Australia's Strategic and Defence Policy

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject , you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the historical evolution of Australia’s strategic and defence policy since Federation in 1901.
  2. Evaluate Australia’s defence decision-making process and its key actors, including theories of defence decision-making
  3. Critically analyse and judge key defence policy concepts and primary sources, including defence white papers and force posture reviews
  4. Demonstrate a reflective evaluation of the challenges for the force structure of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), including capability development and defence economics
  5. Critically analyse the key strategic and defence policy choices facing Australia’s decision-makers. This includes the future of the Australia-US alliance (ANZUS) and the strategic relations with key Asian players such as Indonesia, China and Japan.

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• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• MAQ-SEC-MAS-2022 - Master of Security and Strategic Studies

Elective

• OUA-PSU-GCE-2022 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
• UNE-PRO-GCE-2022 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-PICX921 (Not currently available)

Others

Admission to MPICT or MCPICT or PGDipPICT or GradDipCPICT or MPICTMIntSecSt or MCPICTMIntSecSt or MIntSecStud
NCCW (pre-2020 units) PICT921, PICX921

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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