Postgraduate MAQ-PICX8962-2021
Decision Making, Scenario Planning and Simulation in Criminology
$3,650 $3,900
Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
18 weeks
Study method
100% online
Available loans
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Study terms
- 26 Jul 2021
This research-intensive university in north-western Sydney offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. With over 30,000 current students, Macquarie has a strong reputation for welcoming international students and embracing flexible and convenient study options, including its partnership with Open Universities Australia.
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12
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12
Subject details
On successful completion of the subject, you will be able to
- Apply scenario-planning techniques to major contemporary security and criminology-related issues.
- Understand decision-making, bargaining situations and group dynamics in a political-strategic context.
- Apply crime prevention and deterrence techniques to complex and evolving real-world situations.
- Communicate disciplinary knowledge to professional audiences.
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- A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.
Equivalent subjects
You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:
MAQ-PICX8089-Applied Criminology ;
Others
Admission to MCrim AND (PICT8951 or PICT951 or PICT8953 or PICT953 or PICT8954 or PICT954 or PICT8955 or PICT955) Co-requisite (PICX8042 or PICX842) and (PICX8062 or PICX862) and (PICX8088 or PICX888) and (PICX8089 or PICX889) NCCW (pre-2020 units) PICT952 NCCW (2020 and onwards) PICT8952 Simulation in Criminology
Special requirements
No special requirements
This unit introduces students to scenario planning and simulation (serious game) techniques as critical thinking tools in the context of security policy analysis and planning. In the first modules, students are introduced to the broad logic and use of scenarios and simulations, as well as to their strengths and weaknesses. The second part of the unit is structured around one main contemporary security and criminology-related question that is examined in detail using scenario planning techniques and the conduct of a serious game. Students enrolled in this unit will take the role of the criminologist.
Assessment information will be available to students upon enrolment.
- Small simulation (10%)
- Main simulation (30%)
- Ministerial brief (30%)
- quizzes (10%)
- Scenario planning exercise (20%)
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