• Competency 1: Assess hazards and threats in the United States.
• Competency 2: Analyze emergency management principles in a community impact context.
• Competency 3: Articulate appropriate emergency management responses to critical incidents.
• Competency 4: Explore future directions in emergency management.
• Competency 5: Communicate effectively in a variety of formats.

Assignment Description

Throughout this course, you have examined hazards and threats in the United States, emergency management principles and responses, and future directions in emergency management. For your final assignment, you will connect learning and application in a career-specific context.

Focusing on course competencies 1–4 and showcasing your learning proficiency, prepare a 5–8-page paper that addresses two key areas of learning for each competency. Highlight the importance of this learning and the application of the five course competencies in a career and real-world context.

Requirements

• Written communication: Must be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• Resources and citations: Format according to current APA guidelines.
• Required page count: Minimum of 1 page per competency, not including the title page or the references page.
• Required number of references: Minimum of three references.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.