The Special Topic is designed to showcase a new area of teaching and to allow students to learn from visiting specialists at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.

On satisfying the requirements of this course, students should be able to:

1. Understand and articulate the major concepts associated with the special topic area;
2. Understand and confidently apply these concepts to historic, contemporary and hypothetical situations;
3. Possess a thorough empirical knowledge of the special topic area;
4. Conduct research on the special topic area and critically evaluate approaches to the study of the special topic area;
5. Express themselves clearly and confidently with respect to the special topic area in a variety of formats, including verbal and written;
6. Function effectively as part of a small group.

Student Participation (10%), Short Assignment (20%), Essay (30%), Examination (40%).

Students undertaking this course could expect a workload of 10 hours per week.  This is inclusive of actual contact hours for lectures and also out of class preparation time.

Students can only enrol in this course if enrolled in one of the following programs:

 6827XGCMS

 6826XGDMS

 7827XMMS

 7826XMAMS

None

Core reading materials will be available as an e-brick.