This course offers an integrated treatment of the main features of the discipline of strategic studies. It is designed to help students develop strong analytical frameworks for understanding leading strategic issues and also to examine a number of these issues in depth. Specific contents include coverage of the nature of strategy, the relationship between strategy and security, the causes of war, grand strategy, air, land and maritime strategy, legal and ethical issues relating to the use of force, the role of violence in the international system, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, international peacekeeping and stabilisation operations, and the impact of changing military technology.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
On satisfying the requirements for this course, students will have built a strong analytical framework for understanding the nature of strategy and investigating leading strategic ideas and issues from classical interstate conflicts to stabilization operations and small wars. They will have a keen understanding of different approaches to the use of force for the ends of policy (including political, historical, theoretical, geographical, and ethical standpoints). Students will have developed an understanding of how strategy is made in theory and practice and how it is shaped by culture, geography, law, technology, and the way in which organized violence is used. Students completing this course will have built strong academic foundations to aid them in other courses as they consider strategic issues in their future academic and professional careers.
Other Information
Delivery Mode:
On Campus, Semester 1
Indicative Assessment
Assignments 60%, Examination 40%
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Workload
Students undertaking this course could expect a workload of 20 hours a week. This is inclusive of actual contact hours for lectures and also out of class preparation time.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 12 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 12.00 | 0.25000 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $5916 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $8700 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2113 | 16 Feb 2015 | 06 Mar 2015 | 31 Mar 2015 | 29 May 2015 | In Person | N/A |
