Course Catalogue

Graduate Certificate of Emergency and Disaster Management (UEMDM1)

2026

Course Structure

The Graduate Certificate in Emergency and Disaster Management provides an introduction to core and specialist knowledge in emergency and disaster management in the Asia-Pacific region.

You may choose from a range of specialist elective subjects in health, engineering, management, environmental science, social and community work, Indigenous knowledges, public policy and international studies.

When you graduate, you may be eligible to continue on a pathway to a Graduate Diploma of Emergency and Disaster Management or a Master of Emergency and Disaster Management.

A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 40 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.

Unit type	Credit Points	Specific requirements
Core Units (2 units)	20cp	Compulsory Core units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below. DEM511 Emergency and Disaster Management in Context DEM512 Interdisciplinary Aspects of Emergency and Disaster Management
Specialist Elective Units (2 units)	20cp	Specialist Elective Units totalling 20 credit points selected from the units detailed below: These disciplines serve as a guide to help you choose units that align with your future study or career goals. You may select 20 credit points from a single discipline or combine units from multiple disciplines. DEM513 Leadership in Emergency and Disaster Management DEM514 Cultural, Social and Psychological Aspects of Emergency and Disaster Humanitiarian Practice DEM561 Humanitarian, Emergency and Disaster Management (not offered 2026) HEA518 Working with Vulnerable Populations Global Challenges and Social Action HRM506 Global Human Resources (replaces BUS506 from 2026) IAS504 Environmental Justice, Waste and Society IAS513 Advocacy and Social Action IAS515 Peace Studies: Understanding Solidarity and Sedition (not offered 2026) Indigenous-Informed Practises IAS518 Indigenous Philosophies and The West IAS530 Neo-Colonialism, Advocacy and the Critique of Development (replaced ATI501 from 2020) IAS533 Indigenous Knowledges and Epistemologies (replaced ATI504 from 2020) IAS537 Building Relationships in Indigenous Contexts Trauma and Mental Health SWK525 Loss, Grief and Mental Health SWK556 Trauma Informed Practice SWK551 Engaging Vulnerable Families SWK558 Cultural Security in Child Protection Practice Health Emergencies and Response HEA516 Leading for Change PHM523 Health Promotion PHM567 Public Health PHM592 Global Health Environmental Hazards and Management ENV507 Fire Ecology and Management ENV513 Environmental Planning and Policy ENV517 Natural Resources and Indigenous Livelihoods ENV521 Community Engagement for Biosecurity and Natural Resource Management Advanced Hazard Analysis ENV502 Earth Observation ENV506 Environmental Monitoring and Modelling ENV508 Geographic Information Systems ENV518 Applied Spatial Analysis for Real-World Problems Organisational Leadership and Strategic Management HRM504 Organisational Change and Development (replaces BUS504 from 2026) IAS517 Media and Professional Writing (no longer available 2026) MAN500 Strategic Management (replaces MAN514 from 2026) MAN517 Executive Leadership (replaces MAN516 from 2026) Project and Risk Management PRT551 Organisational Change and Development PRT591 Project Resource Planning PRT593 Risk Management PRT592 Project Portfolio and Program Management Public Policy and Evaluation MPP501 Theoretical Approaches to Public Policy MPP506 Public Policy Practice MPP507 Evidence and Policy Evaluation SWK526 Leadership in Social Policy
	40cp	Total Credit Points

Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure)

See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.

COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2026

BUS506 Global Megatrends has been replaced by HRM506 Global Human Resources from 2026. Students that have completed BUS506 do not complete HRM506
BUS504 Sustainable Enterprise has been replaced by HRM504 Organisational Change and Development from 2026. Students that have completed BUS504 do not complete HRM504.
MAN514 Management for the Executive has been replaced by MAN500 Strategic Management from 2026. Students that have completed MAN514 do not complete MAN500.
MAN516 Resilience Management and Leadership has been replaced by MAN517 Executive Leadership from 2026. Students that have completed MAN516 do not complete MAN517.

The following units are no longer available as part of this course. Students who completed these units prior to 2026 may continue to count the units towards the Specialist Elective unit requirements.

BUS501 Decision Making
BUS506 Global Megatrends
BUS508 Business Analytics
DEM516 Reflective Case Study
ECO504 Business Economics
ECO505 Economics and Sustainability
ENG462 Water Resources Engineering
ENG473 Communication Systems
ENG519 Sustainability
ENG573 Communications Systems
ENT501 Sustainable Entrepreneurship
ENV501 Tropical Invaders and Biosecurity
ENV511 Real-World Statistics and Data Reasoning
ENV516 Exploring Ecosystem Dynamics: Field Studies in Northern Australia
ENV520 Wildlife Management
HGE501 Topics in Human Geography: A `Remote- Perspective
HRM503 International Human Resource Management
IAS501 Research Methods 1 (20cp)
IAS531 Indigenous Policy Agendas in Federal and State Politics
IAS532 Indigenous Knowledges, Property Rights and Economic Participation
IAS534 Partnerships and Engagement in Indigenous Land and Sea Management
IAS539 Intercultural Mediation
IAS547 Indigenous Knowledges and Wellbeing
IAS548 Healthy Country, Healthy People
IBM501 International Business
MAN501 Cross Cultural Management
MAN506 Organisational Behaviour
MAN508 Organisational Strategy and Leadership
MAN514 Management for the Executive
MAN515 Resilience Management and Leadership
MAN516 Operations Management
MPP502 Evidence-based Policy Development in Northern and Indigenous Contexts
MPP503 Realist Research and Evaluation
MPP505 Ethnography and Policy
PHM536 Health Systems, Planning and Evaluation
PHM554 Public Health Economics and Decision Making
PHM570 Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases
PHM593 Tropical Child and Adolescent Health
PRT571 Asset Security and Risk Management
SWK521 Analysing Social Work Foundations
SWK522 Co-creating Social Justice in Practice
SWK523 Social Work Theory for Advanced Professional Practice
SWK524 Communities, Social Change and Development
SWK527 Critical Partnerships for Practice: Individuals, Groups and Families

COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2022

From 2022, the course structure has changed as follows:
- Two additional specialisations, Public Policy and Social Work, have been added to the Specialist Electives
- Addition of more Specialist Elective choices

Unit Changes:
The following units are no longer available as part of this course. Students who completed these units prior to 2022 may continue to count the units towards Specialist Electives.

Unit Code	Title
ENG462	Water Resources Engineering
ENV511	Spatial Methods for Impact Analysis
IBM501	International Business
HRM503	International Human Resource Management
MAN501	Cross Cultural Management

ENG473 Communication Systems has been replaced by ENG573 Communication Systems. Students that have completed ENG473 should not complete ENG573.
ECO504 Business Economics has been replaced by ECO505 Economics of Sustainability. Students that have completed ECO504 should not complete ECO505.
BUS501 Decision Making has been replaced by BUS508 Business Analytics. Students that have completed BUS501 should not complete BUS508.
MAN506 Organisational Behaviour has been replaced by BUS506 Global Megatrends. Students that have completed MAN506 should not complete BUS506.
MAN508 Organisational Strategy and Leadership has been replaced by BUS504 Sustainable Enterprise. Students that have completed MAN508 should not complete BUS504.

COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2019

ECO501 has been replaced by ECO504 and is equivalent. Students who have completed ECO501 should not complete ECO504.

COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2018

MAN504 has been replaced by HRM503 and is equivalent. Students who have completed MAN504 should not complete HRM503.
ECO502 has been replaced by BUS501 and is equivalent. Students who have completed ECO502 should not complete BUS501.
ENV508 Applied Geographic Information Systems is now Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Thinking.
ENV518 Advanced Spatial Science is now Analysing and Synthesising Spatial Data.

COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2016

Previous Unit Code	New Unit Code (2016)	Unit Title
ATI410	ATI501	Neocolonialism, Advocacy and the Critique of Development
ATI420	ATI502	Indigenous Policy Agendas in Federal and State Politics
ATI430	ATI503	Indigenous Knowledges, Property Rights and Economic Participation
ATI440	ATI504	Indigenous Knowledges and Epistemologies
ENV401	ENV521	Community Engagement for Bio-security and Natural Resource Management
ENV504	ENV516	Ecosystem Function: Field Studies in North Australia
PRBE001	ECO501	Economics for Managers
PRBE002	ECO502	Decision Making
PRBM009	IBM501	International Business
PRBM016	MAN501	Cross Cultural Management
PRBM021	MAN504	Human Resource Management
PRBM022	MAN506	Organisation Behaviour
PRBM030	MAN508	Organisational Strategy and Leadership
PRBM034	MAN515	Operations Management

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