Climate Change, Natural Resources and Conflict
Single subject — no qualification is awarded on completion. Credits toward the qualifications listed below.
This subject is FEE-HELP eligible, so eligible students can defer the $2,176 fee as a government loan and pay nothing upfront.
Fees and funding are indicative only. Confirm your eligibility and final costs with the provider.
About this subject
The world is facing tremendous environmental challenges, including climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity and soil degradation. At the same time, states and companies race to secure supplies of valuable resources like oil, land, or metals. These developments have sparked concerns about the security implications of environmental stress, climate change and resource extraction. The UN Security Council recently hosted debates on climate change and security, peacebuilding missions mainstream environmental issues, and high-ranking Australian policy makers are concerned about future climate and resource conflicts in the Indo-Pacific region. This unit tackles the question of whether and how climate change and natural resource competition impact the dynamics of peace and conflict. It provides a comprehensive introduction to debates on environmental security, resource conflicts, climate change and violence, environmental peacebuilding, and political ecology. Insights are drawn from a broad range of cases, including the Arab Spring, rebel violence after storms in Southeast Asia, water conflict and cooperation in the Middle East, and conflict resources in Sub-Sahara Africa. During the course of the unit, students will learn to identify and analyse various types of environmental conflicts. This knowledge is facilitated by lectures, readings, conflict analysis assignments and simulations. Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport .
Climate Change, Natural Resources and Conflict is a standalone subject at Murdoch University in WA. Completing it does not award a qualification. Credit may apply toward the qualifications listed on this page.
No qualification credit mapping has been indexed for this subject yet. The provider may still grant credit toward a related award — confirm with Murdoch University before enrolling.
Murdoch University is the awarding provider. Recorded study modes are Online. Typical duration is listed as 15 weeks. The subject is listed at 25 credit points. Eligible students may defer fees through FEE-HELP.
Details on this page are compiled from the provider's published subject information and government registers. Fees, intakes and credit rules can change — confirm current details with Murdoch University before enrolling.
Listing facts
- Type
- Single subject
- National code
- MUR-POL203
- Field of education
- Architecture and building
- Provider
- Murdoch University
- Credit points
- 25
- Study mode
- Online
- Duration
- 15 weeks
- Qualifications listed
- 0
- FEE-HELP
- Eligible
Prerequisites
Prior study required