Information Technology and Emergency Management

Course Executive Summary

Description of the Course

This course introduces location-based computer technology emphasizing
geographic information systems (GIS) as it applies to emergency management.
Required for major.
Course Learning Objectives
 Explain how information technologies may be effectively used in all
phases of emergency management.
 Identify information technology best practices being applied in hazard
processes and risk assessment.
 Understand how to effectively apply geospatial technologies of
Geographic Information Systems in an operational emergency
management environment.
 Determine emergency management needs for information and data
products and develop strategies to accommodate those needs in a timely
and comprehensive manner.
 Develop and complete a research project related to hazard analysis using
geospatial technology beginning with problem identification and
concluding with results documentation and presentation.

What I Learned – In Sum

Overall I learned a great deal in the course information technology and
emergency management. I learned what and how GIS is utilized. I also learned
how to operate and run a GIS program. This will be very beneficial to me seeing
as one of my regular duties an my internship this fall will be working on a GIS
program.