DRRE402-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Natural Hazard Risk Assessment

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

The DRRE402 course provides an introduction to natural hazard risk assessment and management theory and practices, with a strong focus on risk communication. The course assumes no background, but progresses to advanced topics throughout the course. The course begins with equipping students with a strong foundation in risk concepts and the risk management process. It then progresses to using risk tools and applications in real world case-studies as part of course assessment. The course includes a number of guest lecturers from industry and local government.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Programme Director. RP: 100-level statistics

Restrictions

HAZM410, ENCI601

Recommended Preparation

100-level statistics

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 12:00 - 14:00 Ernest Rutherford 213 Geol Engineering Lab
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 11:00 - 13:00 Ernest Rutherford 213 Geol Engineering Lab
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 08:00 - 10:00 Ernest Rutherford 213 Geol Engineering Lab
24 Feb - 2 Mar
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
Field Trip A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01-P1 Monday 09:00 - 00:00 Hari Hari
7 Apr - 13 Apr
01-P2 Tuesday 00:00 - 00:00 Hari Hari
7 Apr - 13 Apr
01-P3 Wednesday 00:00 - 00:00 Hari Hari
7 Apr - 13 Apr
01-P4 Thursday 00:00 - 09:00 Hari Hari
7 Apr - 13 Apr

Course Coordinator

Tom Robinson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
In-Class Exercises 40% (spread over multiple exercises)
Risk Assessment 35%
Risk Communication 25%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,213.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 5 people apply to enrol.

For further information see School of Earth and Environment .

All DRRE402 Occurrences

  • DRRE402-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025
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