Postgraduate - UnitAPG5655 - Theories and principles of international crisis management

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	School of Social Sciences
Offered	Not offered in 2015
Coordinator(s)	TBA

Synopsis

The unit surveys policy issues and responses by the international community, relevant to crises in the area of conflict, natural hazards and human security. These responses are increasingly multi-disciplinary recognising the complexities and the underlying issues affecting these crises. The whole crisis management cycle including disaster response, recovery and preparedness will be covered. Field based case studies, expert guest lectures and workshop formats will be used to support lectures.

Outcomes

On satisfactory completion of this subject, students will have developed research, critical thinking and writing of the highest academic standards.

Learning Objectives:

Critical understanding of the concepts behind the laws, conventions and principles that guide international and regional reponses.
Critical understanding of field-based examples of crisis relief and response frameworks including integrated strategies that include humanitarian, social, political and security components.
Development of analytical skills that help to question the appropriateness of relief responses and interventions
Capacity for independent, self-motivated research.
Capacity to write lucid, critical, balanced assessments of crisis management.
Opportunities to specialise in particular areas of human rights/crisis management by the provision of world class research training and supervision.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

TBA

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

International development

Prohibitions

APG4655