Crisis management allows organizations dead from a disruptive and sudden event that may harm them or their stakeholders. Crisis management is a crucial process in public relations.
Unlike the ‘risk management’ which involves assessing the potential threats and finding the best solutions to avoid them, ‘crisis management involves dealing with threats before, during, and after they have occurred.
Similarly, the study of crisis management equips skills and techniques that teach individuals to identify, assess, understand, and cope with a difficult situation from the moment it first occurs up to the point its recovery process starts.
In Nepal, crisis management is taught only at the Master’s level with the name – Master in Crisis Management Studies. The Institute of Crisis Management Studies (ICMS) offers this course under the affiliation of Tribhuvan University (TU).
Master in Crisis Management Studies Course Curriculum
First Semester
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| CMS-501 | Introduction to Crisis Management Study | 4 Ch-T(64) |
| CMS-502 | Geological Processes and Natural Hazards | 3 CH-T (48) |
| CMS – 503 | Changing Dimensions of Security | 3 CH-T (48) |
| CMS – 504 | Disaster Management Theory and Practice | 3 CH-T (48) |
| CMS – 505 | Multidisciplinary Research Methods and Design/ Term paper | 3 CH-T (48) |
| CMS – 506 | Leadership Development | 3 CH-T (48) |
Total Credit Hours: 19 / Teaching Hours: 304
Second Semester
| Course Code | Course title | Credit hours |
| CMS – 511 | Critical Thinking: An Intellectually Disciplined Process | 2 CH-T (32) |
| CMS – 512 | Geo-Politics: A Forecast For The 21st Century | 3 CH-T (48) |
| CMS – 513 | International Law | 2 CH-T (32) |
| CMS – 514 | Study of Sociological Hazards: An Interdisciplinary Approach | 3 CH-T (48) |
| CMS – 515 | Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches | 3 CH-T (48) |
| CMS – 516 | Stress Management and Report Writing | 1 CH-T-P&W (16) |
| CMS – 517 | Fieldwork and Term Paper ‘Crisis Case Study’ | 3 CH-T&P-R&W (48) |
Total Credit Hours: 17 / Teaching Hours: 272
Third Semester
| Course Code | Course title | Credit hours |
| CMS – 521 | Biological and Ecological Disasters | 3 CH-T (48) |
| CMS – 522 | Public Health and Emergency Response | 3 CH-T (48) |
| CMS – 523 | Transnational Social Issues | 3 CH-T (48) |
| CMS – 524 | Humanitarian Assistance | 3 CH-T (48) |
| CMS – 525 | Social Statistics for a Diverse Society | 2 CH-T (32) |
*Seminar topics are subject to change based on emerging current issues of crisis studies
Total Credit Hours: 14 / Teaching Hours: 224
Fourth Semester
| Course Code | Course title | Credit Hours |
| CMS – 531 | A Successful Dissertation and Thesis: Graduate Research from Proposal to Completion | 2 CH-T (32) |
| CMS – 532 | Understanding Terrorism & Managing Consequences** | 3 CH-T(48) |
| CMS – 533 | Organizational Crisis Management Study** | 3 CH-T (48) |
| CMS – 534 | Global Change and Sustainability** | 3 CH-T(48) |
| CMS – 535 | Thesis Writing | 6 CH-R&W(96) |
| CMS – 536 | Seminar and Internship | 1 CH-T(16) |
**Optional elective subjects
**Optional 2 elective subject should be selected from 3
Total Credit Hours: 14 / Teaching Hours: 224
Grand Total Credit Hours: 65 (Teaching Hours 1040), Total Subjects: 23, Total Seminars: 2, Total Fieldwork: 1 and Thesis: 1
CH: Credit Hours, T: Teaching Hours, P: Practical, R: Report, W: Writing
Admission Criterion
- Attested copies of mark sheets/grades sheets/ transcripts, transfer and character certificates of each level of examination passed.
2. The original copy of the Migration Certificate
3. Attested copies of the Citizenship Certificate or Passport (For foreign students)
4. Six copies of a recent photograph; four passport size copies and two auto-size copies
Eligibility
- Should have successfully completed a Bachelor’s or equivalent degree (¾ years) in any discipline with minimum second division marks in aggregate or 2.0 CGPA on a scale of 4.0 from a recognized university/board.
2. Interested candidates with required educational level completed but are waiting for their final results can also apply on a provisional basis, provided that the student has already taken his/her last year, final semester examination and has passed all the previous semesters papers.
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