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Graduate Diploma of Disaster and Emergency Response

Effective from 01-JAN-2020 : Code J66

Provides the emergency services professional with a broad understanding of the challenges associated with responding to a disaster, coordinating the scene of a major incident or disaster, and providing leadership and support to those involved.

Disclaimer

This course information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the course requirements and the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Communicate advanced knowledge, concepts and skills to a variety of audiences in a discipline or professional field.
  2. Apply high level, independent judgement when analysing and evaluating complex problems to generate creative solutions.
  3. Demonstrate management skills by initiating, planning, implementing and evaluating projects in a disciplinary or professional field.

Admission requirements

Admission requirement (Band 8)

  • Bachelor degree in a cognate discipline; or
  • Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years relevant professional experience.

English Language requirement (Band 4)

English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

  • IELTS Academic Overall band minimum score of 6.5 (no individual band less than 6.0);
  • Bachelor degree from a country specified in the Admissions Policy;
  • Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at postgraduate level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent);
  • Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years relevant professional experience; or
  • Other tests, courses or programs as defined in the Admissions Policy.

Course Specific Admission Requirements

All applicants are required to have a Bachelor's degree in emergency response/management or a relevant health related degree such as medical science, paramedicine, nursing, health sciences, health services management, public health, emergency management, or a Graduate Certificate of Disaster and Emergency Response, with equivalents considered. Alternatively applicants can be considered based on a minimum of 5 years relevant work experience. .

Course Duration

  • Full Time: 1 Year
  • Part Time: 2 Years

Course Delivery

  • Online: Part Time, Full Time

Course Coordinator

A/Prof Erin SMITH

Course Structure

Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
DER6101Introduction to Emergency Management20
DER6102Disaster Preparedness & Mitigation20
DER6103Major Incident Management20
DER6104Disaster Health Practice & Humanitarian Relief20
DER6105Psychological Effects of Disaster20
DER6106Advanced Emergency Management Response20

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

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