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The Intelligence Community in Australia

Postgraduate | MAQ-PICX8014 | 2020

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Comprehend the framework for effective and efficient production and use of intelligence analysis for national security. Examine contemporary internal and external national security threats and the practices needed to combat them. 

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
18 weeks

FEE-HELP available

The Intelligence Community in Australia

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. critique contemporary literature relating to the concepts of intelligence
    2. demonstrate higher order communication skills including the ability to formulate sustained, persuasive and original written and oral arguments
    3. model academic research skills, particularly the ability to select sources appropriately to integrate knowledge from diverse sources, to critically evaluate its significance and relevance, synthesise material and present finding logically, rationally and lucidly
    4. evaluate the cyber security threat as it relates to national security
    5. explore a case study involving Espionage as a threat to National Security.
    6. Students will have an advanced understanding of Australia's intelligence commsubjecty, including the different bureaucratic cultures and politics between ASIO, ASIS, AFP and Department of Defence.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

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-PICX814-The Intelligence Community in Australia (no longer available)

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 Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.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

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