This undergraduate, six-course, eighteen credit, certificate program is tailored to government workers and other individuals from the nonprofit sector interested in pursuing undergraduate courses geared towards improvement of management and supervisory skills, while earning credits that lead to a baccalaureate degree. Transfer credits (up to 90), life experience/portfolio assessment (up to 30 credits), College Level Examination Program (CLEP-up to 30 credits) can be applied towards a 120-credit Bachelor of Arts in Individualized Studies degree. Student must take at least 30-credits of course work at FDU to be conferred a degree.

Select any four courses in the specialization, an elective plus the Global Challenge Course to earn an 18-credit undergraduate certificate.

Specialization

• PADM4561    School Emergency Management
• PADM4400    Seminar on Leadership Development
• PADM4506    Domestic Preparedness for Catastrophic Emergencies
• PADM4505    Psychology of Terrorism
• PADM4545    Effective Risk Communications for Leadership

Electives

• TBA

Global Challenge

• CORE1006    Core A - The Global Challenge

PADM 4561 School Emergency Management
Students will learn the principles of school safety and security essentials with a special focus on the security assessment process, developing crisis preparedness and response guidelines, analyzing security issues and working collaboratively with students, parents, police, & the community.  The course will also examine specific security assessment components paramount to school emergency management; security policies & procedures, security staffing & operations, physical security, education, training and strategy.

PADM 4400 Seminar on Leadership Development
In this seminar, participants will study leadership theories and their application in the public sector setting, with a view toward developing their individual leadership skills.

PADM 4506 Domestic Preparedness for Catastrophic Emergencies
What can we do to prepare our cities and communities from suffering the effects of a violent attack.  What measures we can put into place to recover quickly and efficiently.

PADM 4505 Psychology of Terrorism
An in depth analysis of terrorism, the terrorists beliefs and reasons for actions against a certain group or government agency both here and abroad.  What beliefs or cause the terrorist practices and the psychology of the suicide bomber syndrome.

PADM 4545 Effective Risk Communications for Leadership
Developing better oral and writing skills with the use of modern technology, learning how to deal with the media as a public relations officer and to use the media as an effective tool, writing press releases, fostering good relationships with the media, developing better public relations skills to inform and educate the public and how to handle damage control.