Program: Emergency Services Minor, 24 hours - Northwest Missouri State University

Mar 13, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

CIP: 430302

This minor allows students to engage in a wider range of educational opportunities and field experience, and allows Northwest to appropriately transfer academic credits from public safety programs within other colleges and universities.

Requirements

Core Requirements (12 hours)

EDM 36305 - Disaster Response and Recovery Credit Hours: 3
EDM 36402 - Exercise and Simulation Design Credit Hours: 1 to 3
EDM 36403 - Operational Leadership in EDM Credit Hours: 1 to 3
EDM 36494 - Field Experience in Emergency Services Credit Hours: 1 to 6

Note:

A minimum of 6 credit hours of EDM 36494 - Field Experience in Emergency Services .

Electives (12 hours)

Select 12 hours from the following list of courses:

BIOL 04105 - Emergency Medical Dispatcher Credit Hours: 1
BIOL 04108 - Emergency Medical Responder Credit Hours: 2
BIOL 04109 - Emergency Medical Technician-Basic 1 Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 04110 - Emergency Medical Technician-Basic 2 Credit Hours: 3
EDM 36311 - Fire Academy I Credit Hours: 3
EDM 36312 - Fire Academy II Credit Hours: 3 to 6
EDM 36314 - Wilderness First Aid Credit Hours: 1 to 6
Advisor-approved electives up to 6 hours Credit Hours: 1 to 6