Decision Making, Scenario Planning and Simulation in Security and Strategy

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject, you will be able to

  1. Apply scenario-planning techniques to major contemporary security- and criminology-related issues.
  2. Communicate disciplinary knowledge to professional audiences.
  3. Demonstrate understanding of decision-making, bargaining situations and group dynamics in a political-strategic context.
  4. Apply classical and modern strategic analysis to complex and evolving real-world situations.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• MAQ-SEC-MAS-2024 - Master of Security and Strategic Studies

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

one of

• MAQ-PICX8952-Simulation in Criminology
• MAQ-PICX8953-Simulation in Intelligence
• MAQ-PICX8954-Simulation in Cyber Security
• MAQ-PICX8955-Simulation in Counter Terrorism

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:

• MAQ-PICX8060-Geopolitics and Geostrategy

• MAQ-PICX8061-Transnational Security

• MAQ-PICX8921-Australia's Strategic and Defence Policy

and one of

• MAQ-PICX8050-Strategic Thinking

• MAQ-PICX850 (Not currently available)

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-PICX951 (Not currently available)

Others

Admission to MSecStrategicStud and (PICT8952 or PICT952 or PICT8953 or PICT953 or PICT8954 or PICT954 or PICT8955 or PICT955)
NCCW (pre-2020 units) PICT951
NCCW (2020 and onwards)
PICT8951 Simulation in Security and Strategy

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.