Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Adam Lockyer
John Hardy
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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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 provides an introduction to the broad range of issues which constitute security challenges in the twenty-first century. It covers issues ranging from individuals' basic needs, the protection of organisations and sensitive information, national security and international issues.
The unit introduces the risk-based framework incorporated throughout the degree and highlights the multidimensional and often global nature of many existing and emergent security challenges. This informs further units which take an all-hazards approach to security issues, with a particular focus on the relationship between security actors and risk prioritisation
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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:
All assignments are submitted online via iLearn. Quizzes are completed entirely online via iLearn.
Extensions of up to 1 week can be granted by the unit convenor with good reason, prior notice and supporting documentation. Any longer extension must be approved through the Faculty Disruption to Studies process.
Assessments up to fourteen days late will be marked on a pass/fail basis only and will receive a maximum of 50% of available marks. Assessments will not be accepted more than fourteen days after the due date without an approved application for special consideration.
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Online Quizzes (x4) | 20% | Multiple |
Issue Briefing (Vodcast) | 10% | 16 March 2015 |
Risk Matrix | 40% | 20 April 2015 |
Take Home Exam | 30% | 04 June 2015 |
Due: Multiple
Weighting: 20%
Four multiple choice quizzes to be completed online via iLearn.
Due in weeks 2, 5, 8 and 11.
Due: 16 March 2015
Weighting: 10%
5 minute video briefing on a contemporary security issue.
Due Monday 16 March at 09:00am.
Due: 20 April 2015
Weighting: 40%
2,000 word risk matrix report on a selected security issue.
Due Monday 20 April 2015 at 09:00am.
Due: 04 June 2015
Weighting: 30%
1,000 word take-home examination. The take-home exam requires short written answers to any four questions from the list provided.
The take home will be released for 48 hours on Tuesday 02 June 2015 at 12:00pm.
Due Thursday 04 June 2015 at 12:00pm.
Students will require access to a computer, access to a digital video camera (or a device with an inbuilt digital video camera) and internet access in order to complete assignments.
Lecture Topics
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Overview |
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The network society |
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Stakeholders in security |
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The public security agenda |
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War and the rise of the state |
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Security challenges in the anarchical society |
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Anti-social networks |
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Critical National Infrastructure |
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Anthropocene threats |
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The security-development nexus |
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Surveillance and technologies of control |
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Hacktivism and information security |
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Conclusion: A new security paradigm? |
Workshop Topics
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Brainstorming / PESTLE |
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Stakeholder analysis |
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Security framework |
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Cost-benefit analysis |
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SWOT analysis |
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The Stag Hunt |
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Social network analysis |
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Critical function analysis |
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Pandemics and ecological hazards |
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The state failure cycle |
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Human reliability analysis |
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Critical incident technique |
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Revision |
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
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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We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
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.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
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