The course objective is to help cohort members reshape and reconsider essential questions, better comprehend current challenges, and consider effective evidence-based strategies and policies to professionalize the emergency management field and equip future leaders to foster more resilient communities. The specific competencies addressed in this course are scientific models and simulations; geography and disasters; sociocultural considerations; and, emerging technology. In addition, work on the capstone project will continue and project teams will brief the cohort on their progress.