Critical Perspectives on Terrorism
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2023 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
25 Credit Points of Level 2 Units
Aims and objectives
This unit provides students with a critical understanding of terrorism and counter-terrorism policy and practices. It will explore the concepts and ideas surrounding terrorism and consider a variety of perspectives in order to make sense of the phenomena of terrorism and its implications for liberty, security and freedom.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
1. Explain the problems of defining and conceptualising terrorism
2. Hypothesise the implications of specific ways of thinking about terrorism for counterterrorism practices and policy
3. Critique the role of experts and academics in the discourse of terrorism
4. Evaluate the importance of the specificity of particular case studies in debates about terrorism - as a global threat and as a particular or unique form of violence
Courses with unit
BA-ART3 Bachelor of ArtsBA-ARTSPROF Bachelor of Arts (Professional)
BA-ACCS Bachelor of Accounting
BA-MCMNS Bachelor of Media and Communication
BA-DESS Bachelor of Design
BA-BUS10S Bachelor of Business
BA-PSYS Bachelor of Psychological Sciences
BA-SSS Bachelor of Social Science
BA-GAMIA Bachelor of Games and Interactivity
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Live Online Class | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12 | 12 | 146 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual/Group Role | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) |
Minor Essay | Individual | 30% | 1, 3 |
Major Essay | Individual | 60% | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Presentation | Individual | 10% | 1, 2, 4 |
Content
- Problems in defining and conceptualising terrorism
- How knowledge of terrorism informs counter‐terrorism policy and practices
- Terrorism in its many forms and questions of security and political violence
- National, sub‐national and global implications of terrorism.
- Case studies
- Political and ethical dilemmas, with particular emphasis on the growth of terrorism as an 'industry'
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.