Master of Natural Hazards and Disasters
Program Structure
The program comprises four core courses, a research topic and a set of elective courses. Two of the core courses emphasise the scientific aspects of natural hazards and two the social and cultural impacts. The research project can be carried out in either the College of Asia and the Pacific or the Research School of Earth Sciences.
Program Requirements
The Master of Natural Hazards and Disasters program consists of 4 core courses of 6 units each, 2-3 electives, and a special case study project of 6-12 units; a total of 48 units.
The required courses are:
EMSC8706 Introduction to Natural Hazards
EMSC8707 Understanding Geological Hazards
HGEO8001 Thinking about Hazards and People in the Asia-Pacific
HGEO8002 People At Risk from Hazards in Asia-Pacific
EMSC8701 Geology Research Project or HGEO8003/HGEO8004 Research in Natural Hazards and Disasters. The special case study will involve the writing of a 6,000 or 12,000 word thesis on a topic to be approved by the course lecturers and will comprise a body of work on an approved topic in natural hazards in the Asia-Pacific region. Length of thesis will depend on whether case study is for 6 or 12 units.
Two or three elective courses from outside the program may be selected from the following courses:
ANTH8028 Introduction to Social Impact Studies
ANTH8042 Migration, Refugees, and Development
ARCH8033 Archaeology, Climate Change, and Society
EMDV8001 Environmental Sustainability, Health, and Development
EMDV8102 Tools & Processes for Environmental & Resource Mgmt
EMDV8103 Environmental Assessment
EMSC6015 Chemistry of Earth and Oceans
EMSC6020 The Lithosphere
EMSC6026 Environmental and Regolith Geoscience
EMSC6030 Structural Geology and Tectonics
EMSC8015 Imaging Earth Structure
EMSC8031 Research methods in Physics of the Earth
ENVS6013 Environment and Development
ENVS6015 Intro to Remote Sensing & Geographical Information System
ENVS6036 Integrative Research Methods
ENVS6204 Weather, Climate, and Fire
ENVS6309 Applied Geographic Information Science
ENVS6528 Environmental Policy and Planning
ENVS8003 Climate Change Vulnerability & Adaptation
ENVS6308 Fire in the Environment
ENVS6555 Water Resource Management
POGO8004 Poverty Reduction
Other courses with permission of the course convener
Typical Program Progression
Semester one of the program:
EMSC 8706 Introduction to Natural Hazards (6 units)
HGEO8001 Thinking about Hazards and People in the Asia-Pacific (6 units)
Electives 1&2
Semester two of the program:
EMSC8707 Understanding Geological Hazards
HGEO8002 People At Risk from Hazards in Asia-Pacific
EMSC8701 Geology Research Project orHGEO8003/HGEO8004 Research in Natural Hazards and Disasters
(Elective 3 if Research Project is only 6 units)
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