M.S. in Psychology - Crisis Management and Response

M.S. in Psychology - Crisis Management and Response taken at Kaplan University equips students with knowledge and multicultural skills necessary to work in the critical and fast-growing career areas. These career areas include security, emergency management, and public safety. Taking this degree gives students the opportunity to study psychological theories and learn conflict management and negotiation skills as students prepare to work with trauma and disaster victims.

Although this discipline is relatively new, the demand for professionals trained in this area is anticipated to be high as supported by the number of job openings in crisis management and emergency planning. Graduates of this course should understand and apply psychological concepts and principles to contemporary and global issues. Also, they should apply ethics and multicultural understanding and competence to public safety efforts including emergency preparedness, disaster relief, and treatment of trauma. The required coursework should also have prepared the student to apply theories of counseling and psychotherapy to situations requiring mental health responses.