APG5667 Terrorism, fringe politics and extremist violence
Faculty of Arts
APG5667 Terrorism, fringe politics and extremist violence is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Caulfield
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before APG5667
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After APG5667
No unit lists APG5667 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS4843 or APG4667
Overview
Concentrating on contemporary religious extremists, vigilante and militia movements, and hate groups, this unit examines the political thought, identity politics, political, social and economic conditions that give rise to terrorism and other forms of political violence. The subject addresses the following questions: How are terrorism and extremism defined? What conditions lead to terrorism and what factors have been most successful preventing it? How has globalisation contributed to terrorism and counter-terrorism? How do terrorism and counter-terrorism affect democracy and civil liberties?
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | Evening |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Understand, identify and assess critically different forms of contemporary terrorist actions, extremist political movements and thought
- 2
Develop a comparative understanding of the role of states, elites, transnational corporations and marginalised communities in relation to cultural politics and the limits and potential of political expression
- 3
Appreciate the importance and limitations of identity politics in the post-Cold War era
- 4
Develop an understanding of the complex relationship between mainstream and fringe political thought, practice and tendencies and terrorism and political violence
- 5
Develop skills to read various forms of text critically (audio-visual materials, scholarly literature, internet sources) and incorporate them in their assessed work
- 6
Continue the development of critical skills and an ability to communicate effectively. Specifically to: develop a topic for investigation; familiarise themselves with a wide range of sources; recognise and be able to present a logically ordered argument
- 7
Demonstrate an advanced utilization and critique of primary and secondary resources in the research essay.
- 8
8. Demonstrate an advanced and critical understanding of relevant conceptual frameworks pertaining to terrorism, fringe political movements and political violence.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Peter Lentini
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Peter Lentini
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for APG5667?
APG5667 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is APG5667 offered?
In 2020, APG5667 runs in Semester 1 at Caulfield.
How much work is APG5667?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.