UNDERGRADUATE TEXTBOOKS



All Textbooks should be available from either the JSU Bookstore (800-231-5291 ext. 5283) or the Jacksonville Bookstore (256-435-7407), unless otherwise noted.
Textbooks can also be ordered online from the JSU Bookstore website http://jsu1.bkstore.com

Summer 2008
EM 301 - Intro to Disaster Management - Required Textbook - Introduction to Emergency Management. 3rd edition-2008. Author: Haddow, George; Bullock, Jane; and Coppola, Damon. Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Publications. ISBN 978-0-7506-8514-6
EM 305 - Intro to Homeland Security - Required Textbook - Homeland Security, A Complete Guide To Understanding, Preventing, and Surviving Terrorism. Author: Sauter, Mark; Carafano, James Jay. Publisher: McGraw-Hill 2005 Edition. ISBN 0-07-144064-X
EM 309 - Emergency Response to WMD Event - Required Textbook - Emergency Responder's Guide To Terrorism: A Comprehensive Real-World Guide to Recognizing and Understanding Terrorist Weapons of Mass Destruction. Author: Marks, Michael E. Publisher: Red Hat Publishing ISBN: 1-932235-00-0. This text must be purchased from the publisher. http://www.redhatpub.com/ERGT.htm
EM 325/CS 307 - Required Textbook - Management of Information Security. 2nd Edition. Author: Whitman, M. and Mattord, H. Course Technolog Pub. ISBN: 1-4239-0130-4
EM 381 - Social Dimensions of Disaster - Required Textbook - Response to Disaster: Fact Versus Fiction and its Perpetuation. The Sociology of Disaster. 2nd edition. Author: Fischer III, Henry W. Publisher: University Press of America. ISBN 0-7618-1183-4
Students must also have access to Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
EM 420M - Exercise Design & Evaluation - No Textbook is Required
PST 110C – Intro to Public Safety Telecommunications Required textbook (*APCO International Book – NOT available from JSU or Jacksonville bookstore) - Public Safety Telecommunicator I.  APCO Basic Telecommunicator Training Course 6th edition – Student Manual can be ordered by downloading an order form from http://www.apcointl.com/institute/formsandinformation/JSUOrderForm9-05.pdf ; Price is $69.00 plus 7% shipping if ordered more than 21 days prior to the first day of class (shipping charge for books ordered less than 21 days prior to the first day of class will be 14%). APCO will verify that you have registered prior to shipping the textbook.
PST 115C – Emergency Medical Dispatching Required textbook (*APCO International Book– NOT available from JSU or Jacksonville bookstore) - APCO Basic Emergency Medical Dispatch Course 5th edition 2nd version – Student Manual can be ordered by downloading an order form from http://www.apcointl.com/institute/formsandinformation/JSUOrderForm9-05.pdf ; Price is $69.00 plus 7% shipping if ordered more than 21 days prior to the first day of class (shipping charge for books ordered less than 21 days prior to the first day of class will be 14%). APCO will verify that you have registered prior to shipping the textbook.
PST 221C - Role in Hostage Negotiations Required textbook - Crisis Negotiations: Managing Critical Incidents and Hostage Situations in Law Enforcement and Corrections 3rd edition by McManis and Mullins, published by Anderson, ISBN 159345323X
Recomended Textbook - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Author: American Psychiatric Association. 4th edition-2006.
PST 222C – Handling of Hazardous Materials Event Required Textbook (NOT available from JSU Bookstore or Jacksonville Bookstore) - Hazardous Materials for First Responders Third Edition. Available from: Shelton State Community College Bookstore Tuscaloosa, AL http://www.sheltonstate.edu 1-800-538-0762 (205) 391-2222, Published by: Fire Protection Publications Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078-0118; 1-800-744-4055, ISBN 0-87939-244-4
Required Textbook - Emergency Response Guidebook. By the US DOT. 2000 or current edition
PST 311 - Interpersonal Communications - Required Textbook - Looking Out Looking In by Ronald Adler, Russell Proctor II. 12th edition published by Thomson/Wadsworth. ISBN 13:978-0-495-10127-7
Required Textbook - Student Activities Manual for Adler and Proctor’s Looking Out Looking In by Jeanne Elmhorst. 12th edition. Publisher: Thomson/Wadsworth
ISBN 13:978-0-495-10129-X
PST 314 - Required Textbook - Counter-Terrorism for Emergency Responderss. 2nd edition Author: Burke  Publisher: CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-9923-8
Recomended Textbook - Preparing for Terrorism: The Public Safety Communicator's Guide. Author:  Buck, Buck, and Mogil. Publisher:  Delmar. ISBN 1-40187-131-3
PST 328 - Required Textbook - Technical Writing: Process and Product. 5th edition. Author: Sharon J. Gerson and Steven M. Gerson. Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0-13-119664-2

Fall 2008
EM 301 - Intro. to Disaster Management - Required Textbook- Introduction to Emergency Management 3rd edition. Author- Haddow, George; Bullock, Jane; and Coppola, Damon. Publisher- Butteroworth- Heinemann Publications. ISBN 978-0-7506-8514-6
EM 305 - Intro. to Homeland Security - Required Textbook- Homeland Security, A Complete Guide To Understanding, Preventing, and Surviving Terrorism. Author- Sauter, Mark and James Jay Carafano. Publisher- McGraw-Hill 2005 Edition. ISBN- 0-07-144064-X
EM 331 - No text required. Microsoft Word and Power Point are needed.
EM 341 - Legal Foundations of EM & HS - No text required.
EM 351 - Intro to Terrorism - Required Textbook - Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues. 2nd edition. Author: Martin, C. Augustus. Publisher: Sage Publications. ISBN 978-1412927222 (Paperback)
EM 365 - Public Information & Policy in EM - Required Textbook - Media Relations for Public Safety Professionals. Author: Brown. Publisher: Jones and Bartlett. ISBN 0763731676
Required Textbook - Jane's Crisis Communications Handbook: A Guide to Emergency Media Relations for Information Officers, First Responders and the Press. Author: Fernandex and Merzer. Publisher: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0710625960
EM 411 - Response and Recovery - Required Textbook- Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States. 2001 edition by Kathleen J. Tierney, Michael K. Lindell, and Roland W. Perry. Published by John Henry Press. ISBN  0309069998
Required Textbook- Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States by Dennis Mileti. Published by National Academy Press, Washington, DC 1999 edition. ISBN 0-309-06360-4
EM 451 - Disaster Planning - Required Textbook - Emergency Planning. Author: Perry and Lindell. Publisher: Wiley. ISBN 13978-0-471-92077-0
EM 471 - EM Capstone - Required Textbook - Comprehensive Emergency Management for Local Governments: Demystifying Emergency Planning. Author: Gordon, James. Publisher: Rothstein Associates. ISBN 1931332177
EM 475 - Current Issues in Homeland Security - Required Textbook - Threats to Homeland Security. Author: Kilroy, Richard.Publisher: Wiley. ISBN 1978-0470-07398-8
EM 491 - Leadership in EM and Related Studies - Required Textbook - The Leader's Companion. Author: J. Thomas Wren. Publisher: Thre Free Press (Simon and Schuster). ISBN 0028740912
PST 110C – Intro to Public Safety Telecommunications Required textbook (*APCO International Book – NOT available from JSU or Jacksonville bookstore) - Public Safety Telecommunicator I.  APCO Basic Telecommunicator Training Course 6th edition – Student Manual can be ordered by downloading an order form from http://www.apcointl.com/institute/formsandinformation/JSUOrderForm9-05.pdf ; Price is $69.00 plus 7% shipping if ordered more than 21 days prior to the first day of class (shipping charge for books ordered less than 21 days prior to the first day of class will be 14%). APCO will verify that you have registered prior to shipping the textbook.
PST 115C – Emergency Medical Dispatching Required textbook (*APCO International Book– NOT available from JSU or Jacksonville bookstore) - APCO Basic Emergency Medical Dispatch Course 5th edition 2nd version – Student Manual can be ordered by downloading an order form from http://www.apcointl.com/institute/formsandinformation/JSUOrderForm9-05.pdf ; Price is $69.00 plus 7% shipping if ordered more than 21 days prior to the first day of class (shipping charge for books ordered less than 21 days prior to the first day of class will be 14%). APCO will verify that you have registered prior to shipping the textbook.
PST 221C - Role in Hostage Negotiations Required textbook - Crisis Negotiations: Managing Critical Incidents and Hostage Situations in Law Enforcement and Corrections 3rd edition by McManis and Mullins, published by Anderson, ISBN 159345323X
Recomended Textbook - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Author: American Psychiatric Association. 4th edition-2006.
PST 222C – Handling of Hazardous Materials Event Required Textbook (NOT available from JSU Bookstore or Jacksonville Bookstore) - Hazardous Materials for First Responders Third Edition. Available from: Shelton State Community College Bookstore Tuscaloosa, AL http://www.sheltonstate.edu 1-800-538-0762 (205) 391-2222, Published by: Fire Protection Publications Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078-0118; 1-800-744-4055, ISBN 0-87939-244-4
Required Textbook - Emergency Response Guidebook. By the US DOT. 2000 or current edition.
PST 226C - Advanced Public Safety Telecommunications - There is no required textbook.
PST 311 - Interpesonal Communications - Required Textbook -Looking Out Looking In by Ronald Adler, Russell Proctor II. 12th edition published by Thomson/Wadsworth. ISBN 13:978-0-495-10127-7
Required Textbook - Student Activities Manual for Adler and Proctor’s Looking Out Looking In by Jeanne Elmhorst. 12th edition. Publisher: Thomson/Wadsworth
ISBN 13:978-0-495-10129-X
PST 312 - Legal Issues in Public Safety Telecommunications - Required Textbook - Civil Liability in Criminal Justice. 4th edition. Author: Darrell L. Ross. Publisher: Anderson. ISBN: 1593453280
*Students can use the 3rd edition if necessary.
PST 313 - Intro to Crisis Intervention - Required Textbook - Crisis Intervention Strategies. 6th edition. Author: Jamews. Publisher: Thomson Brookstone. ISBN 13:973-0-495-10026-3
PST 314 - Intro to Weapons of Mass Destruction - Required Textbook - Counter Terrorism for Emergency Responders. 2nd edition. Author: Burke. Publisher: CRC Press. ISBN: 0-8493-9923-8
Recomended Textbook - Preparing for Terrorism: The Public Safety Communicator's Guide. 1st edition. Author: Buck, Buck, and Mogil. Publisher: Delmar. ISBN: 1-40187-131-3
PST 325 - Management Principles in PST - Required Textbook - Management Fundamentals: Concecpts, Applications, Skill Development. 3rd edition. Author: Lussier, Robert N. Publisher: Thomson South-Western. ISBN 0324226063
PST 328 - Technical Writing in PST - Required Textbook - Technical Writing: Process and Product. 5th edition. Author: Sharon J. Gerson and Steven M. Gerson. Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0-13-119664-2