GLST 6593 - Disaster Relief, Development, and Resilience

3 credits

This course provides the critical concepts, principles, and tools for holistic humanitarian assistance, and explores the relationship between disaster relief and long-term community development. Special attention is paid to capacity development, disaster risk reduction (including climate change adaptation), and resilience (including the role of religious faith as an element of psycho-social resilience). In this course students may choose to earn the Certificate in Humanitarian Action under the Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP) Credentialing Program.