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Summer 2013 Undergraduate Textbooks  

EM 301 - Introduction to Disaster Management - Required Text - Introduction to Emergency Management - 4th edition (2010). Authors: Haddow, George; Bullock, Jane; and Coppola, Damon. Publisher: Butterworth - Heinemann Publications. ISBN: 978-1-85617-959-1

EM 305 - Introduction to Homeland Security- Required Text - Homeland Security:  An Introduction to Principles and Practice - 1st edition.  Author:  Nemeth, Charles.  Publisher:  CRC Press.  ISBN:  978-1-4200-8567-9

EM 309 - Emergency Response to WMD Event - Required Text:  Emergency Responder's Guide to Terrorism:  A Comprehensive Real-World Guide to Recognizing and Understanding Terrorist Weapons of Mass Destruction.  Author:  Marks, Michael E.  Publisher:  Red Hat Publishing.  ISBN:  1-932235-00-0

EM 325/CS 307 - Management of Information Security - Required Text:  Management of Information Security - 3rd edition (2010).  Authors:  Whitman & Mattord.  Publisher:  Course Technology.  ISBN:  1-4354-8884-9

EM 381 - Social Dimensions of Disaster - Required Text:  Response to Disaster Fact Versus Fiction and Its Perpetuation - The Sociology of Disaster - 3rd edition (2008).  Author:  Henry W. Fischer, III.  Publisher:  University Press of America. ISBN:  0761841172

EM 420 - Exercise Design and Evaluation - No Text Required.

EM 496 - EM Directed Study - Required Text - Contact Instructor

EM 497 - EM Internship - No Text Required

PST 110 - Introduction to Public Safety Communications - Required Text - Public Safety Telecommunicator I - 6th edition. Author and Publisher: APCO. This text must be ordered directly from APCO International. http://apcointl.org/training-and-certification/forms-a-information/order-forms.html  Go to: Virtual College Booksore Order Form

PST 227 - Handling of Hazardous Materials Event - Required Text 1 of 2 - Public Safety Telecommunicator I - 6th edition.  Author and Publisher:  APCO.  This text must be ordered directly from APCO International.  Go to APCO Virtual College Book Order Form. Required Text 2 of 2 - Finding Daddy Survival and Hope Through a 911 Telecommunications Nightmare - 1st edition.  Author:  Sheila Hanna-Wiles.  Publisher:  TitleTown Publishing.  ISBN:  978-0-985247836

PST 314 - Weapons of Mass Destruction - Required Text - Counter-Terrorism for Emergency Responders - 2nd edition.  Author:  Burke.  Publisher:  CRC Press.  ISBN:  0-8493-9923-8

Summer 2013 Graduate Textbooks

EM 505 - Foundations of EM - Required Text - Introduction to Emergency Management (2007).  Authors:  Lindell, Prater & Perry.  Publisher:  Wiley.  ISBN:  0-471-77260-7.  Recommended Text:  Emergency Management: Principles and Practices for Local Government (2007).  Authors:  Waugh & Tierney.  Publisher:  ICMA.  ISBN:  978-087326-719-9

EM 530 - Research Methods in EM - Required Text - Methods of Disaster Research (2003).  Editor:  Stallings, Robert A.  Publisher:  Xlibris Corp.  ISBN:  1401079709

EM 545 - Emergency Preparedness - Required Text - Info not available

EM 548 - Vulnerability and Capacity Building - Required Text 1 of 2 - Social Vulnerability to Disasters (2010).  Editor:  Brenda Phillips.  Publisher:  CRC Press:  Taylor & Francis Group.  ISBN:  978-1-4200-7856-5-90000.  Required Text 2 of 2:  Asset Building & Community Development - 3rd edition (2008).  Authors:  Green and Haines.  Publisher:  Sage Publications.  ISBN:  978-1-4129-5134-0

EM 555 - Disaster Response - Required Text: Disaster Response and Recovery - 1st edition (2007).  Author:  McEntire, David F.  Publisher:  Wiley.  ISBN:  10:0-471-78974-7 or 13:978-0-471-78974-7

EM 580 - Current Issues in Homeland Security - REquired Text:  Homeland Security:  An Introduction to Principles and Practice (2010).  Author:  Nemeth.  Publisher:  Auerbach Publications CRC Press.  ISBN:  978-1-4200-8567-9

EM 590 - EM Capstone - Required Text 1 of 2:  Emergency Management 6th edition.  Author:  Canton.  Publisher:  Wiley.  ISBN 9780471734871.  Required Text 2 of 2:  Emergency management 2nd edition.  Author:  Rubin.  Publisher:  Taylor  ISBN:  9781466517530

EM 873 - Health Care Systems in Disaster - Required Text:  Disaster Medicine:  Comprehensive Principles and Practices - 1st edition (2012).  Editors:  Koenig & Schultz.  Publisher:  Cambridge University Press.  ISBN:  978-0-521-87367-3

EM 875 - Risk Communications - Required Text 1 of 2:  Risk Communication:  A Handbook for Communicating Environmental, Safety and Health Risks - 4th edition.  Authors:  Lundgren and McMakin.  Publisher:  Wiley.  ISBN:  9780470416891.  Required Text 2 of 2:  The Feeling of Risk:  New Perspectives and Risk Perception.  Publisher:  Routledge.  ISBN:  9781849711487.

Fall 2013 Undergraduate Textbooks

EM 301 - Introduction to Disaster Management - Required Text - Introduction to Emergency Management - 4th edition (2010). Authors: Haddow, George; Bullock, Jane; and Coppola, Damon. Publisher: Butterworth - Heinemann Publications. ISBN: 978-1-85617-959-1

EM 305 - Introduction to Homeland Security - Required Text - Homeland Security: An Introduction to Principles and Practice - 1st edition. Author: Nemeth, Charles. Publisher: CRC Press. ISBN: 978-1-4200-8567-9

EM 331 - Populations at Risk - No Text Required. Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Acrobat Reader are required.

EM 341 - The Law of Emergencies - 1st edition (2009).  Author:  Hunter, Nan D.  Publisher:  Buterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier.  ISBN:  978-1-85617-547-0

EM 351 - Intro to Terrorism - Required Text - Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues [Paperback] by Gus Martin.  Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc; Fourth Edition (January 17, 2012) ISBN-978-1452205823

EM 361 - Hazardous Materials in EM - Required Text:  Hazardous Materials Managing the Incident - 4th edition.  Authors:  Noll & Hilderbrand.  Publisher:  Jones & Bartlett.  ISBN:  978-1-4496-7084-9

EM 365 - Public Information and Policy in EM - Required Text 1 of 2 - Media RElations for Public Safety Professionals - 1st edition.  Author:  Brown.  Publisher:  Jones and Bartlett.  ISBN:  0763731676.  Required Text 2 of 2 - Jane's Crisis Communications Handbook:  A Guide to Emergency Media Relations for Information Officers, First Responders and the Press - 1st edition.  Author:  Fernandez, Merzer.  Publisher:  Jane's Information Group.  ISBN:  0710625960

EM 411 - Response and Recovery - Required Text - Disaster Response and Recovery: Strategies and Tactics for Resilience (2006). Author: McEntire, David. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. ISBN: 0-471-78974-7

EM 451 - Disaster Planning - Required Text:  Emergency Planning.  Authors:  Perry & Lindell.  Publisher:  Wiley.  ISBN:  978-0-471-92077-9

EM 471 - EM Capstone - Required Text - Emergency Management:  Principles and Practice for Local Government; 2nd edition.  Editors:  Waugh & Tierney.  Publisher:  ICMA Press.  ISBN:  10:0873267192 or 13:97-0873267199.

EM 475 - Current Issues in Homeland Security - Required Text - Homeland Security:  An Introduction to Principles and Practice (2010).  Author:  Nemeth.  Publisher:  Auerbach Publications CRC Press.  ISBN:  978-1-4200-8567-9

EM 485 - Military Support of Disaster Relief - Required Text - Text info not available

EM 491 - EM Leadership - Required Text - Required Text - The Leader's Companion:  Insights on Leadership Through the Ages (1995).  Author:  Wren.  Publisher:  The Free Press.  ISBN:  10-0028740912 or 13-978-0028740911

PST 110 - Introduction to Public Safety Communications - Required Text - Public Safety Telecommunicator I - 6th edition. Author and Publisher: APCO. This text must be ordered directly from APCO International. http://apcointl.org/training-and-certification/forms-a-information/order-forms.html  Go to: Virtual College Bookstore Order Form

PST 115 - Emergency Medical Dispatching - Required Text - Emergency Medical Dispatch - 5th edition, version 2. Author and Publisher: APCO. This text must be ordered directly from APCO International. http://apcointl.org/training-and-certification/forms-a-information/order-forms.html

PST 221 - Role in Hostage Negotiations - Required Text 1 of 2 - Crisis Negotiations, Managing Critical Incidents and Hostage Situations in Law Enforcement and Corrections - 4th edition (2010). Authors: McMains, M.J. and Mullins, W.C. Publisher: Anderson Publishing Co., Cincinnati, OH. Required Text 2 of 2 - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - 4th edition (2000). Author: American Psychiatric Association.

PST 222 - Handling of Hazardous Materials Event - Required Text 1 of 2 - Hazardous Materials for First Responders - 4th edition. Author: IFSTA. Publisher: Oklahoma State University & IFSTA. ISBN: 978-087939389-2. Required Textbook 2 of 2 - Emergency Response Guidebook - 2010 or current edition. Author: US DOT. Publisher: US DOT.

PST 226 - Advanced Public Safety Telecommunications - No Text Required.

PST 311 - Interpersonal Communications - Required Text 1 of 2 - Looking Out Looking In - 13th edition. Authors: Adler, Ronald B. and Proctor, II, Russell F. Publisher: Thomson-Wadsworth. ISBN: 978-0-495-79621-3.  Required Text 2 of 2 - Finding Daddy - Survival and Hope through a 911 Telecommunications Nightmare - 1st edition.  Author:  Hanna-Wiles, Sheila.  Publisher:  TitleTown Publishing.  ISBN:  978-0-985247836.

PST 312 - Legal Issues in Public Safety - Required Text - Civil Liability in Criminal Justice - 5th edition.  Author:  Ross.  Publisher:  Anderson.  ISBN:  1422461394

PST 313 - Introduction to Crisis Intervention - Required Text - Crisis Intervention Strategies - 7th edition.  Author:  James.  Publisher:  Thomson Brooks/Cole.  ISBN:  978-1-111-18677-7

PST 323 - Human Resource Management in PST - Required Text - Human Resource Management:  Essential Perspectives - 6th edition.  Authors:  Mathis, Robert L. and Jackson, John H.  Publisher: Cengage.  ISBN: 978-0538481700

PST 325 - Management Principles in PST - Required Text: MGMT - 6th edition (2013-2014). Author: Williams, Chuck. Publisher: Southwestern Cengage Learning. ISBN: 978-1285091075

PST 328 - Technical Writing in PST - Required Text 1 of 3 - Professional Writing Skills:  A Write it Well Guide - 3rd edition.  Author:  Terk, Natasha.  Publisher:  Write it Well.  ISBN:  978-0-9824471-1-6.  Required Text 2 of 3 - Business Writing:  What Works, What Won't - Revised edition.  Author:  Davidson, Wilma.  Publisher:  St. Martin's Griffin.  ISBN:  978-0-312-10948-6.  Required Text 3 of 3 - Finding Daddy - Survival and Hope through a 911 Telecommunications Nightmare - 1st edition.  Author:  Hanna-Wiles, Sheila.  Publisher:  TitleTown Publishing.  ISBN:  978-0-985247836.

Fall 2012 Graduate Textbooks

EM 505 - Foundations of EM - Required Text:Introduction to Emergency Management (2007).  Authors:  Lindell, Prater & Perry.  Publisher:  Wiley.  ISBN:  0-471-77260-7.  Recommended Text:  Emergency Management:  Principles and Practices for Local Government (2007).  Authors:  Waugh & Tierney.  Publisher:  ICMA.  ISBN:  978-087326-719-9

EM 521 - Exercise Design and Evaluation - Required Text - Info not available

EM 525 - Disaster Recovery - Required Text 1 of 2:  Disaster Recovery 10th edition.  Author:  Phillips. ISBN:  9781420074208.  Required Text 2 of 2:  Managing for Long-Term Community 9th edition.  Author:  Alesch.  ISBN:  9780979372223.

EM 530 - Research Methods in EM - Required Text: Methods of Disaster Research (2003). Author: Stallings, Robert. Publisher: Xlibris. ISBN 1-4010-7970-9 or 978-140179703

EM 535 - Terrorism and Homeland Security - Required Text: Terrorism and Homeland Security - 8th edition (2013).  Author:  White.  Publisher:  Wadsworth.  ISBN:  10: 1285061969 | ISBN-13: 978-1285061962