organizations in detecting data breaches.
- Analyze data scenarios: Identify malicious software, network activity, and intrusion.
- Identify responsible parties: Conduct hands-on forensic searches to identify intruders and methods.
- Gain hands-on experience: Use state-of-the-art tools and technologies in a lab-intensive environment.
- Prepare professional reports: Present digital forensics results in a court of law as an expert witness.
Required Courses
This program requires a total of 30 credits. You’ll take 15 credits of core courses, 12 elective credits, and a 3-credit capstone.
Core Courses
- (3 Credits, DFCS 605)
- (3 Credits, DFCS 615)
- (3 Credits, DFCS 625)
- (3 Credits, DFCS 635)
- (3 Credits, DFCS 645)
Elective Courses
Take four 3-credit elective courses (outlined under Select Digital Forensics & Cyber Investigation Elective Courses) for a total of 12 credits.
Capstone Course
- (3 Credits, DFCS 690)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you for work in government organizations, the private sector, and law enforcement agencies in the areas of computer and digital crime. Potential job titles within specific digital forensics and cyber investigation careers include cyber defense forensics analyst, cyber defense incident responder, systems security analyst, law enforcement/counterintelligence forensics analyst, and information security analyst.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
We recommend having a background in computing and programming for this program. Strong writing skills are also encouraged.
Total Program Credits
30
Transfer Credits
Up to 12
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $694 per credit (in-state)
- $694 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Homeland Security Management
Graduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prepare for a dynamic career protecting critical infrastructure with an online graduate certificate in homeland security management from University of Maryland Global Campus. You'll gain practical experience in performing security risk assessments, planning for and managing operational recovery, and developing strategies to protect people, facilities, and critical infrastructure. Coursework covers issues in emergency management, cybersecurity, bioterrorism, and energy security, as well as business management.
Program Highlights
- Perform risk assessments: Research, analyze, and synthesize intel to formulate risk assessments.
- Rely on data: Make decisions using statistics and financial information.
- Manage intercultural environments: Communicate, negotiate, and educate across cultural boundaries.
- Develop security strategy: Conduct resilience planning for disaster response and recovery.
- Know your role: Write a job description for a chief risk officer with skills required for the job.
- Demonstrate knowledge: Analyze DHS-designated critical infrastructure and make recommendations.
Required Courses
Foundation Course
- (0 Credits, UCSP 615)
(to be taken within the first 6 credits of study)
The UCSP 615 requirement may be waived if you previously earned a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution. For more information, contact your academic advisor.
Core Courses
- (3 Credits, HSMN 610)
(must be taken as one of the first two credit-bearing courses in the program) - (3 Credits, HSMN 625)
- (3 Credits, HSMN 630)
- INFA 660
- (3 Credits, EMAN 620)
Career Preparation
This certificate is designed to help prepare you for management work in security risk assessments, operational recovery management, and strategy development to protect people, facilities, and critical infrastructure.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
We recommend strong writing and analytical skills in this program.
Total Program Credits
15
Transfer Credits
Up to 6
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $544 per credit (in-state)
- $659 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
