Brings together the key aspects of national and international security with an emphasis on contemporary security issues. By studying the core elements of terrorism, security and intelligence in the foundation year, students are able to undertake specialized study in how to counter the terrorist threat, apply intelligence gathering techniques, think critically, analyze and understand criminal motivation. Students will learn to utilize suitable technology to secure assets, protect critical and national infrastructure and employ security management techniques to achieve desired security outcomes. Politics and International Relations Major Examine the ideas, structures and processes that drive politics at both the national and international level. Emphasis is placed on assisting students to understand the nature of contemporary political challenges and the role of political leadership, the media, corporate interests, public opinion and grassroots political movements in framing and addressing these challenges. While the focus is global, thematic and interdisciplinary, specialist units are offered in Australian, American and Chinese politics. The major offers students the opportunity to build links between politics and history through units covering the rise to power of Hitler and Stalin, and America during the Cold War. Learning Outcomes Apply concepts and theories used in the study of political science to analyze interests, ideas, institutions and behavior in order to make decisions, plan responses and solve problems. Communicate information and analysis, across a range of professional contexts for professional and non-professional audiences. Demonstrate broad and coherent knowledge with depth and understanding of the nature and significance of politics and governance the political systems and the contexts in which they operate. Demonstrate independence and self-direction when reflecting on and evaluating personal practices and performance feedback in order to enhance own learning. Demonstrate initiative and evidence-based arguments and evaluations, recognizing the importance of ethical standards of conduct in the research and analysis of politics. Plan and undertake research using different research methods to investigate political phenomena. Recognize and articulate different research methods used to investigate political phenomena. Research, review, critically analyze and synthesize information from both primary and secondary sources, in order to produce persuasive arguments about political phenomena and to formulate and advocate solutions to problems. Employment Opportunities This major is useful for a wide range of careers including the public service, journalism, teaching, policy/research positions with political parties, and with national and international non-government agencies. Possible future job titles Teacher, Research/Policy Officer, Journalist, State/Federal Member of Parliament Employee, Diplomatic Servant.