autumn 2024
SVF-3207 Resilience - 10 ECTS
Course content
The course is about the concept of resilience, which is increasingly used as an umbrella concept in dealing with safety and security issues. The concept is applied to the different fields: societal/community, organizational, technological, ecological/environmental, economic, and psychological. The course is multidisciplinary, reaching from social sciences to engineering. A great part of the course is dedicated to critical infrastructure resilience.Objectives of the course
Knowledge:
The student ...
- has advanced knowledge within the historical, theoretical and methodological foundations of the concept of resilience, illustrated with many case studies in a multidisciplinary spirit.
- has an in-depth knowledge of the existing literature on resilience.
- with the help of case studies on different dimensions of resilience, the student has knowledge of the concrete application areas of the concept of resilience, and thereby has developed a critical understanding on how to formulate interesting research problems and questions in this field.
- has knowledge of the concept of critical infrastructure, and how resilience is related to it.
Skills:
The student ...
- can critically analyse and apply the theoretical framework and methodological tools to do independent research on resilience, using qualitative, semi-quantitative and quantitative methods from social sciences, psychology, engineering, economics, or environmental sciences, or different combinations thereof.
General competence
The student ...
- has a basis to work independently in practical fields within communities, administration, institutions and companies where resilience management is becoming increasingly popular.
- can apply its knowledge on advanced projects and contribute to innovation within the field.
Schedule
Examination
| Examination: | Date: | Duration: | Grade scale: |
|---|---|---|---|
| School exam | 26.11.2024 09:00 |
5 Hours | A–E, fail F |
Coursework requirements:To take an examination, the student must have passed the following coursework requirements: |
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| Participation in exercise | Approved – not approved | ||
- About the course
- Campus: Tromsø |
- ECTS: 10
- Course code: SVF-3207
- Responsible unit
- Institutt for teknologi og sikkerhet
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