- UCAS course code
- VL38
- UCAS institution code
- M20
BSc International Disaster Management & Humanitarian Response / Course details
Year of entry: 2024
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Course unit details:
Introduction to Disaster Management
Unit code | HCRI11032 |
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Credit rating | 20 |
Unit level | Level 1 |
Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
Available as a free choice unit? | Yes |
Overview
Pre/co-requisites
Aims
Syllabus
Teaching and learning methods
Knowledge and understanding
Intellectual skills
Practical skills
Transferable skills and personal qualities
Employability skills
- Other
- · Oral and communication skills – especially in terms of comprehending large amounts of information and drawing reasoned conclusions · Meeting deadlines · Working autonomously
Assessment methods
Feedback methods
Written feedback on assignments: SummativeVerbal feedback via 1 on 1 meetings with students: FormativeWritten feedback on essay outlines: Formative
Recommended reading
Baughan Emily and Juliano Fiori. ‘Save the Children, the Humanitarian Project, and the Politics of Solidarity: Reviving Dorothy Buxton's Vision,’ Disasters 39:S2 (2015):129-145. Barnett, Michael. Empire of Humanity: A History of Humanitarianism (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2011). Bayly, C. A., Vijayendra Rao, Simon Szreter, and Michael Woolcock. History, Historians and Development Policy: A Necessary Dialogue (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2011).Everill, Bronwyn and Josiah Kaplan (eds). The History and Practice of Humanitarian Intervention and Aid in Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). Fazal Tanisha. Wars of Law: Unintended Consequences in the Regulation of Armed Conflict (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2018) Ibhawoh Bonny, ‘Humanitarians and Abolitionists’ in Human Rights in Africa. New Approaches to African History (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018) Palmieri, Daniel. “An Institution Standing the Test of Time? A Review of 150 Years of the History of the International Committee of the Red Cross”, International Review of the Red Cross 94:888 (2012): 1-26. Salvatici Silvia. A history of humanitarianism, 1755-1989. In the name of others (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2019), 1-13.
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours | |
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Lectures | 20 |
Seminars | 10 |
Independent study hours | |
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Independent study | 170 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Antoine Burgard | Unit coordinator |
Luke Kelly | Unit coordinator |