This course will give you the skills required to pursue a career in emergency planning and management. You will examine theory and practice in a range of countries, comparing approaches in the UK with those in New Zealand, the USA, Australia and Canada.
This course has been designed with your future employability as its focus. You will develop the skills needed to manage the response to social emergencies (e.g. the Hillsborough football stadium disaster), technological incidents (e.g. the Buncefield oil storage depot explosion), major transport accidents and natural hazards (e.g. the recent earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan).
In addition you will benefit from:
EU/UK £ 8,280; Overseas £10,560
Start date September 2015 Credits (ECTS) 180 ECTSIn your first year you will develop an understanding of key concepts such as hazard, vulnerability and risk and, in addition, procedures in the command and control of emergency incidents.
In the second year you will study the human environment and identify how certain locations, communities or institutions are especially sensitive to the impact of disaster as a result of their precondition. You will also develop practical skills in methods for assessing vulnerability and risk, developing plans and managing emergency response.
In your final year you are encouraged to evaluate and critically analyse issues that face the emergency management profession in the UK and internationally. You will also have the opportunity to carry out an independent piece of research. Many students choose to base this on the work they were involved with during their professional training year.
Course structure and module list
This course is regularly reviewed and updated to reflect new developments and the requirements of the profession and relevant careers.
Year 1
Year 2
Optional Placement Year or Year of Study Abroad
Final Year
Universities in the United Kingdom use a centralized system of undergraduate application: University and College Admissions Service (UCAS). It is used by both domestic and international students. Students have to register on the UCAS website before applying to the university. They will find all the necessary information about the application process on this website. Some graduate courses also require registration on this website, but in most cases students have to apply directly to the university. Some universities also accept undergraduate application through Common App (the information about it could be found on universities' websites).
Both undergraduate and graduate students may receive three types of responses from the university. The first one, “unconditional offer” means that you already reached all requirements and may be admitted to the university. The second one, “conditional offer” makes your admission possible if you fulfill some criteria – for example, have good grades on final exams. The third one, “unsuccessful application” means that you, unfortunately, could not be admitted to the university of you choice.
All universities require personal statement, which should include the reasons to study in the UK and the information about personal and professional goals of the student and a transcript, which includes grades received in high school or in the previous university.
IELTS band : 6
To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to
take an IELTS test. More About IELTS5 GCSEs at grade A*-C including English Language and Mathematic , or specified equivalents,
A - Levels: BCC - BBC,
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: DMM - DDM,
The Access Diploma: include 30 Level 3 credits at Merit,
International Baccalaureate Diploma: 28-29 points,
English as a Foreign Language: IELTS 6.0.
No work experience is required.
"The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."
Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.
Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students
* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Coventry University.
