Master of Security & Defence Management
Engineering strategic solutions for contemporary security challenges.
For domestic and international students.
Engineering strategic solutions for contemporary security challenges.
For domestic and international students.
Our world today has an ever-increasing range of security challenges. On top of traditional security concerns, human, societal and economic security issues have added considerable complexity to our understanding of security and stability. To face these challenges, governments and international organisations increasingly need leaders who have the knowledge, skills and experience to understand complex security and defence issues and the ability to engineer solutions.
Postgraduate coursework
1 year full-time
Semester 1, Semester 2
8573
Online
The Master of Security & Defence Management at UNSW Canberra is for postgraduate students and public policy professionals who want to gain a more detailed understanding of the factors shaping the contemporary strategic and security environment, and the complex policy challenges they present. This program will develop your awareness of the local and global dimensions of strategy and management in the defence environment from a range of perspectives.
For more information on this degree, including entry requirements, see the UNSW Handbook.
Students undertaking Master of Security & Defence Management need to take 8 coursework courses (48 UOC).
Students must complete at least three courses from each of the following areas:
The research project is recommended for those with a strong interest in pursuing original research in a particular area or intending to undertake a higher-level research qualification. Students who obtain at least a Distinction average in four courses may take a 12 UOC research thesis, ZHSS8401 Research Thesis A 6UOC and ZHSS8402 Research Thesis B 6UOC. You must enrol in both units to fulfil the requirements. You may enrol in the two units concurrently to do the thesis in a single semester, or consecutively to complete it over two semesters. Enrolment is subject to approval by the Postgraduate Coordinator.
Code | Course | Semester 1 - 2024 | Semester 2 - 2024 |
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ZHSS8125 | Strategic Communication | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8204 | Modern Naval History and Strategy | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZHSS8403 | Global Security | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZHSS8409 | Asia-Pacific Security: The Dynamics of Change | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZHSS8410 | Australian Defence Policy: Concepts and Challenges | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZHSS8417 | Air Power in the 21st Century: Strategic Issues | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8430 | China's Security Policy and Military Modernisation | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8437 | Global Justice and World Politics | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8435 | Contemporary Strategy | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8441 | Cyber-Security and World Politics | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZHSS8442 | Conflict Transformation | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8452 | Weapons of Mass Destruction and Global Security | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8453 | Culture and Conflict | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZHSS8459 | Special Operations: Theory and Strategic Utility | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZHSS8460 | Power and Australian Government Policy | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZHSS8463 | International Law in Global Politics | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZHSS8467 | Military Game Changers in 21st Century Warfare | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8504 | Space Cooperation, Conflict and Competition | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
Code | Course | Semester 1 - 2024 | Semester 2 - 2024 |
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ZBUS8101 | Strategic Management | Distance Mode | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8102 | Organisational Behaviour | Distance Mode | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8103 | Strategic Human Resources | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZBUS8108 | Accounting for Management Decisions | Distance Mode | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8109 | Business Law | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8201 | Leadership | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZBUS8205 | Business Ethics | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8302 | Logistics Management | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZBUS8303 | Strategic Procurement and Outsourcing | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
Code | Course | Semester 1 - 2024 | Semester 2 - 2024 |
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ZBUS8105 | Finance and Investment Appraisal | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZBUS8113 | Public Service Implementation | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZBUS8114 | Leadership of Safe and Healthy Work | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZBUS8115 | Public Service Performance and Evaluation | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZBUS8116 | Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZBUS8147 | The Business of Managing Projects | Distance Mode | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8148 | Economic World View | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8149 | Finance for Decision-Making | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZBUS8203 | Change Management | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8204 | Marketing | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZBUS8208 | Humanitarian Logistics | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZBUS8210 | Critical Analysis in Business | Distance Mode | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8306 | Sustaining Capability (Capability and Technology Management College) | Not Offered | In Person |
ZBUS8310 | Commercial Skills in the Public Sector | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZBUS8312 | Logistics Intelligence and Big Data Analysis | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZBUS8313 | Risk Management in Logistics | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8314 | People and Systems | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZBUS8315 | Driving Performance | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8316 | Developing Organisational Capability | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8317 | Workforce Planning | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZBUS8318 | Cross Cultural Management | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZBUS8320 | Strategic Logistics Management | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8321 | Managing Diversity | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8501 | Research Project - Business | Distance Mode | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8502 | Research Project - Business | Distance Mode | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8503 | Workforce Planning Research | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8911 | Asset Management | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZBUS8912 | Delivering Capability | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZBUS8913 | Leadership, Change and Innovation | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8001 | Professional Practice | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8102 | American Empire | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8106 | War and Memory | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8112 | Occasional Elective: English | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8201 | Contemporary Warfare | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZHSS8203 | Foundations of Modern Strategy | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZHSS8210 | Genocide: Perception and Intervention | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZHSS8220 | Fighting the Second World War | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZHSS8221 | The Development of the Art of War | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8223 | The First World War 1914-1919 | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8224 | Small Wars of Empire: Colonial Warfare from 1700 | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8225 | Australian Military History: An Introduction | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8226 | The Vietnam Wars: A Thirty Year Conflict | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8227 | Civil Wars: Societies in Conflict | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8230 | Russian Military History | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8231 | The History of Special Operations | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZHSS8235 | Ten American Conflicts: The Origins of US Military History | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8237 | The Cold War | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8238 | Australia's Relations with Asia | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8412 | International Peacekeeping Operations | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8455 | Australian Cyber Diplomacy | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZHSS8456 | Australia and Cyber War | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZHSS8457 | Cyber Security in Asia | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8458 | Cyber Policy in China | Distance Mode | Not Offered |
ZHSS8461 | GRIM Threats (Guerrilla, Revolutionary, Insurgent and Militia) and Irregular Warfare | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZHSS8462 | Ethics in Special, Complex and Irregular Military Operations | Not Offered | Distance Mode |
ZHSS8464 | Cyberspace, National Security and Law | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8501 | Principles of Public Leadership | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZHSS8503 | Moral Leadership in Complex Military Operations | Not Offered | Not Offered |
ZINT8105 | Academic Practice: Critical Reading and Writing | Distance Mode | Distance Mode |
For information regarding entry requirements, please refer to the UNSW Handbook.
Program Coordinator
Dr Debbie Lackerstein
E: d.lackerstein@adfa.edu.au
Student enquiries
E: sas@adfa.edu.au
T: (02) 5114 5000