Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership, M.A.

Director, Kent Annan

Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership offers training and preparation for employment in a wide range of humanitarian and disaster-assistance related fields, both domestically and internationally. Students of the program will be equipped to lead by integrating faith, evidence-based practice, and experience to serve the world's most vulnerable people and the global church. The program is designed for students looking to begin or to advance their career in the fields of international humanitarian aid, domestic disaster relief, emergency management, disaster ministry, anti-human trafficking, non-profit, justice, and refugee care. The program may also be used as preparation for future doctoral studies. Accelerated M.A. students can start taking HDL graduate courses after completing 60 undergraduate credits. HDL graduate level courses can apply to undergraduate degree requirements (with approval) and will count towards the HDL M.A. should they matriculate in the accelerated M.A. Program.

Requirements for the Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership program leading to a Master of Arts degree consists of the successful completion of 36 semester hours.