This course focuses on transnational threats to Asia-Pacific security. It considers the evolving and typically inter-related nature of these often non-military challenges, while acknowledging their relationships both to international and internal Asia-Pacific security concerns. Among the proposed topics to be covered are: environmental challenges to regional security, including climate change; diseased-based threats; natural disasters; the nexus between transnational organized crime and terrorism; piracy; energy security dilemmas; and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation. The overall objective of this course will be to complement earlier course offerings on international and internal security issues in the Asia-Pacific, therefore encapsulating the more comprehensive notions of security that are a defining feature of security politics in this part of the world.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- To provide course members with an empirical understanding of transnational challenges to Asia-Pacific security, both through the material delivered in lectures, as well as via the reading material assigned.
- To provide course members with a series of analytical frameworks for better understanding the complexities of transnational security challenges in an Asia-Pacific context.
- To assist course members with developing the skills required to clearly and confidently articulate their ideas regarding transnational challenges to Asia-Pacific security through in-class discussions, a variety of written assessments and tutorial based activities.
Indicative Assessment
Tutorial attendance and participation (10 per cent); Essay plan (500 words) (10 per cent); Research essay (3,000 words) (40 per cent); Take home exam (1,500 words) (40 per cent).
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Workload
34 contact hours per semester
A 2-hour lecture session per week for twelve weeks and a 1-hour tutorial per week for ten weeks of the semester.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
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Majors
Minors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
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- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 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 |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $3054 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $4368 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3652 | 15 Feb 2016 | 26 Feb 2016 | 31 Mar 2016 | 27 May 2016 | In Person | N/A |
