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Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management and Business Continuity
Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management and Business Continuity

Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management and Business Continuity

  • ID:FC010026
  • Level:Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma
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Admission Requirements

Entry requirements:

Students applying to Emergency Management and Business Continuity must meet the following requirements:

  • Ontario College Diploma or University Degree or equivalent

English requirements:

If English is not your first language or you've received your education in a language other than English, students must produce evidence of their English Language Proficiency:

  • Internet-based (iBT) TOEFL: 88 with no score less than 22
  • Paper-based (PBT) TOEFL: 577
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS): 6.5 with no band less than 6.0
  • Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL): Overall 70
  • Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB): 85
  • PTE Academic (Pearson Test English): 60+
  • Duolingo: 115+

Course Information

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

This new program is the only one of its kind in Ontario. Our unique three-semester Emergency Management and Business Continuity program is ideally suited for working professionals and those who are interested in pursuing a new career in this dynamic and growing field. The program’s flexible delivery model, online and on-campus delivery, means you can continue to work while pursuing advanced training. You’ll attend in-class intensive weekend sessions three times each semester, while the balance of course work is completed online. You will also put your skills to the test in a culminating applied project where you will develop and facilitate an emergency response or business continuity plan for a public or private organization.

Emergency Management and Business Continuity professionals are trained to prepare for loss of critical business functions. This can result from cyber-attack, data breaches, supply chain disruption, security incidents or natural disasters such as wildfires, flooding, pandemics, hazardous chemical spills, and other disasters that endanger the health, survivability of public and private organizations.

This program provides you with an historical context while instilling a solid understanding of governance, legislation and best practices. You will acquire the essential tools to prepare entities for the realities of business disruption and threats to community safety; along with plans for a smooth and timely recovery of affected services.

Our highly qualified faculty, a network of working professionals, and industry experience will provide you with the specialized training and support to be successful in the changing landscape of Emergency Management and Business Continuity. Graduate in under one year with the hands-on skills and certifications to advance your career or stand out in today’s competitive job market.

Entry-level Business Continuity Analysts’ salaries typically start around $60k; with experience and additional certifications, professionals working in the industry command six-figure salaries.

WHY CHOOSE FLEMING

  • Faculty members are experts in the field, bringing leading strategies and concepts to the classroom, and helping students to excel within the industry, whether they are new to Emergency Management and Business Continuity, or career professionals who are expanding their skills and abilities

  • Unique emphasis on the Business Continuity aspect of training to prepare you for employment in this specific sector of the industry. Employers in diverse sectors are seeking graduates who have emergency management and business continuity knowledge/certification

  • Practical, hands-on learning—students apply the knowledge acquired both in-class and in real-world applied settings

  • Work with clients from municipalities, private sector industries, or non-government agencies on a complex, multi-faceted project to deliver an integrated emergency management and business continuity response plan

  • Flexible delivery means you can continue to work while you acquire training to advance or launch your new career

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SEMESTER 1

  •  Intro to Emergency Management

  • ESRV 95

  • Units/ Hours: 90

  •  Project Management and Business Continuity Fundamentals

  • ESRV 97

  • Units/ Hours: 90

  •  The Components of Emergency Management

  • ESRV 96

  • Units/ Hours: 90

SEMESTER 2

  •  Business Continuity Plan Development

  • ESRV 100

  • Units/ Hours: 90

  • 1 requisite course

  •  Emergency Operations and Crisis Response Centres

  • ESRV 99

  • Units/ Hours: 90

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Essential Skills for Emergency Management and Business Continuity

  • ESRV 98

  • Units/ Hours: 90

  • 2 requisite courses

SEMESTER 3

  •  Applied Project: Integrated Emergency Management and Business Continuity

  • APST 166

  • Units/ Hours: 90

  • 2 requisite courses

  •  Business Continuity Sustainability

  • ESRV 102

  • Units/ Hours: 90

  • 1 requisite course

  •  Operational Exercise Design

  • ESRV 101

  • Units/ Hours: 90

  • 3 requisite courses

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

Emergency Management and Business Continuity professionals are in high demand in a wide variety of sectors: finance and insurance, utilities, healthcare, oil and gas, telecommunications, large-scale manufacturing, facilities management, service businesses, education, and all levels of government.

Increasingly, career professionals are requiring the addition of emergency management and business continuity to their existing portfolios.

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