Graduate Certificate of Emergency and Disaster Management

Graduate Certificate

Based in the capital of Australia's Northern Territory, at the centre of the 'Top End' and Australia's gateway to Indonesia and Southeast Asia, this highly unique postgraduate program focuses on a geographic region that is unarguably the most prone to, and affected by various types of disasters.

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Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Certificate

Duration

1 year part-time

Course Code

UEMDM1

Study Mode

Online, In person

About this course

Based in the capital of Australia's Northern Territory, at the centre of the 'Top End' and Australia's gateway to Indonesia and Southeast Asia, this highly unique postgraduate program focuses on a geographic region that is unarguably the most prone to, and affected by various types of disasters.

The Graduate Certificate of Emergency and Disaster Management will equip you with the skills and ability to apply your knowledge and experience appropriately, collaboratively and productively in this vulnerable region and other parts of the world.

You will graduate with the essential knowledge and skills required to manage all phases of the disaster management cycle, as well as the confidence to apply your academic studies to practical responses and report on your professional experience into the academic sphere of this rapidly evolving sector.

This in-depth course promotes its uniqueness in three areas:

its focus on Asia-Pacific Region
its informed practice and research
its multi-sectoral approach.

Along with the necessary technical skills and experience, you will also develop your managerial and leadership skills to either assist in your current career or help with new career pathways.

This course is a pathway for advanced studies and is supported by nationally and internationally respected industry partners.

The Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate in Emergency and Disaster Management are entry and exit pathways for the master's degree course.

Entry requirements

Successful completion of a recognised bachelor degree, graduate certificate, graduate diploma, masters degree or equivalent international qualification.

Consideration will be given to applicants who have a diploma level qualification or above and at least five years relevant professional experience.

Applicants must provide further documentation detailing their employment experience (i.e. work experience certificate from an employer/s) and outlining their roles and achievements in the form of a curriculum vitae (CV) and a statement of purpose. The statement of purpose should address why you would like to be admitted into the course, career goals and aspirations and benefits the course will provide you.

Study locations

Casuarina

Online

What you will learn

The Graduate Certificate in Emergency and Disaster Management provides an introduction to core and specialist knowledge in emergency and disaster management in the Asia-Pacific region.

Career pathways

Graduating from Graduate Certificate in Emergency and Disaster Management may lead to career opportunities that focus on emergency and disaster management from prevention to recovery. Your qualifications could land you a role in health, environment, social wellbeing, humanitarian assistance and management.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Business & Management courses at Charles Darwin University (CDU).

67.5%

Overall satisfaction

77.5%

Skill scale

61.3%

Teaching scale

88%

Employed full-time

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