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Introduction to Security Studies

Undergraduate | MAQ-PICX110 | 2018

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Analyse security, instability and armed conflict in the modern system. Gain an overview of interstate/intrastate war, military power, alliances, nuclear weapons, humanitarian intervention, terrorism and counterinsurgency.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
No ATAR needed,
No prior study
Duration
-

HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available

Introduction to Security Studies

About this subject

  • Upon fulfilling the requirements of this subject, students will have the skills and knowledge to:

    1. Identify key security challenges in the contemporary national and international security field utilising a systematic theoretical and conceptual apparatus
    2. classify security issues as risks, threats or vulnerabilities using key national security concepts
    3. identify key stakeholders and actors in the field of security studies, such as states, inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations, non-state actors, commercial entities, media outlets and individuals
    4. evaluate contemporary debates about main national and international security issues
    5. differentiate between traditional and emergent threats.

Entry requirements

No entry requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
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