Bachelor of Disaster Management (BDM)
Courses leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Disaster Management (Honors) extended over four academic years and divided into 8 semesters conforming to the University Rules and Regulations. The course of study is an integrated of carrying a total of 137 Credits (Marks-3850). All the courses are compulsory for each student.
The Bachelor of Disaster Management (BDM) is a four-year duration and divided into 8 (eight) semesters. Each semester is of 19 weeks, of which –
❍ 15 (fifteen) weeks for class teaching
❍ 01 (one) week break for preparation, and
❍ 3 (three) weeks for holding the semester final examinations
Completing a three-monthinternship program is mandatory for the successful completion of this academic program. The program also contains several practical courses which require extensive field visits and different on-hand training including working at the lab.
49 courses · 170 credit hours across 8 terms
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC 101 | Introduction to Disaster Management | 4 | The principal objective of this course is to orient the students primarily with an overarching synopsis of basic concepts of disaster and emergency management |
| DMC 102 | Fundamentals of Sociology | 4 | To make concern with the study of individual and social behavior and the influence of society upon this behavior-how to think, feel, perceive, and act within a group or society as a whole, where people interact and work together |
| DMC 103 | Introduction to Geography and Environment | 4 | This course is designed to equip students with basic knowledge on geography and environment with the aims: to introduce Geography as a discipline, and its core concepts and thoughts; to explain the relationship of Geography with man and environment |
| DMC 104 | Hazards and Disasters: National and Global | 4 | This course aims at providing an essential overview of the known disaster scenarios |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC 105 | Bangladesh Studies | 4 | This course traces the historical roots of Bangladesh as an independent state. |
| DMC 106 | Fundamentals of Economics | 4 | This course introduces students to fundamental economic concepts and theory, including demand, supply, and the formation of equilibrium prices in product and resource markets |
| DMC 107 | Disaster Management System in Bangladesh | 4 | The course aims to make understand of Disaster Management Scenario in Bangladesh through the knowledge on evolution of Disaster Management in Bangladesh, to understand the institutional and legal framework for Bangladesh, Policy and Programmers for Disaster in Bangladesh, Roles and Responsibilities of Local and national bodies in Disaster Management |
| DMC 108 | Principles of Management | 2 | The course is designed to give you a basic understanding of the role and functions of a manager and to explain the principles, concepts, and techniques used by managers in carrying out their work. |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC 201 | Theoretical Approaches to Disaster Management | 4 | The course is expected to orient the students with theoretical and historical perspectives of disaster and vulnerability studies |
| DMC 202 | Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness | 4 | This course consists of two important phases of disaster management cycle; mitigation and preparedness. |
| DMC 203 | Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Reduction | 4 | The salient features of this course are meant to offer a comprehensive scientific understanding to the students about the key concepts of vulnerability and vulnerability reduction. |
| DMC 204 | Disaster Informatics (Theory) | 2 | The purpose of the course is to orient students with the application of informatics in disaster management |
| DMC 205 | Disaster Informatics (Lab) | 2 | The intention of the course is to engage students in the laboratory work for practical learning and understanding of applying informatics in disaster management. |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC 206 | Disaster and Risk Communication | 4 | The principal objective of this course is to introduce concepts and ideas dealing with appropriate communication strategies to address unprecedented immediacy, for communication plays vitally in the whole gamut of emergency management. |
| DMC 207 | Early Warning System and Forecasting | 4 | Early Warning System (EWS), Forecasting, Monitoring System and DSS for disaster management play vital roles for risk detection for emergency response and recovery |
| DMC 208 | Disaster Response and Recovery | 4 | This course is designed to develop knowledge in the area of disaster response and recovery – and its planning and management |
| DMC 209 | Qualitative Research Methodology (Theoretical) | 2 | This course provides students with a basic understanding of the distinct character of qualitative research process and its roles in social and disaster research. |
| DMC 210 | Qualitative Research Methodology (Practical) | 2 | The practical part of the course aims to equip students with field base knowledge. |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC 301 | Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing | 4 | To get an overview of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS); |
| DMC 302 | Disaster Governance and Global Protocols | 4 | In this course students will learn the global treaties and protocols related to environment, disaster management and climate change and will be able to relate those clauses with national policies. |
| DMC 303 | Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience | 4 | The primary objective of this course is to offer a comprehensive understanding of the key concepts of disaster risk reduction and resilience to its students. |
| DMC 304 | Gender, Intersectionality and Disasters | 4 | |
| DMC 305 | Geographic Information System (Lab) | 2 | The course is designed to achieve the following Goals: i) to get hands on training on different topics related to GIS; and ii) to explore different practical cases for advancing GIS knowledge. |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC N/A | Viva | 2 | |
| DMC 306 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 | This course deals with the application of various statistical methods by providing instruction and practice in their use in social science data analysis. |
| DMC 307 | Disaster, Emergency and Public Health | 4 | This course will discuss about basic and fundamental knowledge about disaster, hazard, risk, emergency, disaster preparedness, disaster response, recovery, prevention, mitigation, restoration, reconstruction, rehabilitation, vulnerability, and preparedness for disasters and large scale public health emergencies. |
| DMC 308 | Humanitarian Actions and Project Management | 4 | The key objective of this course is to orients its students with the humanitarian actions carried out by different humanitarian organizations during dire situations. |
| DMC 309 | Quantitative Research Methodology (Theory) | 2 | This course provides students with a basic understanding of the distinct character of quantitative research process and its roles in disaster research |
| DMC 310 | Quantitative Research Methodology (Practical) | 2 | After acquiring theoretical knowledge, students will conduct field base research applying quantitative methods |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC 401 | Child Protection in Emergency and Disaster | 4 | Children are a major population and one of the most vulnerable groups. |
| DMC 402 | Global Climate Change: Science, Impact and Adaptation | 4 | Climate change — one of the biggest global crises of 21st century needs to be understood in a holistic way. |
| DMC 403 | Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance | 4 | The main objective of this course is getting fundamental insights about finance and insurance and how these two entities are projected in disaster management |
| DMC 404 | Disability, Disaster, and Autism (Theory) | 2 | Aiming at meeting the needs of a growing body of information, knowledge, and expertise on disaster, autism, and disabilities form interdisciplinary perspectives, this course predominantly focuses on the disability, psychology |
| DMC 405 | Disability, Disaster and Autism (Practical) | 2 | This practical course intends to provide hands-on training to the students via field visits, trainings and role playing |
| Code | Course title | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC 406 | Urban Disaster Risk Management | 4 | The main objective of the course is to make the students familiar with the standard definition, processes, and assessment methods related to urban risk. |
| DMC 407 | Community Based Disaster Risk Management | 4 | The course provides an overview of approaches for facilitating communities to develop disaster preparedness and recovery plans |
| DMC 408 | Internship and Report Writing | 4 | |
| DMC (Optional) 409 | Public-Private-Partnership in Disaster Risk Management | 4 | This course primarily highlights the nature of cooperation, coordination, and interaction patterns between the GO, NGOs, and Development partners in addressing the events of disasters |
| DMC (Optional) 410 | Water Resources Management | 4 | Water security appears to be one of the core components in disaster risk reduction studies. |
| DMC (Optional) 412 | Environmental Management and Resource Conservation | 4 | This course is pertinently tailored to primarily address varying issues of environment and resource management issues |
| DMC (Optional) 413 | Development and Disaster | 4 | The course is meant to provide a consolidation of awareness that what we consider a disaster can be interpreted in terms of development, and that the right type of development reduces disasters |
| DMC (Optional) 414 | Disasters in Arts and Literature | 4 | Recently in CoP conference performing arts are using as a means of expressing peoples` views |
| DMC N/A | Comprehensive | 2 | |
| DMC N/A | Viva Voce | 2 | |
| DMC (Optional) 409 | Water Resources Management | 4 | This course primarily highlights the nature of cooperation, coordination, and interaction patterns between the GO, NGOs, and Development partners in addressing the events of disasters |
| DMC (Optional) 410 | Development and Disaster | 4 | Water security appears to be one of the core components in disaster risk reduction studies. |
| DMC (Optional) 411 | Environmental Management and Resource Conservation | 4 | This course will provide the students a fundamental understanding of occupational health and safety |
| DMC (Optional) 412 | Occupational Health and Safety | 4 | This course is pertinently tailored to primarily address varying issues of environment and resource management issues |
| DMC (Optional) 413 | Public-Private Partnership in Disaster Risk Management | 4 | The course is meant to provide a consolidation of awareness that what we consider a disaster can be interpreted in terms of development, and that the right type of development reduces disasters |