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.
Modules
Disasters, Risk, Vulnerability and Climate Change (20 credits) Critical Enquiry, Development and Emergencies (20 credits) Humanitarian Action: responding to crises in 21 st Century (10 credits) Programming and Partnerships (10 credits) Working with Conflict : practical skills and strategies (10 credits) The Refugee Experience: forced migration, protection and humanitarianism (20 credits) Conflict, Violence and Humanitarianism (20 credits) Human Rights and Governance (20 credits) Globalisation: environment and development (20 credits)
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.
How to apply
International applicants
If your first language is not English you will require a minimum academic IELTS score of 6.5 overall with 6.0 in all components. OR An equivalent English language qualification acceptable to the University. Please also see the University's standard English language requirements.
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 | £5450 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £5450 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £5450 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £5450 | Year 1 |
| EU | £5650 | Year 1 |
| International | £5650 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Fees quoted are for the first year only. If you are studying a course that lasts longer than one year, your fees will increase each year.
Provider information
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Oxford
OX3 0BP