Course Overview

Course Title: Fundamentals of Humanitarian Innovation
Credit Points: 12
Nominal Hours:
Course Coordinator: Dr. Nick Brown
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Course Coordinator Email: nick.brown@rmit.edu.au
Course Summary

Through instruction, experimentation, and hands on activities you will explore the role, responsibilities, and application of engineering and associated scientific and technical disciplines in humanitarian and global development contexts. You will learn best practices and approaches for technical knowledge application in long-term development and emergency settings and understand the applicability of these approaches in your own area of practice. Humanitarian innovation skills will be beneficial for those interested in building resilience to global stresses such as climate change, pandemics, natural disasters, urban and rural development. This course is for those wanting to expand their skills and be prepared to tackle the pressing and complex global challenges of the 21st century.

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