DRRE402-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024

Natural Hazard Risk Assessment

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 May 2024

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 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 12:00 - 14:00 Ernest Rutherford 213 Geol Engineering Lab
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 14:00 - 16:00 Ernest Rutherford 213 Geol Engineering Lab
19 Feb - 31 Mar
29 Apr - 2 Jun
Field Trip A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01-P1 Monday 09:00 - 23:55 Hari Hari
15 Apr - 21 Apr
01-P2 Tuesday 00:00 - 00:00 Hari Hari
15 Apr - 21 Apr
01-P3 Wednesday 00:00 - 00:00 Hari Hari
15 Apr - 21 Apr
01-P4 Thursday 00:00 - 00:00 Hari Hari
15 Apr - 21 Apr
01-P5 Friday 00:00 - 09:00 Hari Hari
15 Apr - 21 Apr
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 12:00 - 14:00 Ernest Rutherford 213 Geol Engineering Lab
26 Feb - 3 Mar
11 Mar - 17 Mar
25 Mar - 31 Mar
29 Apr - 5 May
13 May - 19 May
27 May - 2 Jun

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 $1,145.00

* 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

  • DRRE402-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024
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