Concentration in Disaster Science and Management Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts
Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Arts and Sciences Louisiana State University
http://www.dsm.lsu.edu
The Disaster Science and Management is an interdisciplinary program which provides student interested in the public, not for profit, and private sectors with: A broad understanding of the nature and impact of disasters on the natural, built and human environments; A basis for establishing strategies to effectively plan for disasters, mitigate the adverse effects of disasters, respond to disasters, and recover from disasters.
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, Concentration in Disaster Science and Management
The Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, Concentration in Disaster Science and Management requires 34 hours. Required Classes (10 hours) Hazards and the Environment (DSM 2000) (3 hours) Fundamentals of Emergency Management (DSM 2010) (3 hours) Hazards Seminar (DSM 3910) (1 hour) Introduction to International Politics (POLI 2057) (3 hours) Elective Classes (9 hours from the following) Disaster Science and Engineering (3 hours from any of the following): Issues of Sustainability (ARCH 4041) Hurricane Engineering (CE 4445) or Hurricanes and the Built Environment (for Non-engineers) (CE 4745) Engineering Applications of Remote Sensing (CE 4560) Meteorology GEOG 4013 or OCS 4021 Climatology (GEOG 4014), Microclimatology (GEOG 4015) or World Climates (GEOG 4017) Coastal Resources Management (GEOG 4029) or Coastal Zone Management OCS 4465 Preparedness and Mitigation (3 hours from any of the following): Technology in Emergency Management DSM 3200 Crisis Management DSM 4600 Environmental Economics ECON 4320 Environmental Hazards Analysis ENVS 4262 Regulation and Environmental Hazards ENVS 4264 Planning Disaster Resilient Communities LA 4204 (formerly 4277)
Social and Cultural Dimensions (3 hours from any of the following): Environmental Historical Geography GEOG 4080 Family Stress Management HUEC 4064 International Conflict and Cooperation (POLI 4048) International Politics of the Middle East (POLI 4059) Comparative Politics of the Middle East (POLI 4061) The Religion of Islam (REL 3786 also INTO 3786) Fundamentalisms and Religious Nationalism (REL 3092 also INTL 3092)) Selected Topics in Sociology: The Sociology of Terrorism (SOCL 4091) Crisis Intervention SW 4050
Technical Electives (15 hours from any of the following): Chemical and Biological Hazards: Quantitative Risk Assessment (EMS 4020) Environmental Chemistry (ENVS 4101 see also CHEM 4150) Environmental Toxicology (ENVS 4477) Environmental Pollution Transport Processes (OCS 4040)
Community: Selected Topics in Architecture (ARCH 4221) Technology in Emergency Management (DSM 3200) Introduction to Management (MGT 3200) Public Policy Making (POLI 2070) Human Environment: Family Stress Management HUEC 4064 Comparative Politics of the Middle East (POLI 4061) Psychology of Adjustment PSYC 2004 Psychology of Counseling (PSYC 3083) Methods of Sociological Research (SOCL 2211) Human Ecology (SOCL 4711) Perspectives in Contemporary Social Welfare (SW 3000) Crisis Intervention SW 4050
Natural Hazards: Applied Ecology (ENVS 4010) Coastal Engineering (CE 4320) Geographical Hydrology (GEOG 4018) or Hydrology (CE 4200) The Ocean World (GEOG 4028) Environmental Remote Sensing (GEOG 4045) Geographic Information Systems (GEOG 4047) Methods of Spatial Analysis (GEOG 4048)
Environmental Historical Geography (GEOG 4080) Coastal Morphodynamics OCS 4024 Physical Oceanography OCS 4170
Practicum / Research (Limit of 6 hours in this category): Internship (DSM 3900) Special Topics in Disaster Science & Management (DSM 4900) Directed Readings in Disaster Science & Management (DSM 4996) (1 - 6 hrs)
Other (the following are required as part of the LSU General Education Requirements): ** Analytical Reasoning: EXST 2201 (4 hours, Prereq.: MATH 1021 or equivalent) ** This concentration requires that the LSU General Education Requirement for Analytical Reasoning be partially satisfied by completing EXST 2201. Note: The Minor in Disaster Sciences and Management meets the Education and Training Requirement for the CEM (Certified Emergency Management) and AEM (Associate Emergency Management). See http://www.iaem.com/ Louisiana State University allows students to take classes at other LSU System institutions. DSM students might consider the following courses at the University of New Orleans. Many of these classes are offered utilizing Electronic Learning technology and thus avoiding travel to New Orleans. LSU has restrictions on allowing students to enroll in other institutions while they are full time students on our campus. Students interested in enrolling at UNO should obtain approval their college and departmental advisors. The following courses at UNO complement offerings at LSU and would make excellent DSM electives. * UNO - Urban Land Use Planning & Plan Making (MURP 4010G) * UNO - Development and Environmental Management (MURP 4160G) * UNO - Disasters & Geographic Information Systems (MURP 4050) * UNO - Environmental Planning (MURP 4140G) * UNO - City and Regional Planning (MURP 4800G) * UNO - Introduction to Historic Preservation (MURP 4010G) * UNO - Planning for Hazards (URBN 4159G) * UNO - American City Planning (MURP 4200G) * UNO - Sociology of the Environment (SOC 4871) * UNO - Politics of the Developing Areas (POLI 4710)
Participating Units:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CE), College of Engineering http://www.ce.lsu.edu School of Architecture (ARCH), College of Art and Design http://www.arch.lsu.edu School of Landscape Architecture (LA), College of Art and Design http://www.la.lsu.edu Department of Geography and Anthropology (GEOG), College of Arts and Sciences http://www.ga.lsu.edu
Forensic Anthropology / Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Lab http://www.faceslab.lsu.edu/ Department of Environmental Studies (ENVS), School of the Coast and Environment http://www.envs.lsu.edu International Studies (INTL) http://appl003.lsu.edu/artsci/intlstudies.nsf/index Department of Oceanography And Coastal Sciences (OCS), School of the Coast and Environment http://www.ocean.lsu.edu/ Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies (PHIL) http://www.artsci.lsu.edu/phil/index.html Department of Political Science http://www.artsci.lsu.edu/poli Department of Psychology (PSYC) http://www.psych.lsu.edu School of Social Work (SW) http://www.socialwork.lsu.edu/ Department of Sociology (SOC) http://www.lsu.edu/sociology Louisiana State University Hurricane Center http://www.hurricane.lsu.edu CADGIS (Computer Aided Design Geographic Information System Laboratory) http://cadgis.lsu.edu
Curriculum Committee Students are encouraged to talk with any member of the DSM Curriculum Committee to discuss their course of study and recommend additional courses offerings that may be included as electives for the DSM Minor. Craig E. Colten (Department of Geography and Anthropology – Cultural and Historical Geography) ccolten@lsu.edu Mark Gasiorowski (International Studies) pogasi@lsu.edu M.E. “Betsy” Garrison (School of Human Ecology and College of Agriculture) hcgarr@lsu.edu Janice M. Hinson (College of Education) jhinson@lsu.edu C. Barrett Kennedy (School of Architecture) arkenn@lsu.edu Barry D. Keim (Department of Geography and Anthropology) keim@lsu.edu Marc L. Levitan (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) levitan@hurricane.lsu.edu John C. Pine (Disaster Science and Management) jpine@lsu.edu
Carol Plummer (School of Social Work) plummerc@lsu.edu
James Richardson (Public Administration) parich@lsu.edu David Sobek (Political Science) dsobek@lsu.edu Elizabeth Mossop (School of Landscape Architecture) mossoop@lsu.edu Nan G. Walker (Department of Oceanography And Coastal Sciences) nwalker@antares.esl.lsu.edu Rick Weil (Department of Sociology) fweil@lsu.edu
For Further Information Contact:
John C. Pine Director, Disaster Science and Management Program 112 East Howe Russell Hall Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (225) 578-1075 (225) 578-4420 FAX
Email: jpine@lsu.edu
Faculty Sadik C. Artunc * Department of Landscape Architecture. Regional design, design implementation, recreation and tourism, visual management
John J. (Jack) Beggs * Department of Sociology. Industrial, race/ethnic/minority relations; Stratification Evan M. Berman * Public Administration Institute. Productivity in Public & Nonprofit Organizations, Leadership, Ethics & Values, Human Resource Management, PublicPrivate Relations. Craig Colten * Department of Geography and Anthropology. Historical, environmental, North America, Louisiana Andrew Curtis * Department of Geography and Anthropology. Computer cartography, GIS, spatial patterns in medical geography, locational analysis Peter Chen * Department of Computer Science. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, database systems, logic programming, systems security Dydia DeLyser * Department of Geography and Anthropology. Historical, cultural, landscape and social memory, gender, qualitative methods, social science writing Jay D. Edwards * Department of Geography and Anthropology. Sociocultural, vernacular architecture, Louisiana and the South, Caribbean Mark Gasiorowski * Department of Political Science. Comparative politics and international politics, political economy, Third World politics, specialization in the Middle East M.E. “Betsy” Garrison * School of Human Ecology. Family processes and children’s development; family resource management Patrick Hesp * Department of Geography and Anthropology. Coastal geomorphology, Aeolian geomorphology and dune dynamics, coastal management Aixin Hou * Department of Environmental Studies. Microbial ecology of natural systems; microbial processes and controlling factors of carbon and nitrogen cycling; molecular microbiology; heavy metals toxicology in soils and sediments; microbial ecology of extreme environments Shih-Ang Hsu * Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences. Coastal and marine meteorology, air-sea interaction Jeanne S. Hurlbert * Department of Sociology. Stratification; networkanalysis; labor markets Barrett C. Kennedy, * School of Architecture. Heritage conservation, community revitalization, Web-based training, computer applications in design and planning Barry Keim * Department of Geography and Anthropology. Climatic change and variability, synoptic climatology, probable maximum precipitation, extreme climatic events, hydroclimatology, human dimensions of global change Richard H. Kesel * Department of Geography and Anthropology. Geomorphology, soils, quaternary, climatic change Marc L. Levitan * Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. Wind engineering, Hurricane engineering, structural engineering, wind effects on structures, design for hurricanes and natural hazards Mary Manhein * Department of Geography and Anthropology. Osteology, forensic anthropology Kent Mathewson * Department of Geography and Anthropology. Cultural, historical, Latin America, history of geography Michael Leitner * Department of Geography and Anthropology. Spatial analysis and GIS, computer cartography, Europe Anthony J. Lewis * Department of Geography and Anthropology. Remote sensing, physical geography, geoscience applications of radar imagery
Kam-biu Liu * Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences. Biogeography, palynology, Quaternary, North America, China, Ecuador Brian D. Marx * Department of Experimental statistics. Signal regression, generalized linear models, ill-conditioned data Stephanie Louise Moret * Department of Environmental Studies. Dimitris Nikitopoulos * Department of Mechanical Engineering. Experimental and numerical fluid dynamics, two-phase flow and micro-fluidics Ivor Van Heerden * Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Natural hazards Jeanne S. Hurlbert * Department of Sociology. Stratification; network analysis; labor markets Nina Siu-Ngan Lam * Department of Environmental Studies. Computer cartography, GIS, remote sensing, quantitative methods, China Steven Namikas * Department of Geography and Anthropology. Coastal geomorphology, hazards, physical geography John C. Pine * Department of Geography and Anthropology. Environmental hazards analysis and risk assessment, legal issues in emergency management, and emergency management Edward B. Overton * Department of Environmental Studies. Development of field deployable analytical instrumentation, development of ultrafast and small GC instruments and instrument applications; technology transfer and commercialization; evaluation and interpretation of analytical, chemical, physical and toxicological data; evaluation of data from chemical spills and remediation recommendations. Carol Plummer * School of Social Work, Child abuse & neglect; child welfare. Kevin Robbins * Department of Geography and Anthropology – Southern Regional Climate Center. Agricultural climatology, network-integrated data management and delivery systems, Robert Rohli * Department of Geography and Anthropology. Climatology, applied meteorology, water resources, quantitative methods Lawrence J. Rouse, Jr. * Oceanography and Coastal Sciences – Remote sensing, physical oceanography. Julie A. Schroeder * School of Social Work. Addictions evaluation research, criminal justice issues, capital mitigation, disaster services, crisis intervention Erno Sajo * Department of Physics and Astronomy. Nuclear science, medical physics Bruce G. Sharky * School of Landscape Architecture. Professional practice, site design, international programs Andrew Sluyter * Department of Geography and Anthropology. David Sobek * Department of Political Science. International conflict. Greg Stone * Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences. Coastal morphodynamics and coastal zone management Nan D. Walker * Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences. Satellite oceanography ocean climatology, physical oceanography Lin Bing Wang * Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Image techniques in pavement and geomaterials, microstructure visualization, pavement testing, numerical simulation Richard D. White, Jr. * Public Administration Institute. Chester G. Wilmot * Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Transportation planning, travel demand forecasting, prioritization Vincent L. Wilson * Department of Environmental Studies. Genetic toxicology with emphasis on mechanisms of mutagenesis and carcinogenesis; molecular genetics of environmental exposures and human disease. Peter R. Wolensky * Department of Mathematics. Control theory Brian Wolshon * Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Traffic and transportation engineering, intelligent transportation systems, flow analysis
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