Major in Emergency Management Administration
(Major Code: 603)
The Emergency Management Administration (EMA) Program awards a professional management education to firefighters, emergency medical service providers, military personnel, private sector, and law-enforcement personnel through online courses. The EMA Program’s goal is to prepare students for advanced levels of administration and management within the emergency services professions. Students pursuing a degree in Emergency Management Administration may also complete course work for a specialization in Leadership.
The EMA Degree Program was specially designed by West Texas A&M University in cooperation with the Texas Engineering Extension Service for non-traditional students who can complete the program while remaining employed full time in governmental or industrial emergency management positions.
The degree plan requires completion of an associate’s degree at a community college or completion of appropriate technical-education courses at accredited technical-education facilities such as the National Fire Academy. The BAAS EMA program allows for academic credits to be transferred from technical courses taken at community colleges or technical-education facilities.
To be eligible for the EMA Program, a prospective student must have technical credit from a community college or technical-education facility, and must be currently employed in an emergency management profession.
The EMA major requires completion of a general education core curriculum of 42 credit hours, many of which may have been completed at a community college. The degree includes 36 credit hours of advanced professional-development courses within a 120-semester-hour degree plan. Many non-traditional students also transfer credit hours from other four-year universities in Texas and around the nation. At least 36 hours of advanced work (3000- or 4000-level courses) must be earned at WTAMU. Because the hours transferred to WTAMU are unique to each student, a student should request a formal degree plan immediately after being admitted to WTAMU.
University Core Curriculum Requirements (42 hours)
**IMPORTANT: Before selecting from these courses, students should review any major-specific core requirements in the major below as they will be required to take those courses instead.**
Core 10 - Communication (3 hours from ENGL options)
Core 10 - Communication (3 hours from COMM options)
Core 20 - Mathematics (3 hours)
Core 30 - Life and Physical Sciences (6 hours)
Core 40 - Language, Philosophy and Culture (3 hours)
Core 50 - Creative Arts (3 hours)
Core 60 - American History (6 hours)
Core 70 - Government / Political Science (6 hours)
Core 80 - Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 hours)
Core 90 - Component Area Option (6 hours or fewer; may depend on major requirements)
Electives
Take additional electives as needed to total 36 hours of advanced work (3000- or 4000-level) from WTAMU and to total a minimum of 120 hours overall, or the minimum total hours required for your degree.
