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CISS6001: New Security Challenges

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CISS6001: New Security Challenges

2027 unit information

Magnified by global media, local incidents escalate into international crises; new pathogens pose a global risk; emerging technologies reconfigure the balance of power; and the planet is endangered by environmental change.聽Everything is changing聽-聽except our ways of thinking about international security. This unit responds to the evolving nature of security in the context of contemporary global politics. Focusing on new challenges and ways of thinking about security while acknowledging the significance and persistence of more traditional military concerns, topics include: geosecurity, biosecurity, infosecurity, ecosecurity, gender security, regional security, and human security.

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Managing faculty or University school:

Arts and Social Sciences

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Study level	Postgraduate
Academic unit	Government and International Relations
Credit points	6

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Prerequisites: ?	None
Corequisites: ?	None
Prohibitions: ?	None
Assumed knowledge: ?	None

Learning outcomes

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

LO1. recognise foundational concepts, theories and methods used by political scientists to understand international relations, international security, including non-traditional security issues
LO2. apply foundational concepts and theories in international relations/security studies to specific examples of non-traditional or new security challenges/issues
LO3. discuss fundamental issues in international security studies with others in a constructive and analytical way
LO4. draw information from basic sources, including digital sources, to provide evidence in support of their arguments about international security, including non-traditional or new security challenges/issues.

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Semester 1 2026	Normal day	Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney	View

Session	MoA ?	Location	Outline ?
Semester 1 2027	Normal day	Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney	Outline unavailable

Session	MoA ?	Location	Outline ?
Semester 2 2020	Normal day	Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney	View
Semester 2 2021	Normal day	Remote	View
Semester 2 2022	Normal day	Remote	View
Semester 2 2023	Normal day	Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney	View
Semester 2 2024	Normal day	Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney	View
Semester 2 2025	Normal day	Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney	View

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CISS6001: New Security Challenges

2027 unit information

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Arts and Social Sciences

Details

Enrolment rules

Learning outcomes

Unit availability

Modes of attendance (MoA)

Disclaimer

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