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Graduate Certificate in Community Preparedness and Disaster Management at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

Programme overview

If you’ve been thinking about expanding your individual knowledge or you want to advance your career in disaster management, this program is a perfect fit. We run one cohort of students each year — beginning every January. Our application deadline is December 4 for January classes. The certificate is taught entirely online with an optional graduation attendance. There is no on campus time required. You will learn an “all hazards” approach to disaster management with an emphasis on building an emergency management system through partnering and networking.

Faculty: Gillings School of Global Public Health  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Chapel Hill, NC, United States

What you will study

The certificate requires a minimum of 9 credit hours. Required courses include HPM 420 Community and Public Health Security: Disasters; HPM 422 Emergency Management I: Analytic Methods; HPM 423 Emergency Management II: Disaster Management.

Career pathways

If you’ve been thinking about expanding your individual knowledge or you want to advance your career in disaster management, this program is a perfect fit.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate students who are interested in taking all three certificate courses and earning the CPDM certificate must apply here:https://applynow.unc.edu/apply/ Graduate certificate: applicants are generally admitted to the Graduate School, which requires a four-year bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better; international applicants add TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

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