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Unit name International Security
Unit code HIR202
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School College of Arts, Law and Education
School of Social Sciences
Discipline Politics and International Relations
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Learning Outcomes

  1. Explain key concepts of security studies.
  2. Analyse security studies debates and situations of violent conflict in the larger framework of international and domestic politics.
  3. Present case studies on international security to a group of peers.

Fees

Requisites

Prerequisites

HPP101 or HIR101

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

On Campus:
Weekly lecture (2 hours)
Seminars (2 hours x 7 times)

Off Campus:
Weekly lecture (2 hours)
Online discussion forums (1 hour x 14 times)

Assessment

Task 1: Weekly lecture notes (10 x 100 words) uploaded to Pebble Pad (20%)

Task 2: Poster presentations in (online) tutorials (30%)

Task 3: Major essay developing the topic of the poster presentation, 1500 words (50%)

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Textbooks

Required

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