Critical Security Studies
36 hours face to face + blended
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit develops the conceptual and theoretical frameworks covered in Contemporary Approaches to Security. It covers non-traditional security threats and empirical case studies through new approaches in security studies. Students explore the key critical debates between theoretical schools and analyse emerging and future security threats.
Requisites
Prerequisites
50 credit points
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Comparatively assess post-positivist approaches to security
- Identify and explain key debates within and between security theories
- Critically analyse case studies and security scenarios through the conceptual and theoretical approaches studied
- Evaluate the ethical, normative and political dimensions of how we can theorise security
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Online Lecture | 1.00 | 8 weeks | 8 |
| On-campus Lecture | 1.00 | 4 weeks | 4 |
| On-campus Class | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Specified Activities Various | 5.00 | 12 weeks | 60 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 4.50 | 12 weeks | 54 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case Presentation | Individual | 25% | 2,3,4 |
| Literature Review | Individual | 30% | 1,2,4 |
| Major Essay | Individual | 45% | 1,2,3 |
Content
- Post-positivist security studies
- Critical security studies and human security
- Securitization theory
- Race, empire and security
- Gender and feminist security studies
- Ontological security
- Images, discourses and visual in/security
- Critical military studies
- Science, technology and security
- Case studies across the unit include: terrorism; drone warfare and technological security; surveillance; migration; environmental insecurity; media and representations of insecurity; pandemics; resource wars; economic insecurity and everyday insecurity
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.
