Postgraduate - UnitAPG5656 - International crisis management in action

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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 a range of action-oriented strategies relevant to complex crisis responses by the international community. It examines the practice frameworks used to respond to the different phases of crises including emergencies, recovery and preparedness in the context of conflict, natural hazards and human security. Particular attention will be given to understanding the role of project management strategies and principles. Field based case studies, expert guest lectures and workshop formats are used to support seminars.

Outcomes

On satisfactory completion of this subject, students will be able to analyse, design and produce research papers and models on crisis action and response mechanisms.

Specifically the learning outcomes are:

Critical understanding of the concepts pertaining to operational modalities project management approaches.
Critical understanding of field-based examples of crisis relief and responses in a manner that contextualises crisis management within the cultural, social, political, economic cultures of the areas in crisis
Opportunities to specialise in particular areas of crisis response and recovery by the provision of world class research training and supervision
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 action and response

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

Prerequisites

APG5655