ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue
Course details
Course code: ICSN10085o12Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: Information processes
Major: Safety Engineering
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 10 / 20 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż Małgorzata Biniak-Pieróg, prof. dr hab. inż. Włodzimierz Czamara
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: After completing the course student knows warning systems for floods, droughts and other hazards, knows how to properly select the information process to a specific threat, he knows how to communicate in a crisis with the victims and the media.
Competences: Student can communicate in a hazard situation, practically apply appropriate tools and measures for that purpose
Prerequisites: mathematics, physics, hazard modeling and monitoring
Course content: Selection of the information processes depending on the type of risk. Types of communication - interpersonal, mass, informational, persuasive. Effectiveness and ineffectiveness of crisis communication. Selection of effective communication techniques depending on the type and scale of hazards. Principles for communication with the media and methods of cooperation with the media. Warning systems against drought and the extremes occurring in the atmospheric environment. Warning systems against fires. Flood warning systems in Poland.
Recommended literature: Bac S., Rojek M.: Meteorologia i klimatologia w inżynierii środowiska. Wydawnictwo Akademii Rolniczej we Wrocławiu,1999. Wolanin J.: Zarys teorii bezpieczeństwa obywateli”. Warszawa, 2005. Żylińska J., Sawczak S.: Prawo na czas zagrożeń – stany nadzwyczajne. 10 tom biblioteki zarządzania kryzysowego.
Assessment methods: projects completion
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