POL30022 · Swinburne University of Technology
Borders, Security, and Belonging
- Credit points
- 12.5
- Level
- 3
- Workload
- ≈ 13 h / week
- Faculty
- Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
What it covers
Despite decades of globalisation, borders and walls are everywhere and growing in response to mass migration, conflict, war, pandemics and efforts to secure the state. Borders reflect, reinforce, create and sometimes disrupt existing dynamics of power, equality and difference. Border studies brings together a range of different disciplines such as geopolitics, international relations and security studies, to understand how borders both divide and unite humans and space within and across societies. Teaching periods Location Start and end dates Last self-enrolment date Census date Last withdraw without fail date Results released date Semester 2 Location Hawthorn Start and end dates 03-August-2026 01-November-2026 Last self-enrolment date 16-August-2026 Census date 01-September-2026 Last withdraw without fail date 22-September-2026 Results released date 08-December-2026 Semester 2 Location Hawthorn Start and end dates 02-August-2027 31-October-2027 Last self-enrolment date 15-August-2027 Census date 31-August-2027 Last withdraw without fail date 21-September-2027 Results released date 07-December-2027
Assessment
| Task | Type | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Case Study Report | Individual | 30% |
| Major Essay | Individual | 50% |
| Workshop | Individual | 20% |
When and where
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Semester 2 | Hawthorn | On campus |