Hazards and Disaster Management PgCert/PgDip/MSc
Facts about this course
| Qualification | PgCert/PgDip/MSc |
|---|---|
| Duration | Full time: 1 year Part time: 2 years |
| Attendance | Full time: 3 days per week Part time: 1.5 days per week |
| Assessment | Assessment of student learning will comprise a combination of written examinations and coursework, the latter incorporating scenario-based hazard management exercises, ICT-based and paper-based practical exercises, role play exercises, oral presentations, field reports and essays. |
| Course structure | |
Choose Kingston's Hazards and Disaster Management PgCert/PgDip/MSc
Our new programme in Hazards and Disaster Management (from September 2008) is ideal if you want to start or advance a career in hazard or risk management, environmental monitoring, emergency planning or catastrophe-related mitigation.
What will you study?
You will study the underpinning scientific principles of both:
- natural hazards (eg hurricanes, storms and tornadoes, flooding, landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis and radon gas emissions); and
- human-induced disasters (eg terrorism, explosions and oil tanker accidents).
We also cover modern disaster management strategies and planning techniques for the mitigation (eg structural measures and education), preparation (eg early warning), response (eg search and rescue) and recovery (eg insurance) phases.
Alongside your academic studies, you will gain skills in:
- problem solving and organisation;
- data collation and evaluation;
- communication (oral, written and electronic);
- time and project management;
- computing; and
- co-operation and teamwork.
You can choose to study this course at MSc, PgDip or PgCert level to suit your background and ability.
Fieldwork is an essential part of the Hazard and Disaster Management course. You will undertake a supervised week-long visit to a European field destination affected by multi-hazards (usually to Tenerife in June). You will conduct hazard, risk and vulnerability assessment of the area and evaluate existing hazard management strategies by the regional/local authorities.
This course is taught by staff in the the Faculty of Science
Teaching staff include:
- Dr Neil Thomas, course director
- Dr Norman Kin-Wai Cheung, senior lecturer
- Professor Gavin Gillmore
Course structure
The course provides a strong core element, covering modern methodologies for hazard assessment and disaster management for various hazard types.
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
Core modules
- Atmospheric and Geomorphological Hazards
- Geophysical and Geomedical Hazards
- Disaster Management I: Insurance and Risk Management
- Disaster Management II: Mitigation and Reconstruction
- Hazards and Society
- GIS and Hazards
- Research Methods and Data Analysis
- Research Project
- Fieldwork
Option modules (indicative and for guidance purposes only)
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