KOPREGEL VOLGT DISRUPTIVE EVENTS NOG. MINOR PROGRAMME (INTER)NATIONAL DISASTER, RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE Our society is changing due to constant external events. In this 1/2 year multidisciplinary minor programme, you will acquire a broad overview of external events impacting nature and society, and discover how to monitor, respond and act. You will learn how to professionally deal with disruptive events in society, such as natural disasters and climate change. Each year more people are on the move because of disasters and conflict. Due to climate change, every year the number of disaster events is increasing and also the impact on society. Migration flows raise questions about terrorists in our society and in Europe this is a vivid topic of debate. Within and between cities, countries an increasing polarization is seen. You will familiarize and analyze the most common approaches and think about the resilience of societies, as well as the resilience of nature. How can both nature and society deal with and recover from disaster events? To answer that question you need experience in analysing complex challenges and providing sustainable solutions for international and national disaster contexts. This knowledge and experience is offered in different
courses, through experiments, simulations, projects, field trips, lectures, workshops and literature.
OBJECTIVES • P rovide students with a multidisciplinary background, methods and perspectives in order to design and manage integrated reliance strategies. • Bridge specific competencies about resilience with the need of the real world complexity and practices. • Allow students to become the future professionals able to address the complexity of disaster resilience • Provide students with tools for environmental monitoring and spatial research and show their relevance for organizations / governments. • Make that students know how to communicate with stakeholders involved in the environmental problem, in order to achieve a common goal.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE This minor programme is framed around 2 modules. During the first model, in which you join the students from the track (inter)national disaster, migration and resilience, you have 4 courses of in total 13 ECTS. In these courses you focus on natural disasters and learn to respond, aiming to
reduce the impact of natural disasters in both a developing and western context. During this module you will learn to work with innovative tools and design, test and evaluate solutions in real life cases. Part of this module is a cooperation with Finish students during a 3-days mini-project, either in Finland at one of the two cooperating Universities in Finland or at Avans (1 ECTS). In the second module you will work on a project in a small team, based on a question from an actual client. We stimulate multidisciplinary groups, so you can learn with each other ánd from each other. All of the project topics have in common that they are focused on environmental disasters that are happening now and can be monitored and recovered from due to human interference. All projects include fieldwork and a geographical analysis. Laboratory work is optional, depending on the project content. The group communicates about its project activities using a story map, an interesting tool for all people involved to be updated about the progress and results. During the project we offer you a range of workshops to substantiate contents further. During the entire minor programme you develop yourself as a professional in a disruptive event. At the end of the minor project all your work will be exhibited. Curriculum: Module 1: Disaster Risk Reduction 14 ECTS • Experimenting with innovative technologies in emergency response • Precasting global flood and drought risk using GIS • System thinking in disaster resilience and recovery • Climate change impacts • Field exploration contamination Baltic Sea Finland or river Mark in Breda Module 2: Environmental disaster analysis and communication 14 ECTS • Project: analyzing environmental hazards and recovery in cooperation with a client and using a set of communication tools to involve all relevant stakeholders. General: 2 ECTS • Professional in a disruptive event • Exhibition of results
REASONS TO STUDY THIS MINOR PROGRAMME: International programme This minor programme is fully in English and will prepare you for a bachelor graduation on an internationally relevant topic. Specialised staff The academic staff consists of specialist on the topics and has both strong field experience and theoretical knowledge on the topics they teach.
Strong link with practice All courses include a strong link with the daily practice and you will study real life cases in which you will apply your knowledge. A large number of humanitarian organisations, governmental agencies and companies will provide cases and input for your work. Addressing the global most urgent problems Disaster and the number of affected populations are increasing every year. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Resilience, the United Nations and other international organisations call for practical solutions for the complex problems around disaster resilience. This minor programme will prepare students for a bachelor graduation on one of the main topics in the programme. The course will facilitate students to understand what skills and knowledge they need to work in the field of disaster risk reduction, migration, policy and practice and resilience in modern society. Career opportunities The programme is supported by the most prestigious humanitarian agencies in the Netherlands and has a strong network with Dutch municipalities, governmental agencies and policymakers, aid institutions and other agencies. Throughout the programme you will discover what these partners do and this will facilitate you to graduate with them for your bachelor, do an internship or work with them after your studies. This programme is an excellent preparation to work in a humanitarian, political, governmental, research, consultancy or aid organisations. Many partners from the field contribute to our programme with workshops, excursions, lectures. This will allow you to understand the profound complexity of disruptive events and you will be able to understand what it means for you in the future. Some of the partners are; Firefighters, Dutch army, Red Cross, Migrant reception centres, Cordaid, Province Noord-Brabant, Municipality Breda, NatuurMonumenten, TU Eindhoven and TU Delft.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION Academic accreditation Minor Degree in Disruptive Events Organising centre Avans University of Applied Sciences, School of the Built Environment and Infrastructure Location: ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Breda Schedule and timetable • Level: 3rd year bachelor • From August - February (30 ECTS) • 1 Semester of courses (6 months), from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Information and admission https://www.facebook.com/disruptiveevents/ Telephone: +31 88 – 525 82 11 Exchange students You can participate in an exchange programme at Avans University of Applied Sciences if your home institution has concluded an agreement with Avans. Under this agreement you can be nominated to study with us. As an exchange student, you will continue to pay tuition fees to your home institution. This means you do not have to pay tuition fees to Avans. Please read the details on the Applying as an exchange student page or contact your home institution’s exchange coordinator for details.
scientists, engineers, geographers. However, the students does not exclude students with another specialisation. Students from outside the Netherlands are strongly invited to participate as their perspective is of important added value for the discussions in class. The topics in the courses are global with attention for Dutch situation, and therefore of interest for people from any geographical origin.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS This programme is open to you if you have successfully completed at least 2 years of a bachelor’s degree programme. Students of all bachelor programs are allowed to subscribe. For Dutch students there are no other requirements.
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Students that do not study in the Netherlands are required to submit for their application: • A motivation letter • An up-to-date copy of their CV • A minimum English level IELTS score of 6. A background is recommended in any discipline related to risk management, urbanization challenges, engineering, planning, risk analysis, environmental sciences or climate change. Students should be able to follow classes, present and submit their work in English. International submission closes on May 15.
The target students to be involved in this programme are mainly planners, environmental scientists architects, civil engineers, social scientists, communication experts, political
Find out more about the admission procedure, reserving a place and enrolment on avans.nl/international.
Other students If your university is not a partner of Avans University of Applied Sciences, you can join us as a full-fee paying student. For more details, look at: https://www.avans. nl/international/programs/study-at-avans/applyinggroups/applying-freemover-students Or contact the Avans International Office on +31 88 - 525 80 01 or at internationaloffice@avans.nl.
APPLY Are you ready for this exciting opportunity? Apply now and start in August! For more information and details check facebook or the website.
CONTACT More information about this programme is available via: minoren.abi@avans.nl / +31 88 – 525 82 11 If you would like more information about studying at Avans, please contact our International Office: internationaloffice@avans.nl / +31 88 - 525 80 01
COLLABORATIONS Collaborating academies This minor programme is a collaboration between 3 academies of Avans University of Applied Sciences; Built Environment and Infrastructure, Governance and Security, and Technology of Health and Environment. The programme is hosted by the Academy for Built Environment and Infrastructure. Collaborating practitioners Many partners from the field contribute to our programme with workshops, excursions, lectures. This will allow you to understand the profound complexity of disruptive events and you will be able to understand what it means for you in the future. Some of the partners are; Firefighters, Dutch army, Red Cross, Migrant reception centres, Cordaid, Province Noord-Brabant, Municipality Breda, NatuurMonumenten, TU Eindhoven and TU Delft.
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30 minutes from Rotterdam. Den Bosch and Breda are beautiful world heritage cities and have a lively student life with cosy bars and small canals and nice parks.
STUDENT OPINIONS “The exchange week in the Baltic sea was a great experience and I would love to get back to Helsinki one day to explore the city a bit more!” “Relevant projects that we could pick from. It was great to see how much all stakeholders and teachers were involved in the project. We gained so much experience on the research and communication part. It really felt we contributed to a better environment.” “The atmosphere at Avans and within this minor was very nice. Made friends for life.” “Great experience to use new tools in the project, such as a drone to take pictures of the project area.” “I have developed myself with a new perspective on a professional in a disruptive event. The guest lectures, the study trip to Helsinki and the excursions were the most relevant for me.” “The experts really opened my mind about practical and ethical issues in the field.”
Classes are held at Avans University of Applied Sciences. • The university has the best facilities and state-of-the-art equipment for both theoretical and practical classes. • Our education is of top quality. For many years we have maintained a leading position in the national ranking systems among universities of applied sciences. • We offer personal attention and support inside and outside the classroom. We are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential. • The Avans cities of Breda, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Roosendaal and Tilburg offer pleasant and safe environments for young adults.
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Start the most challenging learning experience of your life in Netherlands. You will be amazed about the open minded way of thinking of the students and staff and direct interaction with professionals. The Netherlands is an intellectual and cultural role model where your knowledge can adapt to multiple professional opportunities. The Netherlands has one of the best train networks in the world connecting you very fast to other cities that you want to explore. Den Bosch is located only 1 hour from Amsterdam and half and hour from Utrecht. Breda is only avans.nl