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Disaster Resilience Leadership Studies Masters Program
We live in an insecure world. The number of people at risk from conflict and natural disasters has resulted in escalating numbers of internally displaced persons and refugees globally. The UN reports that five times more people are now affected by disasters than a generation ago, and it is clear that our collective future depends upon the quality of leadership to save lives, alleviate suffering and increase the capacity of impacted communities to address the root causes of humanitarian crises such as chronic poverty, political marginalization, etc.
Towards that end, the Disaster Resilience Leadership Studies (DRLS) Masters program, which is being offered through the Payson Center for International Development of Tulane Law School, will advance the field of disaster resilience leadership by training and nurturing current and future leaders as well as promoting research and stimulating global innovation in the disaster resilience and humanitarian assistance community.
The DRLS Masters program is a 36-credit program that can be pursued in a traditional 2-year format, or can be taken in an accelerated 3-semester (12 month) timeframe. Eighteen of the required credits must come from completion of core courses, including four courses representing each of the core academic pillars and two research-based classes:
• Psychosocial and Behavioral
Leadership Sciences (3 credits)
• Disaster Operations
Leadership Management & Policy (3 credits)
• Leadership Analysis (3 credits)
• Environmental Hazards Sciences (3 credits)
• Research
Methods (3 credits)
• Quantitative
Analysis (3 credits)
The remaining 18 credits can be taken through electives chosen to best match
the student’s area of interest.
In addition to expert Payson faculty, the program boasts respected faculty from schools throughout the Tulane University community including the School of Law, School of Social Work, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, A.B. Freeman School of Business, School of Architecture and the Departments of Mathematics, Economics and Sociology. These esteemed faculty members bring a wealth of knowledge and research and field experience, and will provide the students with an interdisciplinary view of the challenges and best practice approaches to leadership in the disaster resilience and humanitarian aid field.
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