• Offered by ANU National Security College
  • ANU College ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
  • Course subject National Security Policy
  • Areas of interest Australian Studies, International Relations, Policy Studies, Political Sciences
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Michael Cohen
    • Susan Thompson
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in Summer Session 2019
    First Semester 2019
    Autumn Session 2019
    Winter Session 2019
    Second Semester 2019
    Spring Session 2019
    See Future Offerings

This course will be occasionally scheduled to offer one-off opportunities to study under visiting experts, or to showcase a new teaching area. Information on the particular topic offered under this course will be outlined in the ‘Other Information' section, including topic title, the topic convenor, and an indication of workload and indicative assessment.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. Demonstrate understanding of the major issues in, and concepts associated with the special topic area
  2. Evaluate and confidently apply these concepts
  3. Critically evaluate approaches to the study of the special topic area
  4. Demonstrate effective communication skills

Indicative Assessment

  1. Assessment will differ from topic to topic and will be detailed in the class summary. (null) [LO null]

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Workload

The course will involve weekly seminar discussions and extensive research, with a total workload of 10 hours per week.

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Requisite and Incompatibility

You will need to contact the ANU National Security College to request a permission code to enrol in this course.

Prescribed Texts

none

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
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2019 $3840
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2019 $5460
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.

The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Summer Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
Independent Project
1544 01 Jan 2019 18 Jan 2019 18 Jan 2019 31 Mar 2019 In Person View

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
Independent Project
3306 25 Feb 2019 04 Mar 2019 31 Mar 2019 31 May 2019 In Person View

Autumn Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
Independent Project
5540 01 Apr 2019 19 Apr 2019 19 Apr 2019 30 Jun 2019 In Person View

Winter Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
Independent Project
6568 01 Jul 2019 19 Jul 2019 19 Jul 2019 30 Sep 2019 In Person View

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
10005 22 Jul 2019 29 Jul 2019 31 Aug 2019 25 Oct 2019 In Person View

Spring Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
Independent Project
8502 01 Oct 2019 25 Oct 2019 25 Oct 2019 31 Dec 2019 In Person View

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