The Special Topic is designed to showcase a new area of teaching for the GSSD Program and allow students to learn from visiting specialists at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Winter Session 2016
The Role of Strategic Intelligence in a Democracy:
This course delves deeply into the nature of strategic intelligence, its contribution to national security policy formulation in a democratic system of government, and selected issues and challenges all nations face in the conduct of global intelligence operations in the modern era. In a well-functioning system, each of the individual elements of the classic intelligence cycle (i.e., requirements, collection, processing, analysis/production, dissemination, consumption, and feedback) work in unison to support “consumers”, usually national level policymakers. This relationship becomes complicated, however, when strategic intelligence resources are also called upon to support war fighters and even local law enforcement working to pre-empt terrorist attacks in major urban areas. Through interaction with a diverse body of literature and real-world case studies, students will better understand the capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses of strategic intelligence as an input to policy formulation. Along the way, the course also highlights some of the difficult ethical choices raised by many of the activities undertaken by strategic intelligence services. Strategic intelligence enables and facilitates application of the traditionally recognized instruments of national power, i.e., the “DIME” (Diplomacy, Information, Military, and Economic). This course will explore this important tool in all of its major manifestations and complexity
Indicative Assessment
Seminar Participation, 10%; Assignments, 50%; Exam 40%
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Workload
Standard SDSC delivery, based in Canberra on ANU campus. Morning and afternoon teaching sessions for 5 days, or semester-long with weekly evening sessions. Assessment will be spread throughout the teaching and exam period.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:
- 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 | $3252 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $4638 |
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.
Winter Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Role of Strategic Intelligence in a Democracy | ||||||
| 6559 | 01 Aug 2016 | 01 Aug 2016 | 03 Aug 2016 | 05 Aug 2016 | In Person | N/A |
