Latest Module Specifications
Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026
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Description COURSE DESCRIPTION What is security? What does it mean to be secure? Who or what secures us? Can we ever be secure? The aim of this module is to familiarise students with the major theories and themes in contemporary security studies, primarily, by engaging a range of ‘critical’ perspectives. Part One mines into the origins of Security Studies and the ‘traditional’ approaches security typically found therein, thus setting a scene for the (re)emergence of critical approaches to security. It will then engage students in conversation around a range of contemporary security issues that are to the fore within contemporary ‘critical’ security studies literature, including: surveillance and governance; biopolitics and border control, and the aesthetics of modern warfare. Part Two will expose students to the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of a number of key ‘critical’ approaches found within (Critical) Security Studies, building on—and supplementing--those covered in the University of Glasgow’s International Security and Strategic Thought module. Student contributions are essential to this course and a high level of in-class and online will be expected. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. An appreciation of the difficulties and politics surrounding how one conceptualises 'security' 2. An understanding of the development of 'traditional' approaches to security 3. An understanding surrounding the aesthetics of modern conflict 4. AN understanding of a range of contemporary security issues, as read through a variety of critical lenses 5. An understanding of various 'critical' approaches to security not covered in the preceding International Security and Strategic Thought module (University of Glasgow) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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