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Graduate Certificate in Disaster Preparedness

Are You Prepared?

The safety of your community depends on well-trained, highly educated health care leaders with a grasp of the growing body of knowledge needed to recognize the threats of terrorism and natural disasters and respond to such catastrophic events.

Penn State Can Help

curriculum is designed to help you better respond to your daily challenges and create effective strategies for evaluating and improving your organization, in the areas of:

  • public health evaluation and preparedness
  • protection of health care delivery systems
  • disaster and bioterrorism response
  • biosecurity

Choose the Program That Suits Your Needs

We offer three completely online graduate programs for professionals in the field of health care and in other disciplines related to homeland security:

  • The certificate in disaster preparedness is designed to improve your understanding of all-hazards planning and coordination including both natural disasters and terrorist attacks. View the program curriculum.
  • The master of homeland security in public health preparedness is the first master's degree of its kind to focus on public health preparedness.
  • The certificate in bioterrorism preparedness focuses on the public health sector's response to a catastrophic event including agricultural safety and biosecurity.

A Quality Program

This certificate in disaster preparedness is from Penn State's College of Medicine.

Since its founding in 1855, Penn State has established itself as one of the nation's most respected universities. Penn State is also a pioneer in distance education, with a support system designed specifically for students who are geographically removed from campus.

Find Out More and Apply

Get ready to take courses this fall by starting your application today or contacting a student adviser with your questions.



Other online education programs of interest
Homeland Security (online master's degree)
Bioterrorism Preparedness (online graduate certificate)
Weather Forecasting (online certificate)
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