Transnational Security

About this subject

What you'll learn

• Topics covered

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

• Description

  The unit was formerly known as PICX861 Transnational Security.

  Transnational security challenges pose major problems for many states, including Australia. They also challenge the traditional conceptual foundations of international security studies based on the primacy and sovereignty of the state. For example, human migration, drug trafficking, environmental change, and organised crime contribute to the internal instability of developed as well as the developing states. In some instances, resource scarcity can even lead to interstate conflict. However, new and innovative analytical concepts are required to develop a clear appreciation of the specific nature of individual transnational problems and adequate responses. This subject will examine the theories and analytical instruments needed to critically analyse different transnational security challenges. It also examines the multi-dimensional nature of security – political, economic, military, social and cultural – and the often-intimate connection between these seemingly separate spheres or entities.

• Assessments

  • Take home examination (40%)
  • Reflective writing (10%)
  • Policy Memo (40%)
  • Active participation (10%)

• Textbooks

  For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).

• About Macquarie University

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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-2023 - Master of Security and Strategic Studies

Elective

• MAQ-CYB-MAS-2023 - Master of Cyber Security Analysis
• MAQ-INT-MAS-2023 - Master of Intelligence
• MAQ-CRM-MAS-2023 - Master of Criminology
• MAQ-MCT-MAS-2023 - Master of Counter Terrorism
• MAQ-SSC-GCE-2023 - 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-PICX913 (Not currently available)

• MAQ-PICX922 (Not currently available)

• MAQ-PICX861 (Not currently available)

Others

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.