Master of Disaster Management (MDM) – Regular
This is a routine program as per the university guideline offered to the students who successfully complete four years of Bachelor of Disaster Management Program (BDM). The students passing BDM degree by default becomes eligible for this program. Courses leading to the Degree of Masters of Disaster Management (MDM) extended over one (01) academic year and divided into two (02) semesters conforming to the University Rules and Regulations. The course of study is an integrated of carrying a total of 43 Credits.
14 courses · 45 credit hours across 2 terms
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC 5101 | Advanced Theories to Disaster Studies | 3 | The course outlines the advanced theoretical issues of disaster studies. The course has been designed based on the following objectives: (1) to introduce the major theoretical ideas in relation to disaster, climate change, environment and nature from critical point of view; (ii) to focus the holistic domination nature of society and nature on basis of capitalism and its’ donation; (iii) to understand risks behavior of society and politics of domination. |
| DMC 5102 | Disaster and Climate Change: Adaptation, Mitigation and Resilience | 3 | This salient course is tailored primarily to address varying issues of disaster and climate change resilience processes from social, more specifically multidisciplinary perspectives which are believed to be a vital focus in the study of holistic disaster management |
| DMC 5103 | Disaster Economics | 3 | |
| DMC 5104 | Urban Disaster and Risk Management | 3 | The objective of this course is to build knowledge and professional capacities for reducing disaster risks in urban areas and contributing to better and more targeted management issues following disasters. |
| DMC 5105 | Strategic Planning and Humanitarian Logistics Management | 3 | The prime aim of the study is to provide an idea about logistics management during and post disaster period of disasters. |
| DMC 5106 | Climate Change, Conflict and Humanitarian Crisis Management | 3 | The course has been outlined considering the significance of supply chain and strategic management in disaster risk reduction. The major objectives of this course are: (i) to define key terms and introduce conceptual frameworks relating to the humanitarian and relief response logistics; (ii) to explore the differences between business logistics and disaster/emergency/relief logistics; (iii) to examine the objectives of disaster management, relief logistics and community supply chains and ways of measuring performance; (iv) to outline the process of disaster / emergency / relief response and the impact on those affected by these events; (v) to examine in strategic, tactical and operational decisions relating to response and relief work. |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC N/A | Comprehensive and Viva voce (50+50) | 4 | This dissertation is compulsory in Final Semester of MSS programme for the students of thesis group. Field visits to be conducted in examining and assessing the impacts of climate change and disaster on environment, population, economy, infrastructure, resources, agricultural crops, animal and biodiversity, gender and other relevant fields. |
| DMC 5213 | Advanced Research Dissertation (Thesis + Oral examination) | 3 | This dissertation is compulsory in Final Semester of MSS programme for the students of thesis group. Field visits to be conducted in examining and assessing the impacts of climate change and disaster on environment, population, economy, infrastructure, resources, agricultural crops, animal and biodiversity, gender and other relevant fields. |
| DMC 5207 | Advanced Research Methodology in Disaster Management | 3 | This course pinpoints penetratingly on the methodologies conducive for disaster research as a proper methodology lies in the heart of any academic research. |
| DMC 5208 | Ecosystem Based Approaches to Disaster Management | 3 | The learning objective of the course is to understand the main components and drivers of disaster risk and how |
| DMC 5209 | Disaster Recovery Planning and Management | 3 | This course is designed to develop knowledge in the area of disaster recovery, planning and management. The course would be able to make the students understand on theoretical approaches to recovery and its practical implications. The course will also provide significant practical planning knowledge on process of post disaster recovery. |
| DMC 5210 | Disaster, Food Security and Biotechnology | 3 | |
| DMC 5211 | Disaster, Climate Change, Green Technology and Sustainability | 4 | The principal objective of the course is to offer an interdisciplinary perspective to the whole process of climate change, its overarching impacts on humans and environment, and as mitigation and adaptation techniques introducing through green technologies. |
| DMC 5212 | Political economy of Climate Change and Disaster | 4 | The aim of objective is to orient the students with political economy of climate change and disaster from multidisciplinary point of views. The course contests have been prepared to focus on the major concepts and approaches of political economy in climate change and disaster studies |