Bachelor of Emergency Management Articulated Set
+ Award nomenclature
Associate Degree in Emergency Management
AssocDegEmergMgt
Bachelor of Emergency Management
BEmergMgt
+ Course Availability Modes and Locations
| Bachelor of Emergency Management (1411MG) |
|---|
| Distance Education | Manly |
Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.
Normal course duration
Bachelor of Emergency Management
Full-time 3.0 years (6.0 sessions)
Associate Degree in Emergency Management [exit point only]
Full-time 2.0 years (4.0 sessions)
Admission criteria CSU Admission Policy
Bachelor of Emergency Management
Standard CSU and UAC admission criteria apply.
Note: Preference will be given to applicants who currently have Emergency Management responsibilities. Students wishing to enrol as full fee-paying students rather than applying for a HECS funded place should include a letter with their application highlighting this fact. To be admitted into the course, prospective students need to indicate their likelihood of success through:
1. Previous studies and/or
2. Other attainment and experience
1. Previous studies include:
- The NSW Higher School certificate or interstate/overseas equivalent;
- The International Baccalaureate Diploma
- A completed or part completed course of a university, TAFE, or other accredited tertiary education institution
- Completion of undergraduate subjects as an Associate Student with the university or through another university, or Open Learning Australia
- Completion of the CSU Pathways Program
2. Attainment & experience
Students may also be admitted to the course based on other attainment and experience. These may include:
- Voluntary or paid work experience
- Performance in tests and examinations conducted by professional recognised bodies
- Participation in continuing education programs and/or staff development programs conducted by adult education agencies, consultancies, professional bodies or employers
- Completion of the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT)
Credit CSU Credit Policy
Bachelor of Emergency Management
Standard CSU credit regulations apply.
Recognition of Emergency Management Australia (EMA) courses and a number of certificates are outlined in Appendix: BEmergMgt: Applying for Credit.
Articulation
The Bachelor and the Associate Degree [exit point only] make up an articulated set of courses and credit is given in each higher level course for the subjects completed in the lower.
Graduation requirement
Bachelor of Emergency Management
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 192 points.
Associate Degree in Emergency Management [exit point only]
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 128 points.
Course structure
The course consists of 20 subjects (192 Credit Points). Students may exit with an Associate Degree award upon completion of the first 128 Credit Points.
Common subjects (Associate Degree)
EMG100 Introduction to Emergency Management
EMG101 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
EMG102 Emergency Decision Making
EMG103 Emergency Management Plan Development
EMG201 Training and Exercise Development
EMG206 Analysis of Disaster Response (16CP)
EMG208 Post Impact Disaster Management (16 CP)
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services
SCI103 Communicating Environmental Data SPA215 Principles of Geographic Information systems
JST324 Team Management and Leadership
AHT404 Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation
Plus two Restricted Electives
Bachelor subjects as per Associate Degree, plus the following
EMG307 Developing a Disaster Recovery Plan (16 points)
EMG308 Disaster Recovery, Sustainability and Resilience
EMG309 Humanitarian Relief
PSY316 Psychology of Stress and Trauma
AGS320 Water Policy and Management (EM)
Plus two Restricted Electives
Restricted Electives
Students may select four subjects from the Restricted Electives listed below. It will be the student's responsibility to select subjects based on subject availability, prerequisites, co-requisites and/or enrolment restrictions.
SPA406 GIS Applications
SPA405 Image Analysis
SPA412 Integrated GIS/Remote Sensing
ENM163 Natural Resource Management
AGB362 Managing Sustainable Development
PSY214 Health Psychology
JST313 Investigative Interviewing
JST344 Terrorism Awareness
JST327 Working with the Community
LAW107 Applied Legal Studies (Forensics)
ACC100 Accounting 1
MGT100 Organisations and Management
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
HRM210 Human Resource Management
HRM310 Developing Human Resources
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
SOC102 Social Inequality
SOC205 Social Research
SOC308 Community Analysis
Enrolment pattern
Six years part time, full degree, beginning in Session 1
Session1
EMG100 Introduction to Emergency Management
SCI103 Communicating Environmental Data
Session 2
EMG101 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services
Session 3
EMG102 Emergency Decision Making
SPA215 Principles of Geographic Information Systems
Session 4
EMG103 Emergency Management Plan Development
JST324 Team Management and Leadership
Session 5
EMG201 SOP's, Training and Exercise Development
Restricted Elective
Session 6
AHT404 Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation
Restricted Elective
Session 7
EMG206 Critical Analysis of Disaster Response (16CP)
Session 8
EMG208 Post Impact Disaster Management (16CP)
Students may elect to exit at this point and graduate with the award Associate Degree in Emergency Management, AssDegEmergMgt
Session 9
EMG308 Disaster Recovery, Sustainability and Resilience
AGS320 Water Policy and Management (EM)
Session 10
EMG307 Developing a Disaster Recovery Plan (16CP)
Session 11
EMG309 Humanitarian Relief
Restricted Elective
Session 12
PSY316 Psychology of Stress and Trauma
Restricted Elective
Six years part time, full degree, beginning in Session 2, midyear intake
Session 1
EMG100 Introduction to Emergency Management
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services
Session 2
EMG101 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
SCI103 Communicating Environmental Data
Session 3
EMG103 Emergency Management Plan Development
EMG102 Emergency Decision Making
Session 4
EMG201 SOP's, Training and Exercise Development
SPA215 Principles of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Session 5
AHT404 Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation
JST324 Team Management and Leadership
Session 6
EMG206 Critical Analysis of Disaster Response (16 points)
Session 7
EMG208 Post Impact Disaster Management (16 points)
With an additional two Restricted Electives, students may exit at this point and graduate with the award of Associate Degree in Emergency Management, AssDegEmergMgt
Session 8
EMG308 Disaster Recovery, Sustainability and Resilience
AGS320 Water Policy and Management (EM)
Session 9
EMG307 Developing a Disaster Recovery Plan (16CP)
Session 10
EMG309 Humanitarian Relief
Restricted Elective
Session 11
PSY316 Psychology of Stress and Trauma
Restricted Elective
Session 12
Restricted Elective
Restricted Elective
The Restricted Electives are as listed in Course Structure.
Six years part time, full degree, beginning in Session 3 (end of year - November)
Session 1
EMG100 Introduction to Emergency Management
EMG102 Emergency Decision Making
Session 2
EMG101 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
SCI103 Communicating Environmental Data
Session 3
EMG103 Emergency Management Plan Development
PSY111 Foundation of Psychology for Health and Human Services
Session 4
EMG201 SOP's, Training and Exercise Development
SPA215 Principles of Geographic Information Systems
Session 5
Restricted Elective
JST324 Team Management and Leadership
Session 6
EMG206 Critical Analysis of Disaster Response (16CP)
Session 7
EMG208 Post Impact Disaster Management (16CP)
Session 8
AGS320 Water Policy and Management (EM)
Restricted Elective
Students may elect to exit at this point and graduate with the award Associate Degree in Emergency Management, AssDegEmergMgt
Session 9
AHT404 Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation
PSY316 Psychology of Stress and Trauma
Session 10
EMG308 Disaster Recovery, Sustainability and Resilience
EMG309 Humanitarian Relief
Session 11
EMG307 Developing a Disaster Recovery Plan (16CP)
Session 12
Restricted elective
Restricted elective
+ Residential School
Please note that the following subject may have a residential school component.
JST313 Investigative Interviewing
Enrolled students can find further information about CSU residential schools via the About Residential School page.
Contact
For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au
The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: February 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.