Program Overview

Warnings For All (HPSC0160)

Key Information

• Faculty: Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• Teaching department: Science and Technology Studies
• Credit value: 15
• Restrictions: N/A

Alternative Credit Options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This module brings together both academic and practitioner knowledge around what hazard warnings are, how they are designed, how they operate, and how to make warnings effective and actionable. This requires bringing a wide range of disciplines together that review disaster risk reduction for all natural hazards, science communication, science policy, understanding risk and uncertainty at scales from the local to the global. Whether warnings are technological, automated, community-based, anticipatory, or responsive, this module explores the value of people-centered warnings, and the need to create inclusive and multi-hazard warnings. Contemporary case studies will be explored throughout the course.

Module Deliveries for 2026/27 Academic Year

• Intended teaching term: Term 2
• Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 5)

Teaching and Assessment

• Mode of study: In person
• Methods of assessment:
  • 30% Viva or oral presentation
  • 70% Dissertations, extended projects, and reports
• Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other Information

• Number of students on module in previous year: 87
• Module leader: Professor Carina Fearnley

Last Updated

This module description was last updated on 10th March 2026.