Course syllabus Irregular Warfare
Swedish name: Irreguljär krigföring
Course code:
1KR001
Valid from semester:
Spring Term 2022
Education cycle:
First cycle
Scope:
10.0 credits
Progression:
G1N
Grading scale:
Three-grade scale
Main field of study:
War Studies
Department:
Department of War Studies and Military History
Subject:
War Studies
Language of instruction:
The teaching is conducted in English.
Decided by:
Forsknings- och utbildningsnämndens kursplaneutskott (KUS)
Decision date:
2022-01-01
Entry requirements
Social Science and English B.
Course content and structure
The aim of the course is to give students a broader understanding of the central themes and concepts associated with irregular warfare. The course provides an introduction to the challenges of irregular warfare (including hybrid warfare) in contemporary, as well as historic, contexts from national and international perspectives.
During the course political and strategic consequences of irregular warfare, including international military, interventions are problematized from different viewpoints. Furthermore, aspects of human security (principally civilian protection) during irregular warfare with particular focus on cultural and gender related perspectives will as well be addressed during the course.
Type of Instruction
During the course political and strategic consequences of irregular warfare, including international military, interventions are problematized from different viewpoints. Furthermore, aspects of human security (principally civilian protection) during irregular warfare with particular focus on cultural and gender related perspectives will as well be addressed during the course.
Type of Instruction
- Seminars
- Lectures
- Independent Study
Objectives
After completed course the student should be able to:
Knowledge and understanding
Competence and skills
Judgement and approach
Knowledge and understanding
- account for central concepts in irregular warfare, including hybrid warfare.
Competence and skills
- problematize central ideas within the academic discourse on irregular warfare and analyse political and strategic consequences during conflicts where forces conduct irregular warfare.
Judgement and approach
- analyse aspects of human security, including the importance of one’s own and other contexts from different cultural and gender related perspectives.
Examination formats
The examination consists of two parts: active and constructive participation in compulsory seminars and an individual written assignment.
Active participation in the seminars presupposes that the student orally discusses key issues and problems within the framework of the course based on the course literature.
The examiner may decide that absence from a seminar or participation that does not achieve the grade pass (G) in certain cases can be supplemented with a complementary written assignment. Such an assignmentmust be submitted or presented within three working days, as from when the examiner communicates such information.
In the case of not fulfilling the requirements for the grade pass (G) on the written examination the student may be given a complementary written assignment to achieve the grade pass (G). The student has three working days to complete such task, unless there are special reasons approved by the examiner. Late examinations are not graded unless there are special reasons approved by the examiner.
Grading
Grades will be set according to a three-point scale: Pass with distinction (VG), Pass (G), Fail (U). Grading critera are stated in the course description.
In order to achieve the grade pass (G) on the course, it is required that the student has completed the requirements for active participation at the seminars, and that the grade pass has been achieved on the individual written assignment.
In order to achieve the grade pass with distinction (VG) on the course, it is required that the student has completed the requirements for pass and that the grade pass with distinction has been achieved on the individual written assignment.
No limitation on the number of examination opportunities.
Active participation in the seminars presupposes that the student orally discusses key issues and problems within the framework of the course based on the course literature.
The examiner may decide that absence from a seminar or participation that does not achieve the grade pass (G) in certain cases can be supplemented with a complementary written assignment. Such an assignmentmust be submitted or presented within three working days, as from when the examiner communicates such information.
In the case of not fulfilling the requirements for the grade pass (G) on the written examination the student may be given a complementary written assignment to achieve the grade pass (G). The student has three working days to complete such task, unless there are special reasons approved by the examiner. Late examinations are not graded unless there are special reasons approved by the examiner.
Grading
Grades will be set according to a three-point scale: Pass with distinction (VG), Pass (G), Fail (U). Grading critera are stated in the course description.
In order to achieve the grade pass (G) on the course, it is required that the student has completed the requirements for active participation at the seminars, and that the grade pass has been achieved on the individual written assignment.
In order to achieve the grade pass with distinction (VG) on the course, it is required that the student has completed the requirements for pass and that the grade pass with distinction has been achieved on the individual written assignment.
No limitation on the number of examination opportunities.
Transitional provisions
When the course is no longer given, or when the course content changes significantly, the student has the right to be examined once per semester during a three-semester period according to this course syllabus.
Other regulations
The course cannot be part of a degree whose content is wholly or partly in accordance with the content of this course.
If a student has a decision from the Swedish National Defence University for special educational support due to any functional variation, the examiner may decide on alternative forms of examination for the student.
The course can be given as an independent course and also as part of the Swedish Defence University’s Bachelor program.
Course evaluations are carried out after each completed course through the course coordinator and is the basis for any changes to the course.
This is an edited version of the syllabus, created to transfer the original to the education database Ladok education planning. For originals, refer to the archive.
If a student has a decision from the Swedish National Defence University for special educational support due to any functional variation, the examiner may decide on alternative forms of examination for the student.
The course can be given as an independent course and also as part of the Swedish Defence University’s Bachelor program.
Course evaluations are carried out after each completed course through the course coordinator and is the basis for any changes to the course.
This is an edited version of the syllabus, created to transfer the original to the education database Ladok education planning. For originals, refer to the archive.