ASIA2028 Security and Strategic Studies A

Later Year Course

Offered By	Faculty of Asian Studies
Academic Career	Undergraduate
Course Subject	Asian Studies
Offered in	First Semester, 2009 and First Semester, 2010
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	Understanding security is essential to an understanding of the international environment. Security in this course includes the security of individual people, the security of families, clans, ethnic or other sub-national groups, the security of nation states and the security of the entire globe. It encompasses economic, social, cultural and environmental well-being as well as security from the more conventional forms of hostility and war. This course is designed to introduce students to the complexities of modern national and international security.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of this two-semester program, students should have a clear understanding of the nature of the major powers in Asia, the key issues that drive their security policies in this region, the most serious points of pressure and international tension and the forms of international tension and conflict that are most likely to characterise this region in the coming quarter of a century.
Indicative Assessment	Tutorial attendance and participation (10%), Tutorial presentation of 300 words (10%), Book review of 700 words (20%), Research Paper of 2,500 words (35%), Take Home Exam or Essay of 1,500 words (25%).
Workload	34 contact hours per semester A 2-hour lecture session per week for twelve weeks in and a 1-hour tutorial per week for ten weeks of the semester. The formal teaching sessions will involve leading specialist deliverers, videos, debates and some hypothetical and other decision games.
Areas of Interest	Non Language Asian Studies
Requisite Statement	ASHI1001, or ASHI1002 and ASHI1003, or ASIA1025 and ASIA1030 or permission of coordinator.
Preliminary Reading	Robert Ayson and Desmond Ball (eds), Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific, NSW: Allen and Unwin, 2006. Students are also encouraged to read selectively from: The Far Eastern Economic Review; Jane's Defence Weekly; The Economist.
Majors/Specialisations	Asian Politics, Cognitive Major (Asian Politics and International Relations), Cognitive Major (Contemporary Asian Societies), Cognitive Major (Security Studies), and Pacific Studies
Academic Contact	Dr John Monfries

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