Master of Science in Logistics Management with a concentration in Humanitarian & Disaster Relief Online

Advance your career and help those in need when you strengthen your ability to mitigate risk and optimize success within the context of both logistics and disaster relief.

Apply By: 5/5/25
Start Class: 5/19/25
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Program Overview

Make an impact with your MS in Logistics Management – Humanitarian & Disaster Relief

Make a difference leading the private, public and military organizations that undertake widespread relief efforts with a Master of Science in Logistics Management with a concentration in Humanitarian & Disaster Relief from Florida Institute of Technology. This MS online program is ideal for those with a bachelor’s degree in any field and does not require prior work experience.

Acquire the highly marketable skills of a logistician while specializing your expertise in emergency management when you study organizational behavior, risk mitigation, conflict management and emergency procurement. Our state-of-the-art curriculum is delivered by responsive faculty who provide a personalized learning experience.

As a graduate of this program, you will be prepared to:

  • Evaluate complex logistics strategies for informed decision-making by identifying economic trends and core engineering principles and analyzing effective logistics management techniques and principles in organizations
  • Support and clarify your messages by using the appropriate vocabulary to convey information, concepts and ideas orally
  • Clearly and effectively convey information by utilizing the proper form, emphasis, usage, spelling and punctuation to ensure quality through the written medium
  • Analyze a situation or text and make thoughtful decisions based on that analysis
  • Conduct research from primary and secondary sources; evaluate those sources' credibility, bias, evidence and reasoning; identify and challenge writer's assumptions; and write texts that are informed by one's research
As a graduate of this program, you will be prepared to:
  • Evaluate complex logistics strategies for informed decision-making by identifying economic trends and core engineering principles and analyzing effective logistics management techniques and principles in organizations
  • Support and clarify your messages by using the appropriate vocabulary to convey information, concepts and ideas orally
  • Clearly and effectively convey information by utilizing the proper form, emphasis, usage, spelling and punctuation to ensure quality through the written medium
  • Analyze a situation or text and make thoughtful decisions based on that analysis
  • Conduct research from primary and secondary sources; evaluate those sources' credibility, bias, evidence and reasoning; identify and challenge writer's assumptions; and write texts that are informed by one's research

Career opportunities:

  • Emergency project manager
  • Field coordinator
  • Field officer
Career opportunities:
  • Emergency project manager
  • Field coordinator
  • Field officer

Also available:

At Florida Tech, we offer a variety of in-demand online programs that prepare you with relevant skills for your career of choice. Take a look at our other business programs.

Also available:

At Florida Tech, we offer a variety of in-demand online programs that prepare you with relevant skills for your career of choice. Take a look at our other business programs.

Total Tuition $21,010.11*
Duration As few as 15 months
Credit Hours 33
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Tuition

Earn your degree affordably with low-cost tuition

Tuition for the MS in Logistics Management – Humanitarian & Disaster Relief is affordable. Take advantage of our pay-by-the-course system, so you can manage your budget as you pursue your degree. Technology fees are included in the total tuition.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
MS Logistics Management – Humanitarian & Disaster Relief $636.67 $1,910.01 $21,010.11

*Published tuition costs may differ from a student’s estimated total “cost of attendance,” which includes the amount an online student may choose to spend on expenses such as housing and food, books and supplies, transportation and other personal items or activities per academic year. As a Florida Tech Online student, you will only ever be billed for applicable tuition and fees. All other costs listed below are estimates per academic year required by the federal government to help you budget for your education. For further information regarding program tuition and fees, please reach out to your enrollment representative or refer to the undergraduate or graduate fees policy. View full cost of attendance information.

Potential Expenses Per Year

Program Technology Fees Federal Student Loan Fees Housing & Food Books & Supplies Transport Personal Expenses Total
MS Logistics Management – Humanitarian & Disaster Relief (Full-Time) $300 $166 $15,240 $1,200 $1,500 $2,100 $
MS Logistics Management – Humanitarian & Disaster Relief (Part-Time) $150 $166 $7,620 $600 $750 $1,050

Tuition breakdown:

Total Tuition $21,010.11*
Per Credit Hour $636.67

Calendar

Dates and deadlines to keep in mind

The MS in Logistics Management – Humanitarian & Disaster Relief online program is ideal for working students. Choose from multiple start dates and complete your degree at the pace that best fits your schedule.

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TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Summer 20255/19/255/5/255/12/255/14/255/16/257/13/258 weeks

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Next Apply Date 5/5/25
Start Class 5/19/25

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Admissions

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At Florida Tech, we’ve streamlined the admission process to help you get started quickly. Please read the requirements for the MS in Logistics Management – Humanitarian & Disaster Reliefonline program.

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  • Application for admissions
  • Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
  • Official transcripts from all colleges and universities
  • Current résumé
  • Undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.0 on 4.0 scale

Official transcripts, test scores and other documents should be sent to:

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Admission Requirements

  • No application fee
  • No GMAT/GRE
  • GPA of 3.0 or above

Courses

Learn more about the MS in Logistics Management – Humanitarian & Disaster Relief online coursework

For the MS in Logistics Management – Humanitarian & Disaster Relief online, the curriculum comprises 33 humanitarian and disaster relief course credit hours.

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Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Studies methods of collecting, analyzing and interpreting data for managerial decision making. Includes data presentation, measures of central tendency, dispersion and skewness; discrete and continuous probability distributions; sampling methods and sampling distributions; and confidence interval estimation of parameters and tests of hypotheses.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Combines lectures and class discussion on assigned topics and case analyses. Includes the role of logistics chain management in the economy and organizations; inventory; global logistics; effective organizing; packaging and purchasing; and materials flow and handling. Also includes the implementation of logistics chain management strategy.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Addresses the management of evolving systems. Emphasizes planning and support requirements of the system during its life cycle. Includes maintenance planning, physical distribution, manpower requirements, facilities and equipment needs, documentation, systems integration and other support requirements.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Analyzes logistics as a science and provides a comparative analysis of different policy considerations. Reviews the role of logistics in organizational policy and problems, and future trends in logistics. Involves a significant research paper or challenging capstone project designed to demonstrate mastery over the complete curriculum.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Includes management techniques and methods related to the life cycle management of material. Addresses material management systems and concepts of standardization, modernization, material reserve, cataloguing, pro-ordering, storage and distribution.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers cost effectiveness, trade-off analysis, system effectiveness model structure, criteria for evaluation of alternative systems, principles of cost accounting and cost estimating for system life cycle. Includes basic math for cost-effective analysis, computer tools for economic modeling and risk assessment.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Distribution systems and management from a cost vs. return view. U.S. and world transportation systems’ impact on distribution centers, automated order processing, warehousing techniques and layout, organization for physical distribution management, total systems approach, government regulation, distribution components and management of distribution resources.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers key institutional factors. Includes emergency rescue; military agencies; local, state and federal emergency agencies in the field; and international humanitarian and relief organizations. Explores emergency requirements for food, shelter, health care and public order.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Involves a team-based consulting activity for an outside client organization. Requires a project, written report and presentation assessed for synthesis of learned competencies in oral and written communication, critical thinking and logistics management.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the legal, political and policy issues involved in international intervention in conflict and its historical background. Explores legal doctrine, official policy and political practice in conflict intervention. Also covers prevention and post-conflict recovery. Includes themes that deal with the continuum from war to peace.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Addresses the interrelationship of international and U.S. constitutional law. Focuses on separation of powers; decision-making authority; international law as part of U.S. law; treaties and other international agreements; war power and terrorism; appropriations power; federalism; the role of the courts; and current national security issues.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Addresses the use of information technology systems (ITS) and communications systems in a crisis operational environment. Includes legal and regulatory systems and interface with public safety/emergency agencies.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the contribution to management theory made by the behavioral sciences. Studies human behavior of groups and individuals. Includes not-for-profit and volunteer personnel systems. Extensively uses current periodicals and case materials.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Applies case analysis and modeling tools to a disaster and emergency assistance environment. Discusses systems analysis and constructs computer models. Includes system classification, problem formulation, decision/risk analysis, modeling techniques, discrete event simulation and evaluation of information. Requires a design project.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Includes a systematic approach to risk management from project initiation through planning, implementation, control and closeout. Discusses various techniques and models for qualitative/quantitative risk assessment and risk management in such areas as post-scheduling and outputs.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the basic concepts, policies and procedures incident to public agency contracting. Includes in-depth coverage of the acquisition process. Emphasizes using commercial organizations to supply goods and services; contingency contracting and interagency support; and establishing organizations for maintenance and continuity of operations.
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