Program Overview

Terrorism – and how to deal with it – has become one of the biggest security challenges of our time.

This is the first course of its kind in Australia. It has been designed to build the expertise in criminology and security you need to help tackle today’s global concerns.

In our Bachelor of Criminology you can specialise in Criminal Behaviour, Legal Studies or Crime Science. Learn what causes growing crime rates, what goes on behind criminal minds and behaviours, and discover how the legal system shapes our society.

Our Bachelor of Global Security allows you to specialise in Terrorism and Counterterrorism Studies. Delve into the history and causes of terrorism, how it affects society and what can be done about it.

Major: Environment, Conflict and Security

The world is faced with unprecedented challenges and threats to our security and well-being in the form of climate change and environmental degradation. These threaten the lives of billions of people, with consequences such as water and food insecurity, forced migration and social and political conflict. In this course, you will address the fundamental security challenges of the environment and climate to produce more sustainable and secure futures.

The Environment, Conflict and Security course will allow you to analyse the interrelationships between the environment, climate change, peace, conflict, insecurity, and the production of security. You will learn to analyse, identify and develop innovative and practical interventions that contribute to human safety and well-being in a challenging and rapidly changing world. You can explore these issues further in this short video where you will hear from academics and begin to understand why it's more important than ever that we address these issues.

You will also be given the opportunity to critically analyse complex networks of interwoven social, environmental, economic, and political factors, determining their role in the production of insecurity, vulnerability and harm.

3 reasons to study Environment, Conflict and Security at Murdoch

• Study a unique course that focuses on analysing and addressing some of the most pressing challenges of our modern world.
• Work with world-leading scholars in the field and develop substantive knowledge and insights regarding contemporary and emerging environmental and climate security challenges, and the complex drivers and interrelationships between these.
• Gain expertise on important environmental and climate security issues that are in high demand by governmental, non-governmental and private sector organisations.

What you’ll learn
Build essential skills and knowledge to meet your career or study goals. Topics you’ll cover include:

• Environmental security
• Climate change
• Resource governance
• Peace and conflict
• Human security
• Political economy
• International relations
• Security policy