SESC9281 — Issues and Trends in Emergency Management

COURSE COORDINATION

Coordinator :	Dr Tony Green [Bio]
Contact Details :	Tel : (+612)93855469   •   Fax : (+612)93856190   •   Email : a.green@unsw.edu.au

DELIVERY DETAILS		[ Current Schedules and Locations ]

Mode	Session	Type
Short course	1	Short Course

Day :

12-16 February 2007

COURSE DETAILS
Units of Credit :	6
Assumed Knowledge :	None -
Description :	This course is part of the Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management operated by Emergency Management Australia, Mount Macedon, VIC It will be delivered in Sydney by Michael Tarrant from EMA The course will explore existing paradigms in emergency management and demonstrate how they drive existing emergency management practices. It will consider how research findings and current and emerging technologies might inform change in emergency management paradigms.
Objectives :	On completion of this module, participants should be able to engage with current and emerging issues and trends in emergency management, contributing to debates in the field and identifying policies and practices which would be beneficial to emergency management contexts in general and/or to participant’s own emergency management context.
Reading :	TBA

ASSESSMENT
Details Due Date Weight Assignment of 1300 words to be completed prior to workshop Assessment Task 3 10% TBC 25% Syndicate activity submitted at the end of the workshop TBC 15% Reflective journal at workshop TBC 10% Assignment of 3000 words or two assignments of 1500 words TBC 50%

COURSE SCHEDULE
Topics 1 :	Changing paradigms in emergency management.
Topics 2 :	Current research trends and outcomes:- How people are affecected by an emrgency.
Topics 3 :	Challenges of working in an environment with high uncertainty and how to overcome them.
Topics 4 :	Reviews of good practice. Enhancing emergency management practice.
Topics 5 :	Current and New technologoes for use in emergency management.

LEARNING RESOURCES
The University of New South Wales provides a range of resources to help students develop their skills and to realise their full potential. The Learning Centre, located at the entrance to the Library provides guidance material, which is also available on-line.
	The University also provides academic orientation programs called MyStart and ReStart for both new and returning students to help them in their transitions into academia..