Module Overview
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Module 1 - Foundations of Risk Prevention and Disaster Management
Courses ECTS Credits Foundations of Risk Prevention and Disaster Management Introduction to Risk Prevention and Disaster Management
Legal and Organisational Aspects
New Media in Risk Prevention and Disaster Management – Current Theoretical Approaches and Practical Applications
Geodata for Risk Prevention and Disaster Management
Disaster Management – Foundations and “Best Practice”
Academic Research and Writing I
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Module 2 - Impact
Courses ECTS Credits Impact Natural Hazards
Technological Hazards
Social and other Hazards
Socioeconomic Context of Disasters
Critical Infrastructures: Vulnerability, Protection Possibilities, Strategies and Case Studies
Risk Management for Organisations and Systems
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Module 3 - Risk Prevention and Mitigation Strategies
Courses ETCS Credits Risk Preventation and Mitigation Strategies Legal, Political and Socioeconmonic Fundamentals of Risk Prevention
Fundamentals of Risk Assessment and Scenario Analysis
Spatially based Risk Palnning and technical Risk Managemnts
Strategic, Tactial and Operational Diaster Management (on a National and International Scale)
State-wide Disaster Prevention and Risk Governance (Models and Control Mechanisms)
Risk Communicaton
Application of Risk Management Strategies to Case Studies
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Module 4 - Response and Recovery
Courses ETCS Credis Response and Recovery Medial, Psychological and Social Aspects of Diaster Relief
Leadership techniques (staff work)
Crisis Communication
European Civil Protection Mechanism
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Module 5 - Exercises
Lehrveranstaltungen ECTS Credits Exercises Theory and Methods for the organisation of Exercises
Integrated Staff Work/Simulation
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Module 6 - Excursion
Courses ECTS Credits Excursion Excursion/Field Trip 10 -
Module 7 - optional/elective modules (2 out of 10 must be completed)
Courses ECTS Credits optional/elective courses Humanitarian Aid
CBRN Hazards
Responses to Extreme Events and Global Change
International and National Disaster Law
Psychological Aspects of Disasters
Foundations of Emergency Medicine
Living with Risk: Social Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Disasters
Quantitative Analysis of Extreme Risks and their Change
Artificial intelligence in Risk Prevention and Disaster Management
Interdisciplinary research in the context of natural hazards, vulnerability and disasters
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Module 8 - Applied Module
Courses ECTS Credits Applied Module Training 5 -
Module 9 - Academic Research and Writing
Courses ECTS Credits Master's Thesis - Research Seminar Academic Research and Writing II
Research Seminar in Preparation for Master Thesis
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Master's Thesis and Master's Examination
ETCS Credits Master's Thesis 25 Master's Examination (Defense) 2 Please also see the current list of authorized master’s theses supervisors for the university continuing education and training program in Risk Prevention and Disaster Management.