Graduate Certificate in Business Crisis, Continuity, and Recovery Management

The Graduate Certificate in Business Crisis, Continuity, and Recovery Management provides the skills needed to define emergencies and disasters as well as develop incident management plans for responding to and managing environmental and public health emergencies.

A Partnership Between Business and Engineering

In a cross-school collaboration, GW School of Business (GWSB) and GW's School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) have partnered to offer this graduate certificate. The program prepares students for emerging careers that combine management and business skills with environmental and energy management knowledge. This partnership was formed in response to feedback from alumni and business leaders who noted the critical need for these combined skills to tackle today's toughest industry challenges.

Certificate Requirements

The following requirements must be fulfilled: 12 credits, including nine credits in required courses and three credits in elective courses.

Required Courses

• EMSE 6305 Crisis and Emergency Management
• EMSE 6315 Management of Risk and Vulnerability for Hazards and Terrorism (which is being re-titled “Risk Management, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Decision-making”)
• EMSE 6345 Disaster Recovery and Organizational Continuity (which is being re-titled “Building the Resilient Organization: Continuity, Crisis and Disaster Recovery Management”)

Electives (choose one)

• EMSE 6310 Information Technology in Emergency Management
• EMSE 6350 Hazard Mitigation in Emergency Management (which is being re-titled “Managing Disaster Resilience through Hazard and Threat Mitigation”)
• EMSE 6325 Medical and Public Health Emergency Management