The University of Washington Department of Urban Design and Planning offers the Master in Strategic Planning for Critical Infrastructures (MSPCI), a fully accredited master's program for leaders in charge of protecting critical infrastructures and emergency services. Developed in partnership with the Washington State National Guard, the MSPCI program was specifically created for officials in public and private infrastructure systems, emergency management and homeland security.

This fully online graduate program is designed to train managers in the strategic decision-making required to prevent and counter threats to critical infrastructures and public health. A blend of strategic planning and systems theory, this program follows a distinctive analytic approach different from the conventional emergency management approach to hazards.

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