Post graduate diploma and certificate programme in disaster management
Dhaka
Post graduate Diploma and Certificate in Disaster Management
Course leading to the Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management in the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies (IDMVS), University of Dhaka covers 24 weeks over half academic year. The programme consists of 30 credit hours and divided into 8 (Eight) courses including field research and submission of research report. Each course covers at least 25 lectures. The course addresses different social, cultural, economic, environmental, political and gender dimensions in disaster management. It specifically covers the concepts of disasters, hazards, disaster management policies, programmes and frameworks (UNFCC, HFA, SFA, SoD, DMA, NDMP, Regulatory framework etc.); approaches to disaster management; vulnerabilities and theories of vulnerabilities, disaster response and preparedness; structural and non-structural measures against disasters; gender dimensions to disaster and gender rights; gender violence during disaster; poverty; coping and adaptation mechanisms; mitigation; risk reduction; capacity building; mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and community risk assessment; damage, loss and need assessment; social impact assessment; environmental need assessment; climate change and food security; health and vulnerability during disaster; urban-rural differences to disaster response and relevant issues to disaster management.
The Post Graduate Diploma Programme is designed mainly to share disaster related comprehensive knowledge to the graduates of different disciplines and professionals, development partners, policy makers, government officials, NGO professionals, academics and researchers. The students who will successfully complete five weeks post-graduate certificate programme, able to enroll directly in six months Post-Graduate Diploma Programme. Ten successfully students, in order of merit, of post graduate diploma programme in disaster management will able to enroll in Master of Disaster Management, Two years professional degree programme.
Annual