Cynlluniau Astudio
Strategy, Intelligence and Security
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The relevant QAA benchmark statement for Politics and International Relations can be found here: https://www.qaa.ac.uk/the-quality-code/subject-benchmark-statements/subject-benchmark-statement-politics-and-international-relations
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September 2023
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The programme in Strategy, Intelligence and Security draws upon ideas from all three of these interconnected fields to examine questions surrounding the challenges of an interconnected, contested and complex world. These include inter-and intra-state conflict, international terrorism, cyber threats, nuclear proliferation, global health pandemics, transnational crime, population displacement, natural disasters, and climate change. Students enrolled on the programme learn to study, analyze and critically evaluate some of the key ideas, debates and issues in the field of international politics from a variety of perspectives. Students will analyse the multitude of threats, risks and challenges affecting global, regional, national, societal and individual actors; they will explore the multi-faceted nature of global challenges by adopting strategic, intelligence and security perspectives; and they will apply historical and theoretical insights to real-life case studies to understand the nature of contemporary strategic, intelligence and security challenges in international politics. All modules are taught by research-active staff who thrive on the opportunity to engage students with their work (published, and in progress). The programme aims to produce students with the necessary skills to analyse and reflect on the subject matter of the degree scheme as well as acquire a broad range of transferable skill. Skills in this subject will be, we believe, valuable for future employers and the wider civil society.
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The learning outcomes of this programme are designed to meet the expectations of the Benchmarking Statement for Politics and International Relations. The structure and the delivery of the degree scheme recognizes the need to achieve an appropriate balance between the acquisition of subject specific knowledge, and the development of discipline specific and generic skills. Integrating these two components is a central feature of the learning outcomes. The programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge, understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in the following areas:
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A knowledge and understanding of:
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1. Key debates in the history of strategic studies
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2. The core theories and concepts in the fields of Strategy, Intelligence and Security Studies
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3. The main structures and processes in international politics, including knowledge of regional dynamics, regimes and institutions
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4. The evolution of strategy, intelligence and security as key aspects of international politics
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5. The key actors in strategy, intelligence and security studies
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6. The key dynamics, processes and problems facing contemporary strategists
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7. How these approaches help us to explain and understand events in the world
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8. The key issues and debates in intelligence and security studies
Teaching/learning and assessment methods:
Acquisition of 1-8 is through lectures, seminars, assessed coursework, exams and independent research. Students also learn through participation in discipline-specific student societies and public lectures as well as through other public resources such as newsprint media, TV, radio and the internet. Throughout, students are encouraged to undertake independent reading to supplement, consolidate and broaden individual knowledge and understanding of the subject. Knowledge and understanding (1-8) is tested through a combination of unseen and pre-seen written examinations (1-8), essays (1-8), dissertation (1-8, depending upon topic) and may, depending on option choices, include seminar presentations, reports, literature searches, book or film reviews, e-portfolios, learning logs or blogs. Students also learn through self-reflection when completing their entries to the Careers Development Programme.
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10.2.1 Intellectual Skills:
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1. Identify, describe and evaluate different approaches
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2. Identify and research issues
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3. Apply concepts, theories and ideas to concrete cases
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4. Identify, investigate and formulate solutions to intellectual problems
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5. Critically reason, analyse and interpret data and ideas
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6. Demonstrate and exercise independence of mind
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7. Reflect on experience of learning and adjust intellectual strategies accordingly
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8. The ability to apply acquired knowledge to solving hypothetical or actual problems
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9. The ability to distinguish relevance and irrelevance
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10. Recognition that problems often have more than one solution
Teaching and learning methods and Assessment:
While lectures introduce students to topics and ideas, the development of intellectual skills takes place when students engage with the topic themselves and interact with others in the intellectual learning community both during discussions (in seminars, where tutors seek to guide and develop intellectual skills, and wider public debate), and in the process of reading and writing notes, essays or examinations. Reflection and self assessment are also integral to the learning of intellectual skills. Tutors form impressions of, and assess, a student's ability and progress through contact with students in seminars and in the assessment of written work. Intellectual skills (1-10) are assessed primarily in essay and examination performance, plus the other methods of assessment set out above. The published assessment criteria reflect these intellectual skills that in turn are mirrored in the feedback to students. Students can assess their own performance by gauging their rate of progress in comparison to that of their peers, and in the light of tutor's comments. Students are free to discuss the informal development and assessment of such skills during staff office hours. Personal learning (7) is not formally assessed but relative success is reflected in a student's ability to improve over time. Personal learning is also enhanced through engagement with the Careers Development Programme process.
10.2.2 Professional Practical Skills:
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1. Seek, extract and effectively annotate information from a range of sources
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2. Prioritise and organise information and deploy it as evidence in argument
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3. Plan, undertake and complete written work (to strict deadlines) suitable for different audiences or tasks
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4. Identification and retrieval of relevant and up to date information
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5. Collate information and arguments at short notice to answer specific questions
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6. Express informed opinions through written work and discussion.
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7. Listen and respond appropriately to the opinions of others
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8. Formulate questions and explore links between divergent topics
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9. Learn from experience
Teaching and learning methods and assessment:
All core modules, and in particular those taught at Part One, contain elements which directly address the development of practical skills (1-8). The process of writing essays, reports and presentations etc (1-6) and preparing for examinations (1-6, 9) allows the student to hone skills through practice, guided by feedback from tutors. Discussion in seminars or engagement with debate in public fora leads students to improve their intellectual communication skills (2, 5-9). Students also learn and improve such skills through personal reflection on their learning experience and purposeful adaptation of their learning methods; a process reflected upon in all modules. Personal learning is also enhanced through engagement with the Careers Development Programme process.
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On completion of the programme the student will be able to take responsibility for themselves and their work. They will be able to:
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Work independently
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Work in a team
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Respect the views and beliefs of others
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Listen
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Communicate orally
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Communicate in writing
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Communicate electronically
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Word-process
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Use the Web
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Manage time and work to deadlines
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Research issues
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Solve problems
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Adapt to change
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Develop career awareness
BA Strategy, Intelligence and Security [L252]
Blwyddyn Academaidd: 2023/2024Cynllun Anrhydedd Sengl - ar gael ers 2018/2019
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Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
European Security in 21st Century
Warfare after Waterloo: Military History 1815-1918
The Past and Present of US Intelligence
Gender, Conflict and Security
International Politics and Global Development
Women and Global Development
The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: The Diplomacy of Decline
UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
Global Politics and the Refugee Regime
The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations
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Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol: Safbwyntiau a Thrafodaethau
Cenedlaetholdeb mewn Theori a Realiti
International Relations: Perspectives and Debates
International Politics and the Nuclear Age
The Arab-Israeli Wars
Russian Security in the 21st Century
The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module
The Long Shadow of the Second World War
Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
China From the Opium War to the Present
Nationalism in Theory and Practice
Race in Global Politics
People and Power: Understanding Comparative Politics Today
Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics
Refugee Simulation
Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy
Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Unedig Heddiw: Undeb Dan Straen?
Cyfiawnder Byd-Eang: Dehongli a Gwireddu ein Dyletswyddau i'r Dieithryn Pell
Climate Change and International Politics in the Anthropocene
European Security in the 21st Century
The Past and Present of US Intelligence
Gender, Conflict and Security
Women and Global Development
The British Army's Image in Battle, from the Crimean to the Present
Britain and World Politics from Global Empire to Brexit: the Diplomacy of Decline:
UK Politics Today: A Union Under Strain?
Economic Diplomacy and Leadership
Global Politics and the Refugee Regime
The Politics and Paradoxes of International Organisations
Cenedlaetholdeb Mewn Theori a Realiti
International Politics and the Nuclear Age
The Arab-Israeli Wars
Russian Security in the 21st Century
The Long Shadow of the Second World War
Britain and Ireland in War and Peace since 1800
China From the Opium War to the Present
Nationalism in Theory and Practice
Race in Global Politics
Knowing about Violent Conflict in International Politics
Refugee Simulation
Middle Powers in the Global Political Economy