Security Futures
| Module title | Security Futures |
|---|---|
| Module code | POLM017NDU |
| Academic year | 2026/7 |
| Credits | 30 |
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Module description
This module examines a selection of key contemporary and future security threats in order to help you understand the complexity of strategizing in the twenty-first century. The module will address a selection of the following topics: environmental security, human security, health security, geopolitics, great power competition, and defence, terrorism, migration, cyber and AI, law and ethics.
By the end of this module you will have developed an understanding of some of the critical security issues in the contemporary world. In each section, the course will introduce you to the leading literature on the specific security issue. you will be able to criticise this literature in order to come to an independent judgement of the security threats under discussion and to recognise their strategic significance.
Module aims - intentions of the module
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
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| Credit value | 30 |
|---|---|
| Module ECTS | 15 |
| NQF level (module) | 7 |
| Available as distance learning? | No |