Postgraduate Diploma in Disaster Risk Management and Development
Public Health
A course by
AUT
Learn to reduce disaster risks, build community resilience, and manage disaster response and recovery in this flexible postgraduate diploma.
Blended study
This is a mix of online learning & face-to-face sessions
South Campus, Auckland
It will take a total of 1 year
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Understand disaster risk reduction and management
Develop a comprehensive understanding of how to reduce disaster risks, manage and lead effective responses and recovery operations, and contribute to sustainable development.
Build community and ecosystem resilience
Learn how to strengthen resilience at community and ecosystem levels in the face of disasters and climate change.
Apply culturally and contextually appropriate practices
Gain the skills to implement disaster risk management practices that are socially and culturally sensitive and suitable for a variety of contexts.
What You're Signing Up For
The Postgraduate Diploma in Disaster Risk Management and Development prepares students to manage disaster risks, improve community resilience, and implement recovery and humanitarian actions. The programme is aligned with global and national best practice and focuses on socially and culturally appropriate approaches to disaster risk management, resilience-building in the face of climate change, enhanced building codes, and ecosystem protection. It is suitable for those passionate about sustainable development or already working in emergency/disaster risk management.
Course Content
- Disasters and development
- Environmental change and humanitarian action
- Building community resilience
- Communications in emergency and disaster
- Mauri Ora – holistic healing from trauma
- Digital transformation and change management
- Social and advanced epidemiology
- Environment, hazards and society
- Special topics in health and resilience
- Research design and methods
- Māori health research practice
- Pacific health research and design
- Global health
- Public health policy and systems
- International public relations
What you need to know first
Bachelor’s degree OR relevant professional qualification or experience approved by the Dean as equivalent
Submit evidence of ability to study at postgraduate level in this field
Provide evidence of current professional practice
May be required to complete prerequisite courses as specified by the Board of Studies
What sort of industry will this job lead to
Emergency Management
Humanitarian Response
Public Health
NGOs
Disaster Recovery
Development Agencies
Future employment opportunities might be
Disaster preparedness roles in NGOs
Humanitarian response agencies
Emergency management agencies
Government ministries
International organisations
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