Course details

Summary

Help develop community disaster resilience

Massey’s Diploma in Arts (Emergency Management) will give you useful career skills in disaster prevention and management.

Emergency management (also known as civil defence or disaster management) is an exciting and growing global profession. You’ll build knowledge in emergency management and risk management that can be applied to many fields.

Massey is the only New Zealand university to offer an undergraduate emergency management qualification designed for humanities and social sciences students.

The Diploma in Arts (Emergency Management) is an applied and practical qualification that will give you work-ready skills. You’ll cover core disciplinary skills and knowledge of emergency management. You’ll study the key ideas, practices and principles of emergency and risk management to give you a broad overview of global and local risk scenarios and issues. This will qualify you to work in a range of contexts.

This programme is delivered by the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, a leader in emergency management education. You’ll be taught by expert emergency management professionals and academics. The programme is supported by organisations including the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management and the Ministry of Health, as well as local government groups such as the Wellington Regional Emergency Management Office.

Massey University offers a unique suite of qualifications in emergency management at graduate level, enabling you to do additional graduate and postgraduate study in this field.

Careers

With increased global vulnerability to natural hazards and disasters, there is a demand for more skilled emergency managers. With this qualification you’ll be sought-after in the emergency management and other allied fields such as civil defence, business management, policy analysis and health.

Requirements

The requirements for the Diploma in Arts endorsed in Emergency Management are:

Pass both:

• 230.111 Tu Kupu: Writing and Inquiry
• 230.112 Tu Arohae: Critical Thinking

Pass 75 credits in Emergency Management consisting of:

at least 45 credits at 200- and 300-level in Emergency Management

30 credits at any level in Emergency Management

The remaining 30 credits for the Diploma in Arts can be from Part II of the schedule for the Bachelor of Arts degree (including further courses from the endorsement subject) and/or courses offered in other undergraduate degrees.

Entry criteria

Applicants must have completed New Zealand secondary school qualification or other equivalent overseas qualification.

English Language Requirements:

• IELTS score of 5.0 (no band less than 5.0)
• TOEFL iBT score of 61 overall (min 17 in Reading & Writing)
• PTE Academic score of 36 Overall (min 36 in communicative skills)
• Cambridge English score of 155