In line with the center’s mandate, its runs two Postgraduate programmes. These are Masters and Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies. The details of the programmes and the entry requirements are as follow:
Philosophy and Mission
The philosophy of the programme is to mainstream Disaster Management and Risk education into the general National development agenda. The intention is to ensure decentralization of the subject matter down to the lowest level of the community so as to facilitate the building of safer communities and to support sustainable development.
The mission is to train highly skilled personnel with proven capability that will be able to address contemporary issues in disaster risk and emergency management in line with the Nigerian national DRR objectives.
Aim and Objectives
The main aim of the programme is to provide a holistic academic platform for prospective students to understand Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in order to reduce the risk of disaster at all levels of human existence in Nigeria.
The course therefore seeks to provide participants with opportunities for improving their understanding of:
- Vulnerability analysis and patterns and their evolution relative to environmental problems, disasters, policies and programmes in Nigeria;
- conceptual approaches to vulnerability across both ecological and social dimensions based on a common ground among ideological and disciplinary perspectives;
- risk Assessment Applications in land use / land cover changes change, food security environmental security and in “hot spots” and critical regions delineation; and
- Risk reduction strategies and challenges for Nigeria.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Admission entry to the professional Master Degree programme is open to all graduates of NUC accredited universities in Nigeria and other recognised Institutions abroad.
Candidates for admission into the Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies must possess five ‘O’ Level credit passes in English, Mathematics and any other three out of the following:
- Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Chemistry, Biology, Agric Science, and Economics and any of the following.
- Minimum of second-class Lower Bachelor’s Degree in Sciences, social sciences, medicine, Agricultural, Forestry, Environmental science, Engineering, Town planning etc from recognized institutions.
- Third Class Degree in any of the areas listed above with at least 3 years working experience.
- Post graduate listed in (i) above from a recognized institution with a minimum of lower credit pass.
Course duration
The programme will be by both Lecture and research. It will run on both full-time and part-time basis. The duration of the programme is as follows: –
Full- time
minimum of 18 months (1 ½ years), maximum of 36 months (3 years)
Part-time
Minimum of 24 months (2 years), maximum of 48 months (4 years)
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Candidates are required to earn a minimum of 44 units before graduation. This shall include of 29 units of core courses. To graduate, a candidate must attain a minimum of ‘B’ grade in all core courses and minimum of ‘C’ grade in the elective courses and attain a minimum of CGPA of ‘2.50’.
