1. Homeland Security & Emergency
Management Certificate: An
Overview
Spring 2013 Quarter
Online Course
Instructor: Elsa Lee
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2. This course…
Is an overview of the key elements of Homeland Security and Emergency
Preparedness. You will have exposure to the following:
• Department of Homeland Security issues, resources, mandates
• Elements of effective crisis management whether disaster or terrorism
• Development of emergency preparedness strategy for any organization
• Protection planning for employees, customers, and physical assets
• Compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations
• Reviewing internal processes and procedures to plan and build "networks"
or external relationships, resources, assistance, and cooperation
• The course includes student work with selected training sources and
exercises that reinforce key learning objectives
• Course will be offered online through Blackboard Spring 2013
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3. Course Description
Some of the key topics in the 12 weeks entail
lectures, assignments, and discussions about…
 Protection planning for assets - plus more
 Compliance requirements – what is implied and what is required
 Natural disasters, terrorism, and crisis events and the common
response between various terrorism/non terrorism events
 Internal and external factors that impact success of your response
to manmade or natural disasters
 Plans, processes, procedures, practices that should be in place and
well known to all in the organization
 Multiple stakeholders and responders and their roles and authority
 Lessons learned, learning opportunities to improve future response
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4. Goals and Objectives of this Course
 Familiarization and knowledge of critical
infrastructures/key resources
 Understanding NIPP and how it impacts you
 Understanding emergencies whether -
terrorism, crisis, or disaster
 Emergencies have similar
preparedness, response, and recovery
requirements
 Plans and strategies minimize – loss of human
lives, and critical public services or business
assets and instill consumer confidence
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5. Homeland Security and Emergency
Preparedness
• This course is one of six courses in the Homeland Security
& Emergency Management Certificate
• Enhances leadership skills in the private or government
sector where homeland security functions/jobs are
projected to grow by 22% through 2016
• Is taught by working professionals and world-class experts
in industry and government – course is taught by Elsa Lee,
author of the course textbook “Homeland Security and
Private Sector Business”
• This course is recognized by the IAEM to satisfy
CE/Training Requirements
• The Certificate Program is Approved for Veterans
Benefits.
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6. Online Learning Format
The online learning format will include a variety of the
following:
• Textbook
• Exercises
• Lectures
• Team activities/discussion board participation/presentations
• Weekly Blackboard discussion postings
• Viewing and analyzing Videos
• PowerPoint slides
• Articles
• Reviewing case studies
• Required/recommended reading
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7. Weekly Lesson PLan Example
Item Activity
1 Go to Blackboard and read Lecture 1 Document and Chapter 1.
2 View the 11 minute Video – Night Club Fire
3 Review National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/NIPP_Plan.pdf
and FEMA Incident Command System
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/IncidentCommandSyste
m.shtm#item1
4 Go to Assignments in Blackboard and Complete Assignment 1
5 Go to Group Discussion Board and Answer the question posted
Contact me if you have a questions or need clarification:
Elsa Lee, elsa@advantagesci.com, (310) 930-5789 between
Mon-Fri, 9-6 Pacific Standard Time
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8. What other students have said about
this course
• Even though I am used to working with Type A, ESTJ first
responder types, who tend to have the same approach to
problem solving, I am seeing so many other approaches
that I had never thought of. We all solve the problem but
through diverse ideas.
• I like that the class is comprised of government, military or
ex-military, law enforcement, medical, and private sector
students with various levels of experience in security or risk
management offering a rich perspective into how response
comes together.
• I can understand how terrorism and intelligence efforts
outside the U.S. correlate to national security, homeland
security and early warnings to pre empt terrorist attacks in
the Homeland.
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9. Sample Required Reading List
(See syllabus)
• Textbook Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
• DHS National Infrastructure Plan
• FEMA Incident Command System
• Daily Open Source Infrastructure Reports
FEMA Course IS-660
• Air Force After-Action Reporting Manual
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10. Grading
Percentage
1. 12% Class participation35% Mid Term
(Class Exercise), 35 points
2. 13% Exercise After Action Report
(presentation)
3. 40% Final, In-class 3-5 page paper on a
plan
 Quality
 Rationale
 Logic
 Process
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