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Semester:	Fall 2024
Number:	0616-503-045
Instructor:	Kenneth Rondello
Days:	TBA
Note:	Online, Asynchronous
Location:	Online
Credits:	3
Course Meets:	September 9 - December 9
Course Materials:	View Text Books
Learning Goals:	Over the course of the semester, students will:• Understand how disasters are defined, tracked, assessed and acted upon by the array ofindividuals responsible for ensuring the medical well being of communities• Appreciate the health-related concerns associated with disasters of all sorts, along with theroles and relationships of the various public health response agencies and how these healthentities function together in times of disaster• Analyze the myriad of disasters attributable to severe weather conditions, tectonic shifts,technology accidents and human error• Become knowledgeable in the basic attributes, consequences and management strategies ofdisasters due to bioterrorism, emerging infections, chemical and radiological weaponry and explosive/incendiary attacks *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.