Simulation in Intelligence

• • A week-by-week guide to the topics in this unit will be provided in the study materials.

• Study resources

  • Instructional methods

    • Discussion forum/Discussion Board
    • Online assignment submission
    • Standard Media
    • Web links

  • Online materials

    • Online Assessment
    • Simulations

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:

• MAQ- PICT953
• MAQ-PICX953-Simulation in Intelligence

Others

Admission to MIntell and 60cp at 8000 level or above including (PICX8012 or PICX812) and (PICX8013 or PICX813) and (PICX8014 or PICX814) and (PICX8044 or PICX844) and (PICX8045 or PICX845)

Special requirements

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  The second half of the unit when students are doing the simulation/wargame, will be delivered in an intensive mode, students are required to have an intensive level of involvement for 2 weeks.

  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 Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

This subject was formerly known as PICX953 Simulation in Intelligence

This subject provides students with an opportunity to apply the knowledge they have gain throughout their program of study to a real world crisis. By participating in a dynamic simulation, students will be required to solve problems and find solutions to real world challenges. Students will be assigned to an executive team that includes students with different skill sets and knowledge. These executive teams may include strategists, intelligence analysts, criminologists, counter terrorism experts, and cyber security analysts. Students enrolled in Simulation in Intelligence will perform the role of the intelligence analyst. Their mission will be to formulate solutions by employing the academic, research, analysis and workplace skills they acquired throughout their program. In particular, they will be required to use their knowledge of intelligence analytical techniques –including Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield, Center of Gravity Analysis…– to provide detailed assessments of the evolving situation/scenario. They will also be responsible for the intelligence sections of ministerial briefing papers that each group will have to provide as part of their assessment tasks. The student will be required to make policy recommendations based on his assessment of the situation.

• Quiz (10%%)
• Simulation Week 4 and Week 7 (10%%)
• Ministerial Brief/Memo (45%%)
• Simulation (35%%)