Master of Arts / Master of Science in Disaster Management
Location: Mumbai
School: Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies
Intake: 40
Description
Disaster management is emerging globally as a field of study that deals with a range of risks and vulnerabilities that societies, nations, and communities have to understand and learn to cope with. The expansion of the scope of the term disaster beyond its original definition, referring solely to natural hazards, has generated debates and discussions around the way cultures and societies understand the notion of a disaster. Though disaster management began largely as a field of study in the practitioner's domain, disaster studies is now a discipline that combines theoretical perspectives and understanding with a range of skills and techniques that have become increasingly sophisticated. The Master's Programme in Disaster Management is offered by the Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies (JTSDS) as a full-time taught programme with three specialisations that traverse multidisciplinary domains of the social construction of disasters, current developments in policy and action, and that of science and technology in the study of disasters.
The Master’s programme in Disaster Management, aims at enhancing knowledge, skills and perspectives on disasters. While enabling an understanding of disasters from the vantage point of science and technology in prediction, prevention, mitigation and response, the programme also fosters a critical appreciation of current approaches to development, disaster risk reduction, response and recovery, in relation to disasters. It seeks to locate these approaches within the framework of an understanding of the questions of development, especially through an analysis of globalisation, transboundary governance, state and civil society dynamics and conflicts of different kinds.
The programme flows from foundation and core courses to offering a specialisation thrust. It endeavours to cultivate appropriate values, a strong multidisciplinary knowledge base and skills essential for research and intervention in disasters. Students will have the opportunity to develop expertise in one area of specialisation. This two-year programme includes intensive contact classes, research, supervised field work and internships. A twelve-credit research dissertation is a compulsory component of the Master's programme.
The programme also offers a multi-level entry–exit option where a student coming for the Master's degree can exit by obtaining a Certificate in Disaster Management on completion of the stipulated requirements of the first semester. Students who wish to continue through with the next semester would obtain a Diploma (on completion of two semesters) towards the end of the first year, and the Master's (four semesters) degree towards the end of two years. Alternatively, a Master's student on completion of the Certificate/Diploma programme could come back after a break (not exceeding 4 years from the date of admission to the programme), and join in for the third / fourth semester and complete the Masters’ programme.
As an emerging field, the need for qualified personnel within disaster management and disaster studies is high. Students who graduate with this degree will find opportunities in the disaster risk reduction and disaster management programmes, and allied developmental sectors, in government, non-government organisations and consultancy firms. They could also go on to pursue research, training and teaching careers in disaster studies and allied disciplines.
Programme Objectives
Programme Outcomes
Disasters have become an everyday reality, and hence, the academic programme continuously engages with the changing context of risk and uncertainty, to achieve the following programme outcomes:
Semesterwise Courses:
Semester |
Course Code |
Course Category |
Course Title |
Credits |
I |
FC400 |
Foundation Elective |
Foundation Courses |
4 |
MDM401 |
Core Course |
Earth System Science and Hazards |
2 |
|
MDM402 |
Core Course |
Disasters, Vulnerability and Risk |
2 |
|
MDM403 |
Core Course |
Introduction to Ecosystem, Habitat and Sustainability |
2 |
|
MDM404 |
Core Course |
Policy, Institutions, Governance and Disaster Management |
2 |
|
MDM405 |
Core Course |
Research Methodology I |
2 |
|
MDM406 |
Skill-enhancement Course |
Fundamentals of Remote Sensing and GIS |
2 |
|
MDM507 |
Skill-enhancement Course |
Emergency Response and Management |
2 |
|
MDM408 |
Internship and Field Work |
Field Work |
2 |
|
MDM409 |
Value Added Course |
Group Lab Sessions/Simulation Exercises (compulsory non-credited) |
30 hrs |
|
|
Research Course |
Research Tutorial (Credited as part of Research Dissertation) |
15 hrs |
|
Semester-I Credits |
20 |
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II |
MDM510 |
Skill-enhancement Course |
Satellite Image Processing and Analyses |
2 |
MDM511 |
Core Course |
Disaster Risk Reduction and Development Planning |
2 |
|
MDM512 |
Core Course |
Disaster Recovery |
2 |
|
MDM513 |
Core course |
Research Methodology II |
2 |
|
MDM 514 |
Core Course |
Conflicts and Disaster |
2 |
|
MDM515 |
Skill-enhancement Course |
Technology in Approaches to Disaster Management |
2 |
|
MDM416 |
Field Practicum |
Field Practicum |
4 |
|
CBCS400 |
Value-based Course |
Group A |
2 |
|
CBCS400 |
Value-based Course |
Group B |
2 |
|
|
Research Course |
Research Tutorial (Credited as part of Research Dissertation) |
15 hrs |
|
Semester-II Credits |
20 |
|||
III |
MDM517 |
Core Course |
Disasters and Development |
2 |
MDM518 |
Core Course |
Public Health and Mental Health in Disasters |
2 |
|
MDM519 |
Core Course |
Economics of Disasters and Disaster Finance |
2 |
|
MDM520 |
Core Course |
Transboundary Governance and Humanitarian Action |
2 |
|
|
Research Course |
Research Tutorial (Credited as part of Research Dissertation) |
15 hrs |
|
|
Electives |
*Specialisation Courses |
12 |
|
Semester-III Credits |
20 |
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IV |
MDM 521 |
Internship and Field Work |
Internship I |
6 |
MDM522 |
Research Course |
Research Dissertation |
12 |
|
MDM 523 |
Skill-enhancement Course |
Project Management in Disaster Contexts |
2 |
|
|
|
Optional Block Internship |
-- |
|
Semester- IV Credits |
20 |
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Total Credits (Semester I + II + III + IV) |
80 |
*Three Specialisations: 12 credits each
Fee Structure:
Components | MA./M.Sc. In Disaster Management | ||||
Fees | Sem I | Sem II |
Sem III | Sem IV |
|
FEE | Tuition Fee | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
Examination Fee | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | |
CHARGES |
Field Education / Internship / Experiential Learning Charges | 6,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
IT Charges | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | |
Library Charges | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | |
Other Charges( ID Card, Convocation & Misc.) * | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FUNDS | Students' Competency Fund | 0 | 7,000 | 7,000 | 0 |
Lab / Studio Fund | 6,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Development Fund | 10,000 | 0 | 10,000 | 0 | |
Students' Union Fund * | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
Alumni Fund * | 0 | 500 | 0 | 0 | |
Health Care Fund* | 2,000 | 0 | 2,000 | 0 | |
DEPOSITS | Caution Deposits (Refundable at the time of exit from programme on submission of No Dues Certificate) | 10,000 | 0 | ||
Semester wise Course Fee | 57,500 | 28,500 | 40,000 | 21,000 | |
Yearly Fees | 86,000 | 61,000 | |||
Total Course Fee | 1,47,000 | ||||
Institute reserves the right to revise the Fee Structure of programmes if necessary. | |||||
Expenses related to Practicum / Study tour / Rural field work / Urban field work/Winter Institute, if any, will have to be met by the students themselves at the time of the activity. | |||||
No fee concession is available for self-finanaced programmes. |