New Security Challenges
CISS6001
This unit considers the evolving nature of security in the context of global politics. It focuses on non-military challenges to security while acknowledging the relationships between these and traditional security concerns. Among the topics considered are: international law and security; the privatisation of security; economics and security; energy resources; environmental degradation; the burden of infectious diseases; population dynamics; gender and age perspectives on security; the dilemmas of fragile and failing states; transnational organised crime; and new modes of warfare. The overall objective of the unit is to engage with issues and arguments that challenge how security is traditionally understood. Teaching and learning take place via a combination of lectures, student-led seminars, independent research, debates and case studies.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Postgraduate
Credit points: 6
Commencing semesters: 2
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: CISS6001
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: Yes
Our courses that offer this unit of study
- Master of US Studies
- Master of Public Policy
- Master of International Studies
- Master of International Security
- Graduate Diploma in US Studies
- Graduate Diploma in Public Policy
- Graduate Diploma in International Studies
- Graduate Diploma in International Security
- Graduate Certificate in US Studies
- Graduate Certificate in International Studies
- Graduate Certificate in Public Policy
- Graduate Certificate in International Security
- Master of International Law