The Asia-Pacific Security Minor provides students with a basic education on the diverse security challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region, and the implications for Australia's foreign and defence policies. The courses are intended for students wishing to pursue careers related to security affairs, international relations, or wishing to undertake graduate work in the fields of strategic and/ or security studies.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand and evaluate historical and current events and developments that have shaped dimensions of security in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Identify and critique the key concepts, ideas and principal actors in Asia-Pacific security.
- Analyse developments in security in the Asia-Pacific in their regional and global context, and the implications for Australia.
- Understand the processes and disciplinary approaches of the security challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
Minimum 12 units from the following security concepts courses:
STST2001 - Security Concepts in the Asia-Pacific
STST2003 - Australia and Security in the Pacific Islands
STST3002 - Living with Giants: Australia’s Security in a Contested Asia
STST3005 - International Security in the 21st Century
Maximum 12 units from the completion of the following Asia-Pacific Security courses:
STST1004 How Nations Fight: From Tsushima to Taiwan
STST2005 Why Nations Fight: The Causes of International Conflict
STST3003 Honeypots and Overcoats: Australian Intelligence in the World
ASIA2060 Southeast Asian Security
ASIA2093 Natural Resource Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA2111 Indonesian Foreign and Security Policy
ASIA2307 History of Empire in Asia
ASIA3029 Reconciliation and the Memory of Conflict in Asia
INTR2012 Chinese Foreign and Security Policy
INTR2018 Japanese Foreign and Security Policy
INTR2024 The Politics of Nuclear Weapons
PASI3001 Politics and Development in the Contemporary Pacific
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| STST1001 | Introduction to International Security Studies | 6 |
| STST2001 | Security Concepts in the Asia-Pacific | 6 |
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| STST 2002: Internal Security | ||
| STST 3001: Transnational Security | ||
| STST3002 | Living with Giants: Australia's Security in a Contested Asia | 6 |
| ASIA2060 | Southeast Asian Security | 6 |
| INTR2012 | Chinese Foreign and Security Policy | 6 |
| INTR 2014: Indian Foreign&Security Policy | ||
| INTR 2016: US Foreign/Sec Policy in Asia | ||
| STST2003 | Australia and Security in the Pacific Islands | 6 |
| STST2004 | Special Topic in International Security | 6 |
| STST3003 | Honeypots and Overcoats: Australian Intelligence in the World | 6 |
| STST 3004: Asia-Pacific Security | ||
| INTR2018 | Japanese Foreign and Security Policy | 6 |
| INTR 2020: (In)Stability Korean Peninsula |