Recent SemestersFall 2026, Fall 2025Class SizeNot publishedCredits3PrerequisiteLimitation on Enrollment: Special Admission - must be admitted to program. Transfers ToCSUDescriptionThis course focuses on public safety organizations and the functions of management within these organizations. It examines the history, current forces, and trends facing public safety managers. The history, development, growth, and future of various interdependent public safety entities is examined from an interdisciplinary perspective. Topics include an overview of contemporary practices, finance, legal issues, public policies, leadership trends, ethics and diversity, group dynamics, and human resources in the field of public safety management. Course work includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) IS-271.A: Anticipating Hazardous Weather & Community Risk which provides emergency managers and other decision makers with background information about weather, natural hazards, and preparedness. This training includes, weather basics, weather forecasting, threats analysis and hazards planning, fact sheets for weather and non-weather-related hazards, warning partnership information, human behavior and community response. This course is intended for upper division students majoring in Public Safety Management. 