ATS3340 International security studies

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Identify and explain the theories of security and successfully apply them to contemporary global crises;

2. 2

   Appraise several contemporary global security crises;

3. 3

   Analyse the roles of states, global institutions (such as the UN Security Council), and non-state actors (such as NGOs or terrorist groups) in relation to questions of security;

4. 4

   Utilise information and research skills to formulate and respond to essay questions;

5. 5

   Critically assess the academic scholarship, including methods, assumptions and uses of evidence, and organise and defend a verbal and written argument based upon those assessments;

6. 6

   Reflect upon and make critical use of a range of resources including, where relevant, on-line materials.