CM52 Master of Emergency and Disaster Management

In order to complete this course, you must:

  1. Complete the core structure

Core Structure

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

This course will be offered full time.

The following units are compulsory:

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
DSMG28001 Foundations of Emergency and Disaster Management
DSMG20003 Research for Emergency and Disaster Management
DSMG29001 Disaster Risk Reduction
DSMG29002 Leadership in Emergency and Disaster Management
DSMG29003 Building Adaptive Capacity in Communities
DSMG29004 Contemporary Issues in Emergency and Disaster Management
DSMG29005 Community Safety and Education
DSMG29006 Volunteerism and the Community

Electives - Level 8 Elective

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

You will need to choose a combination of units totalling a minimum of 18 credit points from the list of level- 8 electives to make up the required credit points for the course. Consideration should be given to the campus, term of offering and possible exit/interim awards.

Please consult with the Course Advice Team regarding your choice of electives.

You must complete a minimum of 3 Level 8 units (maximum of 4) from the following list. 

Students that take certain units are eligible for additional qualifications/interim/exit awards. Please consult with the Course Advice Team regarding your choice of electives.

If you select these units and opt to receive an additional qualification, please contact the Course Advice Team once you have completed the relevant units for your chosen interim/exit award.

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
BUSN20017 Effective Business Communications
COMM20110 Crisis Communication
HRMT20024 Managing Human Resources
MGMT20129 Managing People, Organisations and Context
MGMT20144 Management and Business Context
MRKT20052 Marketing Management and Digital Communications
SAFE28003 Safety in Complexity
SAFE28001 Safety Regulation and Management
SAFE28002 Psychosocial Hazard Management
PBHL20001 Understanding Public Health
PBHL20002 Systems Thinking in Public Health
PBHL20003 Epidemiology and Statistics
PPMP20007 Project Management Concepts
PPMP20008 Initiating and Planning Projects
PPMP20010 Executing and Closing Projects
SAFE20011 Exposures and Health Risk
SAFE20017 Human Factors in Complex Systems
SAFE20018 Fatigue Risk Management
HRMT20030 Contemporary Human Resource Management and People Analytics
PMSC28004 Fundamentals of Counter-terrorism and Operational Medicine

Electives - Level 9 Elective

Number of units: 1 Total credit points: 6

You will need to choose a unit totalling 6 credit points from the list of level- 9 electives if you have only selected 3 level-8 elective units (18 credit points) to make up the required credit points for the course. Consideration should be given to the campus, term of offering and possible exit/interim awards. Please contact the Course Advice Team for further information regarding your choice of electives.

Students that take certain units are eligible for additional qualifications/interim/exit awards. Please consult with the Course Advice Team regarding your choice of electives.
 
 
If you select these units and opt to receive an additional qualification, please contact the Course Advice Team once you have completed the relevant units for your chosen interim/exit award.

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
PBHL20005 Global Public Health
PBHL29001 Social Innovation and Health: Human-Centred Design Thinking
PBHL29002 Communicable Diseases
PPMP20009 Leading Lean Projects
PMSC29002 Human Performance Optimisation in Complex Environments
SAFE29001 Hazard Management and Risk Control