This course is unique in balancing the development of academic knowledge with the development of your technical/vocational skills, interpersonal skills, management expertise, field preparation, and your experiences. It will equip you for a wide range of careers related to disaster risk management for environmental and other hazards. The Hazard and Disaster Management Masters provides a balanced study of environmental hazards and disaster management, pre-event mitigation, disaster risk reduction, emergency planning, multi-agency disaster response, and disaster relief, along with the development of technical and interpersonal skills. It will enable you to critically assess the effectiveness of existing disaster risk management techniques, in order to evaluate good practice and apply it to new situations. The course is enriched with experiences for you and includes external project work, a two-week summer school, an overseas residential field course and provides the opportunity for additional extended field or work placements. Graduates will be able to: understand the dynamics of disasters; assess hazards, risks, vulnerability and capacity; reduce and manage risk; review, implement and evaluate appropriate disaster reduction programmes for mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery; produce emergency and resilience plans; consider the challenges and effectiveness of disaster relief work; and apply Geographical Information System (GIS) based technical skills. The course is also suitable for professionals who wish to update their skills or develop careers in these areas. Examples of recent graduate destinations include: International Non-Governmental Organisations; Disaster Risk Reduction Officer; Natural Resources Wales etc.