Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to develop and present policy options at national and international levels
- Demonstrate the ability to appraise the major security challenges dominating world affairs today.
- Demonstrate the ability to solve problems in groups and individually
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 176 |
Teaching | 24 |
Total study time | 200 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Barry Buzan and Ole Weaver. Regions and Powers. Cambridge University Press.
Michael Doyle. Ways of War and Peace. London: Norton.
J Grieco, J Ikenberry, M Mastanduno, eds (2015). Introduction to International Relations. Palgrave.
Peter Hough (2008). Understanding Global Security. Routledge.
J. Ann Tickner (1992). Gender and International Relations. Cornell University Press.
John Baylis, James Wirtz, Colin S. Gray (2012). Strategy in the Contemporary World. Oxford University Press.
Richard K Betts (2012). Conflict After the Cold War. Pearson.
P.D. Williams, ed (2012). Security Studies: An Introduction. London: Routledge.
Barry Buzan, Ole Waever, and Jaap de Wilde (1998). Security. A New Framework for Analysis. Lynne Reinner.
Michael Klare and Y Chandrani (1998). World Security: Challenges for a New Century. St Martin’s Press.
Lawrence Freedman, ed., (1994). War. Oxford University Press.
Sean Lynn-Jones and Steven Miller (eds.) (1995). Global Dangers: Changing Dimensions of International Security. MIT press.
Barry Buzan (1991). People, States and Fear. Harvester Wheatsheaf.
Alan Collins, eds., (2012). Contemporary Security Studies. Oxford University Press.
Michael Clarke (ed.), (1995). New Perspectives on Security. Brassey’s.
Stuart Croft and Terry Terriff, eds (2000). Critical Reflections on Security and Change. Frank Cass.
Ken Booth, ed (1998). Statecraft and Security. The Cold War and Beyond. Cambridge University Press.
Stephen Van Evera. Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict.
Michael Doyle. Ways of war and peace. London: Norton.
Emanuel Adler and Michael Barnett, eds (1998). Security Communities. Cambridge University Press.
Barry Buzan and Lene Harrison (2009). The Evolution of International Security Studies. CUP.
R.M. Price (2004). The UN and Global Security.
Edward .Kolodiej (2005). Security and International Relations. CUP.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Students will be assessed through an essay and case study.Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Individual Presentation | 10% |
Essay | 50% |
Essay | 40% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External