12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL
Postgraduate - Unit
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Faculty
Organisational Unit
Politics and International Relations
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Coordinator(s)
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Prohibitions
MDM4010, MDM4110, MIR4110, MDM4070, MIR4170, APG5087, APG5089
Synopsis
This unit adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of disasters and humanitarian crises, including prevention, mitigation, response and recovery. This approach bridges the "domestic and international", "disasters and humanitarian crises", "disasters and development", and "health and non-health" perspectives.
Global and regional perspectives are considered to explore the terminology, classification, epidemiology, natural history and global trends of disasters and humanitarian crises. Students interpret international standards and guidelines and evaluate the way in which these inform policy, practice, education and research opportunities for disaster and humanitarian crises professionals. The broad and critical conceptual and practical understanding of disasters and humanitarian crises that students develop in this unit prepares them for a professional role in disaster and humanitarian crisis management.
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the unit, students should be able to:
- identify and explain the terminology, classification, epidemiology, natural history, context and trends of disasters and humanitarian crises from the global and students' regional perspectives;
- evaluate international humanitarian crisis and disaster preparedness and management systems;
- interpret international standards and guidelines for assessment, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating disaster and humanitarian crises interventions;
- assess how responses to disasters and humanitarian crises can effectively meet the needs of different demographic groups;
- recognise and employ the personal and professional competencies expected of disaster and humanitarian professionals;
- prepare, as a professional, for disaster and humanitarian crisis prevention, mitigation, response and recovery.
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.
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