Course Descriptions
Fire and Emergency Response Management
Through the Center for New Learning, students enrolled in the Fire and Emergency Response Management program can choose from the following course offerings. Course offerings may vary by semester.
For weekend courses, the Gruenhagen Conference Center (GCC) is available for overnight accommodations. GCC is located on campus and within walking distance of your classes. Please refer to their Web site for lodging packages, and identify yourself as a BFERM student when making arrangements.
Communication 215
Small Group Communication (3 credits)
Theory, practice and instructional methods of face-to-face communication in small groups, emphasizing field, role, conflict resolution and problem solving through group communication. Prerequisite: COMM 118 and COMM 236 or consent of instructor.
Communication 267
Effective Listening (3 credits)
Analysis of the act of listening: process, types, barriers to and the improvement of listening skills. Frequent skill building exercises and the testing of listening for comprehension and retention.
Communication 304
Business and Professional Speaking (3 credits)
An examination of the unique communication problems and practices in business and industry. Through investigation, case study and practical exercises students should understand and be able to participate effectively in a variety of communications experiences faced by managers in business and the professions. Prerequisite: COMM 118 and COMM 236 or consent of instructor.
English 309
Advanced Composition for Business (EN) (3 credits)
An advanced composition course for Business majors, designed to enhance proficiency in critical reading and thinking and in expository writing on issues relevant to business. Attention is also given to business communications such as correspondence, reports, and resumes. Required of Business majors. Prerequisite: 60 credits (including ENG 101 or equivalent) or consent of department chair.
Liberal Studies 109
Orientation to the Major (1 credit)
Introduces the student to the University and its services, and presents/reviews basic reading/study skills, writing skill, and math and computer skills necessary to pursue self-directed, life-long learning, as well as college level work.
Liberal Studies 300
Research and Report Writing for Social Science (3 credits)
The student gathers and analyzes data and puts the data into a readable narrative, thus strengthening skills essential to the world of business. A family history or portrait is the vehicle for furthering the skills of research, analysis and writing. This vehicle is examined in terms of cultural, economic, political and religious environments. Among other items, it also includes social patterns and mores, migration, genealogy and ethnicity.
Liberal Studies 315
Managing People at Work (3 credits)
This course focuses on the human resource management component of the management process. The course includes both theory and application related to effectively managing individuals in their work roles.
Liberal Studies 335
Transformative Leadership (3 credits)
Transformative leadership is a creative, passionate and authentic, expression of service inspired by the leadership wisdom of Bennis, Drucker, Greanleaf, Hesselbein, Hooks, and Quinn. In this course learners will have the opportunity to identify and develop individually unique and effective leadership styles and approaches. Through a combination of inventories, reflection and experiential activities learners will explore their passion and what constrains their leadership as well as how they impact and influence others. Learners also will observe and analyze the leadership styles of leaders with whom they associate.
Liberal Studies 336
Collaborative Leadership (3 credits)
This course is designed to introduce a theoretical framework for collaborative leadership and the elements of group dynamics that support and maintain its success. Opportunities to integrate theory and practice will be provided to assist learners in understanding how groups function and how they as leaders, impact the ability/behaviors of the group for solving personal, interpersonal, group and organizational problems.
Liberal Studies 337
Conflict Resolution, Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration (3 credits)
Designed to introduce learners to the study of ADR or Alternative dispute resolution, this course explores the resolution of conflict through negotiation, mediation and arbitration. A variety of approaches for resolving conflict are examined, from the adjudicative (arbitration, private or special judging, neutral fact-finding), to the evaluative (peer, lay, judicial, and expert evaluation) to the meditative. Emphasis is given to the meditative process and its practice in the development of conflict resolution skills.
Liberal Studies 410
Capstone Seminar (1 credit)
Designed as a culminating or “capstone” learning experience, this course focuses on the integration of concepts and ideas from previous Liberal Studies courses.
Liberal Studies 463
Budgeting and Bookkeeping (3 credits)
This course provides the students an opportunity to learn the basics of budgeting and bookkeeping. The course of study will help prepare program and profit center managers to develop and manage their budgets and expenditures. They will also have the opportunity to learn to use accounting information and make monetary and financial decisions. The relationship between organizations and the national economy and monetary decisions will also be discussed.
PBIS 189
Problem-Based Inquiry Seminar (3 credits)
Descriptive statistics/elementary probability/basic problems of statistical inference: estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, regression and correlation.
Public Administration 307
Administrative Law and Practice (SS) (3 credits)
The rule-making and adjudication powers of governmental agencies. Specific topics such as right of public employees in dismissal or suspension proceedings, rights of industries in regulatory proceedings, and open meetings laws. Judicial review of agency action.
Public Administration 362
Public Personnel Administration (3 credits)
Personnel concepts and techniques in public organizations, staffing, career systems, affirmative action, public unionism, compensation, fringe benefits, motivation, evaluation, supervisor-supervisee relation, etc. Traditional, behavioral and reform approaches in personnel administration.
Public Administration 365
Politics of Emergency Management (3 credits)
This course will focus on the political processes, institutional structures, public policies and social phenomena associated with mitigating the likely effects of extreme events, responding to them and recovering from them. The course is intended to help emergency managers develop an understanding of how local, state, federal and intergovernmental politics affect and are affected by extreme events.
Public Administration 366
Emergency Planning and Administration (3 credits)
This course will introduce the concepts, theories, principles and practices of emergency planning and administration. It is intended to provide students with the analytic tools and techniques they can use in ranking risks and anticipating crises and then developing and implementing strategic preparedness programs in the public sector. The course will identify the various aspects of government and nonprofit planning for emergencies and show how these plans are tied to budgets, operational controls and public accountability.
Public Administration 369
Government and the Economy (3 credits)
The application in modern governmental agencies of budgeting processes, planning regulatory activities and organizational devices for control, supervision, and decision making.
Public Administration and Environmental Affairs 335
UW Green Bay
Principles and Practices of Emergency Management (3 credits)
The philosophy of comprehensive Emergency Management will be discussed with the four attendant steps, which include mitigation, preparedness, response and recover. In addition, legal issues involving state and Federal law effecting emergency operations will be studied.
Public Administration and Environmental Affairs 336
UW Green Bay
Strategic Emergency Preparedness, Planning and Implementation (3 credits)
Strategic planning and budgeting is a very important component in emergency planning and mitigation. Learn how to acquire and allocate resources, plan for crises with or without a warning and implement preparedness programs.
Public Administration and Environmental Affairs 337
UW Green Bay
Principles and Practices of Disaster Response Operations (3 credits)
Examine the roles and responsibilities of the players in a crisis event. Explore the various problems associated with response operations such as: inadequate preparedness measurers, safety and site security, politics, and record keeping.
Public Administration and Environmental Affairs 338
UW Green Bay
Disaster Recovery (3 credits)
Examine disaster recovery in isolation. Explore the short and long term effects of disasters, as well as, the process of putting families, businesses and communities back together. You will learn the importance of reconstruction and relocation.
Public Administration and Environmental Affairs 559
UW Green Bay
Political and Policy Dimensions of Emergency Management (3 credits)
This course considers the political and policy environment in which emergency management is practiced and based within the realm of government.
Want More Information?
Call FERM Program Adviser Lynn Brandt at (920) 424-0029.
Registration
Students enrolled in programs through the Center for New Learning register for classes through their advisers.
For more information on course registration deadlines, visit our Course Registration page.