CURRICULUM

The MIPM curriculum addresses the learning needs of professionals in the fields such as emergency management, business continuity and hazard and risk mitigation. Courses are designed to train managers in strategic planning and analysis necessary for developing resilient infrastructure systems. All courses are offered online.

The curriculum is broken down into 16 courses; of these, students will take 15, as follows:

• Four required core courses introduce key concepts about infrastructure, systems thinking, financial planning and the fundamental aspects of policy making. In addition, you'll explore the impacts of climate change on infrastructures.
• Four required methods courses focus on processes related to planning and monitoring infrastructures, general management and leadership. These processes include advanced geospatial analysis, epidemiology, emergency management and business continuity planning.
• Six systems courses focus on components and characteristics that make up infrastructure systems for food, energy, communications, transportation and more. Gain a working knowledge of these systems, the hazards confronting them and preventive measures. Students will select five out of these six courses.
• Two required capstone courses help you to synthesize knowledge you learned across the program and then apply it to a real-world project, conduct research and develop a case study.

Students entering the MIPM program should have completed at least one college-level course in mathematics before the start of the degree program in autumn. In addition, we strongly recommend that applicants view the course introduction for our Applied Geospatial Analysis course and, if necessary, complete an introductory course in Geographic Information Systems before the start of the MIPM program.

Completing the Program
The program includes 15 courses (45 credits); students take two courses per quarter and can expect to complete the program in eight quarters. Individuals starting the program in September 2011 can expect to complete their coursework and earn the degree in August 2013.