Learn crisis management practices and prepare to contribute to a crisis management team.
Crisis Management – often referred to as disaster management, emergency management, risk management, and continuity management – is the framework for which companies, communities, and organizations respond to natural and other disasters, including acts of terrorism, accidents, active shooter/threats, and pandemics. The focus of crisis management is on mitigating the risks and preparing for catastrophes and disasters. Crisis management requires that all levels of government, and non-governmental organizations, work together collaboratively to coordinate their emergency management response, contingency, and operational plans. Crisis management focuses on planning and responding to threats or actual disasters and recovering the community, and first responders, back to normal.
Where Can This Degree Take You?
A Crisis Management degree prepares you to help organizations and communities plan for, respond to, and recover from unexpected challenges and emergencies. Through the study of risk assessment, emergency planning, disaster response, and organizational resilience, you'll develop the skills needed to coordinate effective responses and protect people, resources, and operations. Whether serving in government, nonprofit organizations, private industry, or emergency services, this program equips you to lead with preparedness, adaptability, and purpose when it matters most.
- Emergency Management Specialist
- Business Continuity Coordinator
- Disaster Response Coordinator
- Public Safety Program Assistant
How does faith fit in?
At Greenville University, faith and learning go hand in hand. Your degree prepares you to integrate your Christian faith with the knowledge and skills of your profession, equipping you to pursue your calling with biblical wisdom, lead with Christ-centered integrity, and serve God and others through your work.
Within the crisis management minor, you can pursue one of the following tracks:
- criminal justice leadership
- human body/forensic anthropology
- human mind/mental health
Program cost
$485 per credit hour
Why GU
Learn from instructors with first-hand, practical experiences in crisis management. The opportunity for GU crisis management students to enhance their scholarship with experiential learning cannot be overstated. Students are encouraged to pursue an internship through an Emergency Management agency, but students can determine which agency, including local agencies, state agencies, private organizations, or FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency).
Enhance your ability to reduce risk of, prepare for, mitigate loss from, and respond to varying types of crises, recognizing that part of the recovery process necessitates care for those that have experienced trauma from the crisis or experienced trauma as responders to crises.
God calls us to love and care for all people, but repeatedly in the Bible those in need, those hurting, or those oppressed are emphasized of particularly deserving of our care and our service. This program prioritizes care for the least of these.
