Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Brian Cuddy
Level 2, Australian Hearing Hub
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
16cp in PICT units at 800 level or above including PICT850 and (admission to MPICT or MCPICT or PGDipPICT or GradDipPICT or GradDipCPICT or MPICTMIntSecSt or MCPICTMIntSecSt or MIntSecStud or GradDipIntSecStud)
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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 a capstone experience through the critical survey of key texts in the multidisciplinary field of security studies. The unit is not lecture-based, but is conducted as a reading-intensive seminar. Students will read a selection of classic texts and, through a series of review essays, glean, apply, critique, and compare insights from those texts as they relate both to the academic discipline of security studies and to real-world security questions. The readings will develop the intellectual history of the field, allowing for an examination of shifting conceptual frameworks and research traditions, and for a comparison of alternative methodological approaches. And they will highlight important substantive questions that matter for security policy and practice. In particular, students will be encouraged to undertake a critical examination of the assumptions that underlie important debates and issues in the field today. Students are required to read three or four full texts over the course of the unit.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Essay 1 | 25% | No | Variable (Weeks 2 - 6) |
Essay 2 | 25% | No | Variable (Weeks 7 - 9) |
Essay 3 | 25% | No | Variable (Weeks 10 - 13) |
Active Engagement | 25% | No | Weekly |
Due: Variable (Weeks 2 - 6)
Weighting: 25%
A key aim of this unit is to critically engage with a number of classic texts in the field of Security Studies. Analytical essays that address core questions arising from these texts are a very good method for achieving this aim. Students will write three such essays over the course of the unit--one for each text studied. In responding to a set question, students should exhibit a mastery of the book under review, showcase their ability to analytically and systematically think through a problem, and develop a reasoned argument about the nature of strategic thinking. As with any piece of writing, a clear, persuasive thesis and thematic coherence are of utmost importance. Essays should reflect that the student has completed the readings, but they should not be mere summaries of the readings.
Due: Variable (Weeks 7 - 9)
Weighting: 25%
See Essay 1 for a description of this assessment task.
Due: Variable (Weeks 10 - 13)
Weighting: 25%
See Essay 1 for a description of this assessment task.
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 25%
The unit is discussion-based rather than lecture-based and as such its success relies on the full participation of all students. Active engagement by students will increase the unit's value as an exercise (both individual and collective) in critical thinking, analysis, and communication. Internal students are expected to read the assigned materials in advance of each class, attend each class, and actively contribute to the discussion in each class. External (including OUA) students will participate via iLearn discussion forums. All students will take turns leading the classroom or online discussions. Grades are dependent on criteria such as (but not limited to) the quality of the engagement with the text and any other supplementary reading materials, new lines of inquiry posed, and engagement with peers and the convenor.
DELIVERY AND RESOURCES
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
STAFF AVAILABILITY
Weeks 1, 2 |
Introduction |
Weeks 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War |
Weeks 7, 8, 9 |
E. H. Carr, The Twenty Years’ Crisis |
Weeks 10, 11, 12 |
George Kennan, American Diplomacy |
Week 13 |
Conclusion |
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