Kriser og beredskap (BYS220)

The purpose of this course is to give the students a good understanding og emergency preparedness planning and crisis management, and how this contributes to societal safety.


Course description for study year 2024-2025

Facts

Course code

BYS220

Version

1

Credits (ECTS)

10

Semester tution start

Spring

Number of semesters

1

Exam semester

Spring

Language of instruction

Norwegian

Content

The course introduces the students for crises and emergency preparedness as phenomenon, with emphasis on emergency preparedness planning and crisis. Sentral topics will be understanding of central concepts, different types of crises, organization of crisis preparedness and crisis management, management and decision making during handling of crises, emergency preparedness planning (analyzing emergency preparedness needs with the use of risk and vulnerability analyses and emergency preparedness analyses, dimensioning of emergency preparedness, and development of emergency preparedness plans for dealing with incidents), and the connection between emergency preparedness and the ability to deal with crises, in addition to how emergency preparedness and crisis management contribute to the societal safety. It will also be used different examples of crises and cases for emergency preparedness planning and crisis management.

Learning outcome

After completing the course, the students should develop:

Knowledge about

  • Central concepts related to crises and emergency preparedness.
  • How a crisis management system should be organized and function.
  • Principles for emergency preparedness planning and management of crises.
  • The connection between emergency preparedness planning and the ability to deal with crises.

Skills in

  • Assessment of challenges related to emergency preparedness planning and crisis management.
  • Assessment of responsibility, situation awareness and decision-making during management of crises.
  • Assessment of development of and design of emergency preparedness plans.
  • Application of concepts and principles in cases related to emergency preparedness planning and crisis management.

General competence about

  • Quality of emergency preparedness and crisis management.
  • Critical reflection about how emergency preparedness and crisis management contribute to societal safety.

Required prerequisite knowledge

None

Recommended prerequisites

BYS100 Risk Society, BYS200 Politics, Decisions and Risk

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Written exam 1/1 5 Hours Letter grades None permitted

Digital exam on campus.

Course teacher(s)

Course coordinator:

Claudia Morsut

Course coordinator:

Morten Sommer

Head of Department:

Tore Markeset

Method of work

The teaching will be organized as lectures and discussions.

Overlapping courses

Course Reduction (SP)
Crisis and societal safety (BSA250_1) 10

Open for

Bachelor's studies in sociology, political science, economic subjects, media, as well as students at the Faculty of Science and Technology at UiS who have been admitted to security-related bachelor's programmes.

Course assessment

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital subject evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

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