Courses / Module

Goals: To provide students with an inter-disciplinary introduction to the study of war, global security and terrorism.

Objectives:
• By the end of the elective students will be able to:
• - Critically analyse alternative discourses on the causes and conduct of war, terrorism and other international crises.
• - Demonstrate awareness of the key issues affecting global security today.
• - Engage with different disciplines and methodologies in order to examine contemporary security and international relations.
• - Identify key aspects of specific wars and conflicts to illustrate developments in relevant theory and practice.
• - Contribute comprehensively to a problem orientated discussion, independently and in group work
• - To understand the different forms taken by and significance of terrorism within contemporary international relations
• - Demonstrate independent judgement based on appropriate evidence.
The module will be taught through 2 x weekly lectures and bi-weekly tutorials. The lectures will introduce and discuss key concepts, theories and literature etc while the tutorials will enable small group discussion of these, and of related material.

This module will address a range of relevant case studies to explore the causes, conduct and consequences of war, terrorism and other unconventional/hybrid threats. It will also examine current and evolving debates about the nature of Irish, European, and global security.

The module will include the same mix of tutorials and lectures as above. The module will include a ‘Crisis Management Exercise’, which will provide an innovative and engaging way in which the students can apply their learning over the past 2 semesters.