POLIS 7026 - International Security
North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2021
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code POLIS 7026 Course International Security Coordinating Unit Politics and International Relations Term Semester 1 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 6 Contact Up to 3 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange N Restrictions Available to M. International Security students only Assessment Online quiz 10%, Textual analysis 30%, Research essay 60% Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Professor Joanne Wallis
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
No information currently available.
University Graduate Attributes
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Readings will be provided via MyUni.Recommended Resources
Recommended resources such as additional readings, essay writing information, referencing guidelines, and a wide range of information regarding student support services will be available in the course webpage located on MyUni.Online Learning
MyUni will be utilised to upload additional resources (e.g. links to news items for tutorial discussion). Lectures will be be pre-recorded and available on MyUni. -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
This course is comprised primarily of lectures and seminars. Due to Covid-19 teaching arrangements, the lectures will be pre-recorded and available online. The lectures will introduce the key concepts, theories and themes. The seminars will consist of small-group discussion on the weekly topics.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
In addition to three hours of class time (two hours of lectures, one of seminars) each week, you should spend at least five hours doing your course readings and preparing your assignments each week.Learning Activities Summary
Indicative weekly topics:
Week 1 – Introduction to ‘international security’
Part 1 - Traditional security challenges
Week 2 – Realism/the role of ‘great powers’
Week 3 – Military security/flashpoints
Week 4 – Military power/nuclear weapons
Week 5 – Liberalism/the role of multilateral institutions in providing security
Week 6 – Constructivism/the relevance of ‘middle powers’ and ‘small states’
Week 7 – Zones of security/maritime and cyberspace
Part 2 - Non-traditional security challenges
Week 8 – Critical security studies and Copenhagen School/environmental security
Week 9 – National security/terrorism and transnational crime
Week 10 – Regime and societal security/nationalism, insurgency and civil war
Week 11 – Cosmopolitanism and human security/humanitarian intervention and peacebuilding
Week 12 – Gender and security/the women, peace and security agenda -
Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Seminar participation 20%
Journal article analysis 20%
Conceptual framework analysis 20%
Final essay 40%Assessment Detail
No information currently available.
Submission
Apart from tutorial participation, assessment must be submitted electronically, through Turnitin. The link will be available on MyUni.
The official procedure and form to apply for extensions is: /policies/3303/policies/3303
Late assignments without an approved extension will be penalised at the rate of 2% (2 marks) per day.
There is a cut-off period of 7 days (including weekends and public holidays), after which late submissions without a formal extension will not be accepted/marked. In the case of late submissions with a formal extension approved, the cut-off date is 7 days (including weekends and public holidays) from the revised due date, at 11:59pm.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through .
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SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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