Central Department of Environmental Science

AIM

The aim of the master program is to, through knowledge, experience, and research build capacities that will reduce disaster risks and contribute to better and more targeted public health-based relief following disasters

Objectives

i. To increase the knowledge and understanding of the disaster phenomenon, its different contextual aspects, impacts, and public health consequences;
ii. To increase the knowledge and understanding of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN-ISDR) and to increase skills and abilities for implementing the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Strategy;
iii. To ensure skills and abilities to analyze potential effects of disasters and of the strategies and methods to deliver public health response to avert these effects;
iv. To ensure skills and ability to design, implement and evaluate research on disasters”.

Target-students

Environmental Science, environmental engineers, civil engineers, water and soil engineers, biomedical engineers, and other students from related areas:

Eligibility

In order to get admission in the MSc in Environmental Health in Disaster exclusively at the Central Department of Environmental Science, candidates having BSc in any disciplines are eligible to apply.

Overall Course Structure

Semester	Credit hrs	Subjects Field/ Module	Credit hrs
I	18	Public Health in Disasters	18
ii	16	Environmental Health Engineering	16
iii	16	Engineering in Disasters	16
iv	14	Internship and Master Dissertation	4-2-8 (14)
			64 credit

1^st Semester

	Code	Course Title	Credit hrs
1	EHD 511	Fundamental of Disasters	4
2	EHD 512	International Framework in Disaster	2
3	EHD 513	Impacts of Disasters on Public Health, Economy and Development	2
4	EHD 514	Public Health Response in Disasters	2
5	EHD 515	Disaster Risk Analysis, Assessment, Management and Reduction	4
6	EHD 516	Governance and Crisis Management in Disaster	4
Total	18

2^nd Semester

SN	Code	Course Title	Credit hrs
1	EHD 551	Fundamentals of Territorial Planning	2
2	EHD 552	Geographic Information Systems	2
3	EHD 553	Water Systems in Disaster	2
4	EHD 554	Wastewater Systems in Disaster	2
5	EHD 555	Solid and Hazard Waste Systems in Disaster	2
6	EHD 556	Disasters, Structural Integrity and Restoration	2
7	EHD 557	Air and Noise Control	2
8	EHD 558	Strategic Planning	2
Total	16

3^rd Semester

	Code	Course Title	Credit hrs
1	EHD 601	System Design for Emergencies	2
2	EHD 602	Project management in Disaster	2
3	EHD 603	Medical Technology in Disaster	2
4	EHD 604	Information Technology management in disasters	2
5	EHD 605	Case Study and Independent Study in Engineering and Management in Disasters	4 (2+2)
6	EHD 606	Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management	4
Total	16

4^thSemester