HAZM410-12S1 (C) Semester One 2012

Special Topic: Geological Risk Management

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2012
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 4 March 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 20 May 2012

Description

The goal of the course is to provide participants with some fundamental tools they can use to assess risk and provide solutions to risk management questions. The course is designed to show the complexity of managing risk by introducing participants to diverse and often dynamic factors that influence risk, and training participants in the application of specific techniques to assess and manage risk across a range of conditions.

Course Content
• Introduction to Risk Concepts: Societal vs. individual risk; Perceived, assessed vs. actual risk; Dimensions of Risk; Risk identification.
• Risk Assessment: Data selection; Uncertainty and Sensitivity; Probability Distributions; Extreme value theory, Monte Carlo simulation; Fault and Event trees; Reliability theory.
• Risk Evaluation and Management: Scoring systems; HAZOP, HAZAN, FOSM; Utility theory; Risk appetite and risk acceptability; Ethical aspects of risk evaluation; Risk management strategies.
• Risk Communication: Fairness and social distribution of risk; Risk perceptions; Communicating risk concepts.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students successfully completing this course will have an advanced understanding of risk management in the context of hazard and disaster management.  This will include:
  • risk concepts
  • risk assessment
  • risk evaluation and management
  • risk communication

Timetable Note

This course will be taught in two 3-day blocks: early March and early May.  More information will be provided in week 1.  The course will be held in the College of Engineering (venue TBC).  Course starts promptly at 10 am Monday, 9 am other days (finishing 5 pm each day) (earlier on Wed).  
NOTE: This may be different depending on what happens with the new centralised timetabling.

Course Coordinator

For further information see Geological Sciences Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Assignment 1 40% Assignment 1
Assignment 2 40% Assignment 2
Course participation 20% Course participation

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $840.00

* 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.

For further information see Geological Sciences .

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  • HAZM410-12S1 (C) Semester One 2012
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