Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Arts and Humanities

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• Unit Title

  Terrorism

• Unit Code

  POL2103

• Year

  2020

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

• Unit Coordinator

  Dr Kay Elizabeth HEARN

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Description

This unit examines the multi-dimensions of terrorism including geographical, historical, political, cultural, and social. The relationship between terrorism and ideology and religion will be explored to examine the complexity of the phenomenon. The unit looks at the differences between various terrorist groups, both state-sponsored and ideologically-based, and their methods and impacts.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ICS3000, POL3103

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Apply ideas and concepts about terrorism to individual case studies.
2. Describe, analyse and evaluate terrorism and responses to terrorism from a human rights and peace perspective.
3. Examine definitions of terrorism and responses to terrorism.
4. Explain multi-dimensional approaches to terrorism.

Unit Content

1. Focus on the city as re-formed, re-developed site of war and terrorism, global impacts on local lives, the spatial expression of conflicts.
2. Forms of and threats from biological, chemical, radiological and nuclear terrorism, and their potential impacts on population, the political process, the environment and public health.
3. Impact of terrorism and counter-terrorism on human rights, peace, conflict, gender, culture, ethnicity.
4. Presentation of terrorism in the media.
5. Specific case studies will be used to highlight the changing geographies of fear, the nation-state as perpetrator of violence, and responses.
6. The conflicting definitions of terrorism will be examined to expose different perspectives through time and place.
7. The long history of terrorism worldwide will be studied to give comparisons and context to contemporary events and to expose differences and similarities.
8. The motivations for terrorism will be explored through sociological, cultural and psychological approaches to form a framework for analysis of likely sites of terrorism and likely candidates of terrorism.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, workshops, debates, and interactive online sites.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

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