ATS3258 · Australia’s regional security challenges

Overview

This research simulation unit is designed to develop your research and collaborative skills and apply them to addressing the real world challenges of our time. In this unit you develop a Regional Security Report for Australia. You will learn about key security challenges facing Australia such as geopolitical tensions, security cooperation, climate change, disaster resilience, forced migration, development, food security, economic integration, human and women’s rights and health security, among others. You will then work in a team to research and prepare a section on a specific challenge, which will then be collated into an overall report, which will be launched at a final conference event at the end of the semester.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. identify and assess the key regional security challenges facing Australia;
2. work collaboratively and independently in a group to research and draft a regional security strategy to a professional standard;
3. communicate findings to a professional audience;
4. communicate and evaluate your progress and achievements with members of your team, the unit coordinator and the teaching staff clearly, ethically, and in a timely manner;
5. reflect critically on your research project and your approach to teamwork using relevant research and professional concepts.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.