Course summary
Our Shelter after Disaster course provides you with the knowledge to understand and discuss the essential components of shelter response after a disaster. Safe shelter is a critical need immediately after a natural disaster. This course aims to develop reflective practitioners who can combine: understanding of practical strategic issues of development and emergency practice an appreciation of the wider political context in which they operate. You will learn about development and humanitarian practice. AS well as the role of the practitioner intervening in post disaster reconstruction. We have developed good relationships with agencies working in the shelter field. Occasionally we can offer you internship possibilities within these organisations. The course is suitable for students with technical as well as non-technical backgrounds. There is no need to have any previous knowledge in building, construction, architecture or engineering.
Assessment method
The course uses a modular credit system. Modules combine a ratio of taught to self-led study. A module of 20 credits approximates to 200 hours of student effort. Up to 40 hours will be devoted to lectures, seminars or individual tutorials. The remainder of the time is devoted to student-led study. You will need 60 credits to complete the PG Cert. The core module accounts for 20 credits. You will achieve the extra 40 credits with a combination of 10 and 20 credit modules.
Entry requirements
Applications will normally be open to candidates who fulfil at least one of the following requirements: hold an approved undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline hold a relevant recognised diploma or professional qualification in a relevant discipline (eg human rights, development practice, humanitarianism, architecture, planning, environmental psychology, public health, geography, public administration) hold substantial and proven field experience (in potential replacement of a degree qualification) within a relevant area, eg with an NGO.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £5200 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £5200 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £5200 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £5200 | Year 1 |
| EU | £5400 | Year 1 |
| International | £5400 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Oxford
OX3 0BP