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PI5521: CHINESE SECURITY ISSUES (2021-2022)

Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05


Course Overview

This course is an elective, second semester module for the MSc Strategic Studies, Strategic Studies & International Law and Strategic Studies & Management degree programmes.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr James Johnson

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The focus of this module is the key approaches, institutions, and contemporary issues in global security relating to the rise of China. Set in the context of broader global security issues, this module offers students an introduction to Chinese security policy and approaches to international relations. It lifts the vale on a very misunderstood, controversial, and increasingly critical feature of global security and world affairs. It will explore debates on China's rise, China's growing involvement in international politics and global security.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
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Mid-Semester Essay

Word Count 1000
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
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Final Essay.

Word Count 3000
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Seminar Presentation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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Final Essay.

Word Count 3000
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Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ReflectionEvaluateDetailed insight, given the historical background and heterogeneous political, ethnic, and economic character of the contemporary international environment, to the nature of global security trends.
ConceptualEvaluateThe opportunity to relate empirical material to the theories, concepts and models of national security behaviour examined during the previous semester in the Strategic Theory module.
ConceptualAnalyseAn understanding of the difficulties encountered when attempting to assess the prospects for international order and peace in the global security system over the next few years.
ReflectionUnderstandA balanced and comprehensive appreciation of the origins and the major pressures upon the dynamic framework of global security which has developed since the end of the Cold War.

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