This program prepares you to support communities, enabling them to withstand crises, recover quickly and rebuild effectively. Courses will cover strategies to inspire change, drive impact and strengthen our urban systems. Additionally, you’ll learn to plan, manage and make quick decisions during emergencies — key abilities for professionals in disaster resilience and response leadership positions.
Upon graduating, you’ll be prepared to:
- Anticipate and address risks, reduce vulnerabilities and improve recovery efforts.
- Lead these recovery efforts and disaster response.
- Support communities at every stage of natural and human-made emergencies, including infectious disease outbreaks and acts of terrorism.
This online Master of Arts in emergency management and homeland security with a concentration in community resilience from Arizona State University prepares you to tackle challenges cities encounter worldwide. You’ll build expertise in risk reduction, community health enhancement and recovery efforts to address natural and human-made disasters.
The curriculum covers homeland security, applied data analysis, emergency management and other foundational topics. You’ll also complete two concentration courses focused on community resilience. The program culminates with a capstone course during which you’ll complete an applied project.
The impressive faculty in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions are inspiring the next generation of public service leaders through real-world solutions to issues around child welfare, safety, city management, human trafficking and water scarcity. Recent faculty highlights include:
- Fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
- Fellow of the American Psychological Association.
- Member of the National Academy of Public Administration.
The Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions is a comprehensive public service college dedicated to addressing social problems through teaching, research and service. Our programs, which range from public policy and social work to criminal justice and emergency management, are designed to prepare graduates to make a difference in their communities.
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Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions.
Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in criminology or criminal justice, public administration or public service, sociology or social work, public safety or fire service management, parks and recreation management, applied sciences, environmental sciences or geography, public health or another closely related field from a regionally accredited institution.
Applicants must have a minimum of a 3.00 cumulative GPA (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 hours of the student's first bachelor's degree program, or applicants must have a minimum of a 3.00 cumulative GPA (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable master's degree program.
All applicants must submit:
- Graduate admission application and application fee.
- Official transcripts.
- A professional resume.
- A written statement, at least one page in length, that describes the applicant's educational and career goals and long-term professional development strategy.
- Two academic and/or professional letters of recommendation.
- Evidence of current employment in an organization in this field or at least two years prior professional experience in this or a related field or a bachelor's degree in a related area.
- Proof of English proficiency.
No, Arizona State University’s diplomas don’t specify whether you earn your degree online or in person. All diplomas and transcripts simply say “Arizona State University.”