Graduate Certificate in Risk and Crisis Management
Professionals from a variety of backgrounds require advanced education in risk assessment, emergency planning, crisis communication, and continuity planning to address the evolving challenges of community and organizational risks and crises.
The Graduate Certificate in Risk and Crisis Management takes a multidisciplinary approach to address this need while allowing students the opportunity to tailor their education and understanding of risk and crisis management through classes that fit their specialty and their schedule.
The three core courses (Risk Assessment, Crisis Communication, and Risk and Crisis Management Capstone) use both online and classroom resources during hours that will accommodate most students working full-time.
Students also choose two supporting electives in areas of interest such as Negotiation and Leadership, Regulatory Policy, Conflict Management, and Corporate Environmental Management. Supporting colleges and departments include Communication, Knowledge Management, Journalism, Public Relations, Geography, Education, Engineering, Human Relations, Finance, Management, and Management Information Systems.
The Graduate Certificate in Risk and Crisis Management is an accelerated program. A goal timeline would be for those enrolled to complete the required 15 credit hours in one year to eighteen months.
Criteria for Admission:
Applicants seeking the Graduate Certificate in Risk and Crisis Management must first meet all requirements for admission to the University of Oklahoma’s Graduate College.
An applicant may be admitted to the Graduate College in full standing if he or she: has earned a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent from an accredited university or college, and has at least a 3.0 grade point average through the semester in which the last 60 credit hours of letter graded bachelor’s course work was earned, and is accepted for admission by the Graduate Dean.
An applicant may be admitted to the Graduate College in full standing if he or she: has either received a master’s degree or completed 12 semester hours of letter-graded graduate work at an accredited college or university and has accumulated at least a 3.0 average in all graduate-level work and is accepted for admission by the Graduate Dean.
See gradweb.ou.edu for more information about required materials and the application. Applicants should simultaneously submit their application to the Office of Admissions and the required supplemental materials listed below directly to the Center for Risk and Crisis Management.
Students are required to submit the following:
Materials should be sent to:
Center for Risk and Crisis Management
University of Oklahoma
3100 Monitor Ave, Suite 100
Norman, OK 73072
For more information on the Graduate Certificate in Risk and Crisis Management contact Dr.
Shari Veil, Coordinating Director, Center for Risk and Crisis Management
405-325-5371 or shari.veil@ou.edu.