Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Science

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• Unit Title

  Security Foundations

• Unit Code

  SCY1118

• Year

  2016

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

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Description

At the conclusion of this unit students will have a detailed understanding of security, as a domain, function and theory. Students will examine the function and theory of security within an international, national and organizational security context. A mix of historical case studies and current real world events will be used by students to examine the relationship between security management theory, risk theory and a range of criminological theories. Using the built environment as a focal point, students will examine how security is achieved through balanced applications of detection, surveillance, control and response using both human and technological resources. Throughout the unit students will be expected to consider the ethical impacts of security as a function.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Offered both on campus and on-line

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SCY1101

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Deconstruct and apply AS/NZS ISO 31000 Risk Management Standard within a security context.
2. Explain how to achieve ethical security outcomes in defined scenarios.
3. Explain the nature of security.
4. Map the interdependencies of security management theory, risk theory and criminological theories within a defined context.
5. Model a security system on the basis of specified built environment.

Unit Content

1. Detection and control as functions of security.
2. Ethical security is not an oxymoron.
3. Policy, standards and legislation as drivers of security.
4. Security and crisis.
5. Security and the built environment.
6. Security as knowledge.
7. Security management.
8. The physical domain of security.
9. The security and risk intersection.
10. The security domain: Function, theory and concept.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, readings and assignments.

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.

Text References

• Williams, P. D. D. (2012). Security studies: An introduction (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
• Fischer, R. J., Halibozek, E. P., & Walters, D. C. (2013). Introduction to security (9th ed.). New York, NY: Elsevier.
• Lab, S. P. (2014). Crime prevention: Approaches, practices, and evaluations (8th ed.). New Providence, NJ: LexisNexis/Andeson Publishing.
• Smith, C., & Brooks, D. J. (2013). Security science: The theory and practice of security. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier.

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