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Undergraduate | MUR-POL200 | 2023

Australian Foreign and Security Policy

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Start dates
27 Nov 2023
Entry requirements
No ATAR needed,
No prior study
Duration
13 weeks

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Australian Foreign and Security Policy

About this subject

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

    1. Demonstrate an understanding of different theoretical perspectives that have been used to analyse Australian Foreign and security policies.  
    2. Analyse how and why Australian Foreign and Security is shaped by changing global economic and security orders. 
    3. Critically analyse evidence and identify the ethical implications of data and how it is used.
    4. Demonstrate articulate communication skills by constructing evidence-based arguments in audio, digital, oral and/or written form.
    5. Demonstrate technical proficiency in the conventions of the discipline.
    6. Evaluate contemporary challenges to Australian Foreign Policy including issues of gender, environment, geoeconomics and race. 

Entry requirements

No entry requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

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