PUQ453 Disaster Response and Recovery
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| Unit code: | PUQ453 |
|---|---|
| Equivalent(s): | PUN453, PUZ453 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,164 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,216 |
| International unit fee | $4,668 |
Unit Outline: Session 2 2025, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | PUQ453 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | PUZ453 |
| Equivalent: | PUN453 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Core concepts, definitions and underpinning principles that guide the effective management of local, national and international man-made, technological, weather-related disasters, and emergencies and their impact on communities. |
Overview
This unit addresses the key concepts and skills related to inclusive disaster response and recovery in local, national and international contexts. It examines and provides students practice in the real-world processes of responding to, and providing inclusive relief to communities due to disasters. The unit covers ways to provide an enabling environment for affected individuals, communities and broader society, to recover from, and strengthen, inclusive and sustainable resilience to the impacts of future emergency and disaster events. Upon completion of this unit you will have a greater understanding of how to implement a disaster inclusive response and develop recovery proposals.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Identify and analyse issues that may be encountered during response and recovery to a major incident or disaster.
- Present information about unfolding emergencies and disasters to local, national and international stakeholders who may not be on the ground.
- Create situation reports drawing on scholarly literature, data and reports on emergencies and disasters.
- Design evidence-based response and recovery plans for emergencies and disasters to drive recovery, build awareness and resilience.
- Apply commonly used tools in project planning for recovery.
Content
This unit will cover the following:
- Systems, structures and processes
- System continuity and recovery
- Community recovery
- Human and social considerations
- Preparing situation reports and recovery proposals, including project planning tools
- Communicating with local, national and international stakeholders about unfolding emergencies and disaters
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in an active learning environment, undertaking regular online activities, guided through the learning process by expert teaching staff who provide regular feedback. On average, you will need to dedicate 12-15 hours each week for your learning that includes readings, discussions with peers and assignments.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive feedback on your learning in a variety of ways, including:
- Informal formative feedback will be provided online quizzes, self-check exercises, peer feedback and through individual or whole of class feedback in online discussions or via comments in online communities.
- You will make a series of contributions to the online discussion forum. To inform your contributions, you will critically read study materials and reflect on current or recent disasters or emergency events, and respond to/provide feedback on fellow students’ comments. This provides an opportunity for peer feedback.
- Formal written or recorded feedback will be received on summative assessment tasks via the LMS (Learning Management System) Assignment tool, in addition to the grade on the Criterion Reference Assessment sheet.
- General feedback on the online discussion forum and assessment tasks will be provided prior to the submission of the final summative assessment task.
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessments in this unit.
1. Situation Report - This task connects communication and analysis skills to present about an unfolding disaster and emergency situation to a range of stakeholders who may not be on the ground.
2. Disaster Management Recovery Proposal - This brings together the concepts and strategies presented in the unit materials to plan for mid to long-term recovery from an emergency or disaster using evidence, literature and project planning tools such as logframes and needs assessment.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Situation Report
You will be allocated a specific role within a disaster management team that is responding to an emerging emergency/disaster. You are working on the ground and must deliver a situation report to your organisation to update them on the emerging issues and challenges. You will include a brief rationale and justification for proposed actions, drawing upon scholarly literature, available data and reports.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Disaster Management Recovery Proposal
This task builds upon Assessment Task 1, where the emergency/disaster has moved onto the recovery phase. You will write a justified and evidence-based proposal to the relevant organisation detailing a project to be implemented to drive recovery, build awareness and resilience within the disaster affected area and exit strategy.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
FitzGerald, G., Pizzino, S., Burns, P., et al. (2024). Disaster Health Management: A Primer for Students and Practitioners (2nd ed.). London & NY: Routledge.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with general participation in this unit. Workplace Health and Safety protocols associated with computer use will apply.
You are expected to communicate in ways that are professional and respectful of others in all interactions. Please refer to QUT guidelines on communication.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.PQ30 Graduate Certificate in Emergency and Disaster Management
- Apply emergency and disaster management theory, frameworks and procedures to inform and develop professional practice in complex situations.
Relates to: ULO5, Disaster Management Recovery Proposal - Synthesise complex information to inform decision making in response to a broad range of emergency and disaster management issues.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Situation Report, Disaster Management Recovery Proposal - Apply communication skills effectively to convey key messages and complex information to diverse stakeholders to achieve common goals.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Situation Report - Plan ways to lead and coordinate transdisciplinary responses to emergency and disaster management issues.
Relates to: ULO4, ULO5, Disaster Management Recovery Proposal
Unit Outline: Session 4 2025, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | PUQ453 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | PUZ453 |
| Equivalent: | PUN453 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Core concepts, definitions and underpinning principles that guide the effective management of local, national and international man-made, technological, weather-related disasters, and emergencies and their impact on communities. |
| Coordinator: | Sam Toloo Sheikhzadeh Yazd | sam.toloo@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit addresses the key concepts and skills related to inclusive disaster response and recovery in local, national and international contexts. It examines and provides students practice in the real-world processes of responding to, and providing inclusive relief to communities due to disasters. The unit covers ways to provide an enabling environment for affected individuals, communities and broader society, to recover from, and strengthen, inclusive and sustainable resilience to the impacts of future emergency and disaster events. Upon completion of this unit you will have a greater understanding of how to implement a disaster inclusive response and develop recovery proposals.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Identify and analyse issues that may be encountered during response and recovery to a major incident or disaster.
- Present information about unfolding emergencies and disasters to local, national and international stakeholders who may not be on the ground.
- Create situation reports drawing on scholarly literature, data and reports on emergencies and disasters.
- Design evidence-based response and recovery plans for emergencies and disasters to drive recovery, build awareness and resilience.
- Apply commonly used tools in project planning for recovery.
Content
This unit will cover the following:
- Systems, structures and processes
- System continuity and recovery
- Community recovery
- Human and social considerations
- Preparing situation reports and recovery proposals, including project planning tools
- Communicating with local, national and international stakeholders about unfolding emergencies and disaters
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in an active learning environment, undertaking regular online activities, guided through the learning process by expert teaching staff who provide regular feedback. On average, you will need to dedicate 12-15 hours each week for your learning that includes readings, discussions with peers and assignments.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive feedback on your learning in a variety of ways, including:
- Informal formative feedback will be provided online quizzes, self-check exercises, peer feedback and through individual or whole of class feedback in online discussions or via comments in online communities.
- You will make a series of contributions to the online discussion forum. To inform your contributions, you will critically read study materials and reflect on current or recent disasters or emergency events, and respond to/provide feedback on fellow students’ comments. This provides an opportunity for peer feedback.
- Formal written or recorded feedback will be received on summative assessment tasks via the LMS (Learning Management System) Assignment tool, in addition to the grade on the Criterion Reference Assessment sheet.
- General feedback on the online discussion forum and assessment tasks will be provided prior to the submission of the final summative assessment task.
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessments in this unit.
1. Situation Report - This task connects communication and analysis skills to present about an unfolding disaster and emergency situation to a range of stakeholders who may not be on the ground.
2. Disaster Management Recovery Proposal - This brings together the concepts and strategies presented in the unit materials to plan for mid to long-term recovery from an emergency or disaster using evidence, literature and project planning tools such as logframes and needs assessment.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Situation Report
You will be allocated a specific role within a disaster management team that is responding to an emerging emergency/disaster. You are working on the ground and must deliver a situation report to your organisation to update them on the emerging issues and challenges. You will include a brief rationale and justification for proposed actions, drawing upon scholarly literature, available data and reports.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Disaster Management Recovery Proposal
This task builds upon Assessment Task 1, where the emergency/disaster has moved onto the recovery phase. You will write a justified and evidence-based proposal to the relevant organisation detailing a project to be implemented to drive recovery, build awareness and resilience within the disaster affected area and exit strategy.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
FitzGerald, G., Pizzino, S., Burns, P., et al. (2024). Disaster Health Management: A Primer for Students and Practitioners (2nd ed.). London & NY: Routledge.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with general participation in this unit. Workplace Health and Safety protocols associated with computer use will apply.
You are expected to communicate in ways that are professional and respectful of others in all interactions. Please refer to QUT guidelines on communication.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.PQ30 Graduate Certificate in Emergency and Disaster Management
- Apply emergency and disaster management theory, frameworks and procedures to inform and develop professional practice in complex situations.
Relates to: ULO5, Disaster Management Recovery Proposal - Synthesise complex information to inform decision making in response to a broad range of emergency and disaster management issues.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Situation Report, Disaster Management Recovery Proposal - Apply communication skills effectively to convey key messages and complex information to diverse stakeholders to achieve common goals.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Situation Report - Plan ways to lead and coordinate transdisciplinary responses to emergency and disaster management issues.
Relates to: ULO4, ULO5, Disaster Management Recovery Proposal