Requirements
Credits Needed
For successful completion of the Disaster Management Diploma Program, you must accumulate 60 Continuing Education Units (CEU) within a five-year time frame. There are no residency requirements. You may study anywhere in the world.
DM Diploma Course Categories
Courses selected for a DM diploma curriculum will fall into one of four categories:
- Professional updating
- Professional advancement
- Professional electives
- Outside interests
To receive the DM diploma, you must earn 60 CEU and also satisfy the curriculum requirements.
Course Formats
Courses that are part of your DM diploma curriculum may come from many sources. These include traditional college courses (undergraduate or graduate), seminars, workshops, correspondence, self-study, videocassette, computer-based and many other new telecommunication media, including the Internet. All University of Wisconsin continuing education courses provide certificates of completion; CEU will be entered automatically on a continuing education transcript maintained for you at Wisconsin Learning Innovations: Independent Learning (link exits this site).
Transfer Courses
For the professional electives category, you may transfer up to 20 CEU, one-third of the required 60 CEU, from programs sponsored by other colleges, universities, or professional societies. Courses from outside the University of Wisconsin system are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. You must provide information on course content, certification and/or a transcript of course credit.
To speed the transfer approval process, you have opportunities to study with other pre-selected institutions that are part of a worldwide network of disaster/emergency management training organizations. These include organizations such as the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, the Pan American Health Organization, the Cranfield Disaster Management Centre, the Technikon-South Africa and many government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), university and United Nations training programs. For a more complete listing of elective opportunities, please refer to the UW-DMC listings of Educational Resources and Organizational Resources.
Grading and Evaluation
Both evaluated and non-evaluated courses may apply toward the DM diploma. An evaluated course includes a written or oral examination, report, project, graded lessons or other personal evaluation. A non-evaluated course could be a continuing education seminar, workshop or short course. You are allowed a maximum of 20 non-evaluated CEU.
Timing
The DM Diploma Program requires that you earn 60 CEU within five years after registering as a candidate. The DM Diploma Program thus allows you to use courses taken during the years prior to your registration. Five years after completion, a course can no longer be applied toward the DM diploma. Any UW-DMC course taken prior to registration in the DM Diploma Program is automatically included in your transcript, with no time limitation.
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