A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 40 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Core Units (2 units) | 20cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below. DEM513 Leadership in Emergency and Disaster Management MAN516 Resilience Management and Leadership (replaces COM501 from 2022) |
Specialist Electives (1-2 units) | 10- 20cp | Specialist Elective units totalling 10 - 20 credit points may be selected from the units detailed below. Emergency and Disaster Management DEM511 Emergency and Disaster Management in Context DEM512 Interdisciplinary Aspects of Emergency and Disaster Management DEM514 Cultural, Social and Psychological Aspects of Emergency and Disaster Management DEM516 Reflective Case Study: Humanitarian, Emergency and Disaster Management (not offered 2024) Engineering and Information Technology PRT551 Project Management Risk and Reliability Environment Management, Planning and Policy ENV507 Fire Ecology and Management ENV511 Real-World Statistics and Data Reasoning ENV513 Environmental Planning and Policy ENV520 Wildlife Management ENV521 Community Engagement for Biosecurity and Natural Resource Management Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Policy HEA516 Leading for Change HEA525 Emotional Intelligence in Practice HEA532 Mental Health Care and Trauma HEA534 Mental Health Care and Substance Misuse HEA583 Domestic and International Logistics HEA584 Human System Extremes HEA585 Fundamentals of Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (no longer available from 2024) HEA586 Health Emergency Preparedness and Response to Natural Disasters (no longer available from 2024) HEA587 Health Emergency Preparedness and Response to Human Made Disasters (no longer available from 2024) HEA588 Health Emergency Preparedness and Response to Communicable Disease Outbreaks (no longer available from 2024) PHM523 Health Promotion PHM536 Health Systems, Planning and Evaluation PHM554 Public Health Economics and Decision Making PHM559 Health Policy PHM567 Public Health PHM570 Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Disease PHM592 Global Health Public Management and Governance BUS504 Sustainable Enterprise (replaces MAN508 from 2022) BUS506 Global Megatrends (replaces MAN506 from 2022) BUS508 Business Analytics (replaces BUS501 from 2022) ENT501 Sustainable Entrepreneurship MAN514 Management for the Executive (replaces MAN509 from 2022) STA510 Business Statistics Research Methodologies in Northern Contexts IAS531 Indigenous Policy Agendas in Federal and State Politics IAS537 Building Relationships in Indigenous Contexts IAS539 Intercultural Mediation MPP502 Evidence-Based Policy Development in Northern and Indigenous Contexts (not offered 2024) MPP503 Realist Research and Evaluation PHM588 Qualitative Research Secure and Safe Communities SWK521 Analysing Social Work Foundations SWK524 Communities, Social Change and Development SWK525 Loss, Grief and Mental Health SWK526 Leadership in Social Policy SWK527 Critical Partnerships for Practice: Individuals, Groups and Families (no longer available from 2024) SWK558 Cultural Security in Child Protection Practice |
Electives (0-1 units) | 0-10cp | Units totalling up to 10 credit points may be selected from postgraduate units offered by the University. Students may select units from any of the approved specialisations (included above) as electives. |
| 40cp | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure)
Course Changes and Transition Arrangements 2024
The following units are no longer available from 2024:
HEA585 Fundamentals of Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
HEA586 Health Emergency Preparedness and Response to Natural Disasters
HEA587 Health Emergency Preparedness and Response to Human Made Disasters
HEA588 Health Emergency Preparedness and Response to Communicable Disease Outbreaks
Course Changes and Transition Arrangements 2023
Students enrolled prior to 2023 should note the following changes to the course structure
BUS504 has moved to a specialist elective and been replaced by MAN516 as the core unit. These units are not equivalent. Students who completed BUS504 prior to 2023 do not need to complete MAN516 as a core unit.
A range of new specialist elective options have been added to the course structure.
The following units have been removed from the course structure. Students who have completed these units prior to 2023 may count them towards the Elective requirement.
MAN501 Cross Cultural Management (no longer offered)
MAN515 Operations Management (no longer offered)
HRM503 International Human Resource Management (no longer offered)