Master of Humanitarian Assistance
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2025 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Master of Humanitarian Assistance |
| Deakin course code | A767 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Campus | Burwood (Melbourne), Online For students who commenced prior to 2024 only |
| Duration | 1 year full-time or part-time equivalent |
| CRICOS course code | 099595E Burwood (Melbourne) |
This course includes a compulsory 5-day intensive class in Trimester 2 held at Deakin University Burwood campus for both campus and online students. There is also elective unit that contains an intensive in Trimester 3 held at a Deakin University campus for both campus and online students. | |
The final intake to this course was in 2023. Students should contact a Student Adviser in Student Central for course and enrolment information. Further course structure information can be found in the handbook archive. | |
Course sub-headings
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Critique the historical development of the humanitarian system and apply the key principles, exemplary practices and sector standards to current humanitarian context, both national and international, with particular focus on coordination, resilient communities, risk management, emergency responses, recovery strategies |
| Communication | Integrate, analyse, synthesise and evaluate the theory and practice of humanitarian action and communicate to a range of specialist and non-specialist audiences through reports, briefings, essays, case studies, and oral presentations. |
| Digital literacy | Research, analyse, report and communicate complex information via the employment of a range of sectors specialised and generic technological modes to a wide variety of audiences including humanitarian, professional and scholarly communities. |
| Critical thinking | Investigate, critically analyse, synthesise and report on issues facing contemporary humanitarian scenarios in light of established concepts, practice and design and develop actions, solutions and strategies to address them. |
| Problem solving | Apply initiative, creativity and intellectual rigor in researching, identifying, planning, implementing, managing people and processes and evaluating proposed innovative responses to complex situations and problems encountered in a range of humanitarian emergencies, locally and globally. |
| Self-management | Plan, organise and perform as an independent and reflective practitioner in the field as well as in the system generally, demonstrating a commitment to continuing professional development, scholarly research and professional contribution. |
| Teamwork | Contribute to the achievement of team goals and cohesiveness in diverse humanitarian emergency scenarios, humanitarian planning, implementation projects and research projects through active and constructive participation and contributions to resolving impasses and conflict. |
| Global citizenship | Adopt a number of roles, in an efficacious and ethical manner, in a broad range of humanitarian operations across diverse cultural, social, political, economic and environmental spectrums. |
Approved at Faculty Board November 2018
Course structure
Core units
Students to complete the following 3 core units (3 credit points of study)
| AHA721 | Humanitarian Knowledge and Principles |
| AHA722 | Program Design |
| AHA724 | Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Led Recovery |
Course Electives & Research Options
Students to select 5 credit points of study as a combination of research and course elective units listed below
Course Electives List A (includes internship units)
| AHL701 | The Humanitarian World |
| AHA716 | Refugees and Forced Migration |
| ADH712 | Food and Water Security |
| ADH714 | Gender, Race and Culture |
| ADH717 | Climate Change and Sustainability |
| ADS715 | Cross Cultural Communication and Practice |
| AIR707 | The United Nations and International Organisation |
| AIR717 | International Conflict Analysis |
| AIR726 | Human Rights in World Politics |
| HSH701 | Principles and Practice of Public Health |
| HSH704 | Health Communication |
| HSH728 | Health Equity and Human Rights |
| AIP773 | Governance and Accountability in Turbulent Times |
| APE700 | Internship A |
ADH702 Humanitarian - Development Nexus [No longer available for enrolment]
Research Options
Minor Thesis - PhD Pathway
| AIX706 | Research Design |
Plus 2 credit points of research units:
| AIX704 | Minor Thesis A |
| AIX705 | Minor Thesis B |
Plus 2 credit points chosen from the course electives
Research Paper – non PhD Pathway^
| AIX701 | Research Paper |
Plus 4 credit points chosen from the course electives
Professional Experience – non PhD Pathway^
| APE701 | Internship Capstone (2 credit points) |
Plus 3 credit points chosen from the course electives
^ The Research Paper and Professional Experience options are not PhD Pathways.
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, and their study discipline or your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.