Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
John Hardy
Julian Droogan
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit has been developed to fill a gap in graduates' knowledge when it comes to the details of warfare. Modern warfare is plagued by myths and misunderstandings about how military force is applied, what it can achieve and what it simply cannot do.
This unit begins with an overview of the political and strategic contexts of war. This grounds the unit in the literature and doctrine relevant to warfighting. It also introduces some limitations on militaries which are often overlooked in commentary, such as logistics and costs.
It then covers different types of warfare to ensure that students are familiar with the differences and similarities between different kinds of warfare and how they are fought.
The unit then covers technology and the impact of new weapons and systems, particularly precision-guided munitions and drones, and some of the political and ethical considerations related to their use in modern wars.
The unit then examines the human costs of wars. It views war as one aspect of people's lives and looks at the trauma it causes. It also examines the argument that war is a social force which helps organise societies.
Finally, it looks at the long-lasting impacts of war on civilians' lives and on human security and development in countries plagued by war
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Online lessons are available throughout the semester and must be completed by COB on Friday November 27th. All other assessments are due at 09:00am on the due date provided unless an extension has been approved.
Assessments submitted up to fourteen days late will be marked on a pass/fail basis only. Assessments will not be accepted more than fourteen days after the due date without an approved application for special consideration.
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Online Lessons | 10% | Weekly |
Policy Advice | 25% | 28 September 2015 at 09:00am |
Rules Of Engagement Wiki | 25% | 19 October 2015 at 09:00am |
Operations Analysis | 40% | 23 November 2015 at 09:00am |
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 10%
The weekly online lessons are available on iLearn and allow you to engage with the unit content in a non-linear way. Each one is worth 1% and your ten best results will be counted towards your final grade for the activity. Each online lesson contains content for the week and has a small graded activity which may relate to the lecture, readings or case study.
Due: 28 September 2015 at 09:00am
Weighting: 25%
The policy advice assignment is a ten minute video briefing and a 750 word summary on a set topic (selected from a list provided on iLearn). Each topic is a potential military action which you will need to brief a decision-maker on. the purpose of your briefing will be to provide expert advice to a minister who is considering, but not committed to, the use of force to support the Australian government’s policy interests in a proposed military operation.
Due: 19 October 2015 at 09:00am
Weighting: 25%
The Rules of Engagement (ROE) Wiki is a group assessment of 1,000 words per person. It requires each group to develop a wiki which addresses a hypothetical military deployment and provides recommendations on the ROE and Orders For Opening Fire (OFOF) which will be set by military commanders. The wiki will need to address the social and political contexts of the conflict, the role of the military mission which personnel will be deployed to complete, the ethical and legal considerations for the use of force in the theatre of operations and force protection requirements.
Due: 23 November 2015 at 09:00am
Weighting: 40%
The operations analysis is an individual paper on a military operation. The topic is the 2008 Battle of Sadr City. It requires a scholarly consideration of the conflict, the military objectives, the outcomes of combat operations, interpretative narratives from belligerents and lessons learned for urban operations. The analysis needs to examine the implications of the operation for how observers understand war in the twenty first century.
UNIT REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS
REQUIRED READINGS
TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED
SUBMITTING ASSESSMENT TASKS
LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENT TASKS
WORD LIMITS FOR ASSESSMENT TASKS
REASSESSMENT OF ASSIGNMENTS DURING THE SEMESTER
Introduction
Week 01: Into the valley of death
Theme 1: War and politics
Week 02: War from the ground up
Week 03: The logic of strategy
Week 04: Limited warfighting
Theme 2: Military operations
Week 05: Conventional combat
Week 06: Operational art
Week 07: Lawfare
Theme 3: Modern wars
Week 08: Urban Combat
Week 09: Technologies of war
Week 10: Special Operations Forces
Theme 4: The fog of war
Week 11: Soldiers in war
Week 12: Civilians in war
Conclusions
Week 13: The future(s) of warfare
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Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
Grading Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Grievance Management Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grievance_management/policy.html
Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
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08/07/2015 | Delivery and Resources Updated |