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Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Think fast on your feet and put your talent to the test.
When disaster strikes, emergency management professionals are ready to serve and protect.
From designing strategic action plans to implementing a coordinated response during an emergency, you’ll learn proven methods for success. Whether you study on campus or online, both bachelor-level programs are designed to prepare graduates for diverse positions across public and private industries.
FEDERAL & PA GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT
Federal employees, and employees of state and regional government agencies in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are eligible for a 25% tuition discount.
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Emergency Management & Homeland Security (B.S.)
From prevention to planned response strategies, you'll learn how to take the lead when your community needs you most.
Emergency Management & Homeland Security (B.S.) Online
This online degree option follows the same rigorous curriculum as the on-campus program. All students, no matter their residency, receive in-state tuition.
Minors & Immersions
Pair a minor with any bachelor's degree, or an immersion with any bachelor's or associate's degree.
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Penn College News
11.02.2024
Lost hikers? Emergency managers are all in
A call comes in from the Lycoming County Department of Public Safety’s 911 Center, reporting lost and injured hikers are in the woods on the property of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center. Fielding the dispatch are students enrolled in the college’s emergency management & homeland security major, who promptly set their training and skills into motion for a search and rescue full-scale exercise that also involves forest technology students.
08.23.2024
Penn College students serving teams, fans at World Series
Fifteen Pennsylvania College of Technology paramedic students are part of the health care team at the 2024 Little League Baseball World Series. The students work under the guidance of certified paramedics from Susquehanna Regional Emergency Medical Services, who are on hand in the stadiums to provide for the emergency health needs of spectators at the nationally televised youth sports event, which began Aug. 14 and concludes Aug. 25.
06.11.2024
Emergency management instructor delivers keynote address
An emergency management and homeland security instructor at Pennsylvania College of Technology delivered the keynote address at the Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units’ School Safety and Security Coordinators Seminar, held recently at The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center in State College. “School safety is a passion of mine,” said William A. Schlosser.