Abstract:

Emergency management has also been further increased.However, emergency management education in China is still in the intial stage, and most of the training is attached to related disciplines and specialties.America has a mature emergency management education training system and teaching experience. Therefore, the research on emergency management personnel training scheme in US can provide excellent references for China to cultivate talents in this field. This paper investigates the current situation and training target of emergency management education in American colleges and universities. Meanwhile, taking 10 colleges and universities which hold emergency management undergraduate degree in America as samples, the course system and curriculum content of bachelor of Arts and Science are systematically sorted and analyzed.It is found that the scope of it in America is wide, involving homeland security, international disaster reduction and public health;the differences of Arts and science courses are small, and they all focus on systematic and practical. Finally, according to the weakness of emergency management training in colleges and universities in China, the development route of emergency management specialty in the future is proposed to make up for the shortage of emergency management talents in China.

Key words: emergency management, course system, training scheme, undergraduate education