Geopolitics and Geostrategy
PostgraduateMAQ-PICX80602024
Previously MAQ-PICX860
Course information for 2024 intake View information for 2025 course intake
Get a global perspective on the political issues that affect places like the Middle East and Europe. Flick through case studies from across the years. Discuss contemporary points such as Brexit and the re-emergence of Russia and Germany’s power.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Geopolitics and Geostrategy
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, you will be able to:
- apply in-depth understanding about geopolitical analysis, geopolitical theories and geostrategy in multiple contexts. You will be across the various methods and approaches to geopolitical and geostrategic analysis.
- understand the difference between classical and critical geopolitics. You will be able to apply different methods for analysing geopolitics and to critically assess geopolitical questions through different analytical lenses.
- apply in-depth understanding about the historical evolution of modern geopolitics. Students will be equipped with the knowledge of historical case studies of geopolitically important changes before and after the Cold War, and the implications for scholarly understandings of geopolitical study.
- apply geopolitical analysis and integrated knowledge to assess the significance of current trends in this area and the related implications for scholarship and the policy world. Students will also be able to recognise recurrent geopolitical patterns throughout history.
- A week-by-week guide to the topics in this subjct will be provided in the study materials.
The subject was formerly known as PICX860 Geopolitics and Geostrategy
The international security order is in a period of rapid transformation. This subject examines the major global geopolitical trends, including in the Indo-Pacific, the greater Middle East, Europe, as well as Latin America and Africa. It also analyses the influence of those dynamics on the geostrategies of key countries. Aside from exposing students to the concept of geopolitics as an analytical instrument, the subject will deal with a series of case studies, including the evolving US-Sino rivalry; the Sino-India great power game; the geopolitics of Southeast Asia; the rise of Iran, and the emerging roles of Saudi Arabia and Turkey; the question of the re-emergence of Russia and Germany as great powers; and the Subjected Kingdom in times of Brexit. The subject will provide students with in-depth understanding about the key contemporary global geostrategic dynamics and the implications for regional and international stability.
- Active participation (20%)
- Online quizzes (20%)
- Research Essay (60%)
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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-2024 - Master of Security and Strategic Studies
Elective
- MAQ-CYB-MAS-2024 - Master of Cyber Security Analysis
- MAQ-MCT-MAS-2024 - Master of Counter Terrorism
- MAQ-CRM-MAS-2024 - Master of Criminology
- MAQ-INT-MAS-2024 - Master of Intelligence
- MAQ-SSC-GCE-2024 - Graduate Certificate of Security Studies and Criminology
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-PICX901 (Not currently available)
MAQ-PICX860 (Not currently available)
Others
Pre-requisite: Admission to MSecStrategicStud or MIntell or MCrim or MCyberSec or MCTerrorism or GradCertSecStudCr or GradDipSecStudCr or MPICT or GradDipPICT or MPICTMIntSecSt or MIntSecStud or GradDipIntSecStud
NCCW (pre-2020 units) PICX901, PICT860, PICX860
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
- Broadband access
Note:
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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Security and Strategic Studies
PostgraduateMAQ-SEC-MAS
Master of Cyber Security Analysis
PostgraduateMAQ-CYB-MAS
PostgraduateMAQ-MCT-MAS
PostgraduateMAQ-CRM-MAS
PostgraduateMAQ-INT-MAS
Graduate Certificate of Security Studies and Criminology
PostgraduateMAQ-SSC-GCE