Security Studies

Security is key to survival for any living organism: life is full of perils and threats, both physically, environmentally, and societally. Security challenges such as terrorism, natural disasters, and cybercrime rank among the most pressing issues of our time, affecting the security and safety of millions each day. How can we best study these challenges? How can we learn to devise strategic solutions to a complex world? How can we best work together to tackle to security crises we deal with on a daily basis?

Security Challenges in the 21st Century

In the PRE-Class Security Challenges in the 21^st Century, students will be introduced to contemporary safety and security issues, ranging from terrorism to cyber threats, and war and peacebuilding. In the backdrop of different disciplines students will be introduced to a variety of current topics and academic skills. This will include introduction to safety and security science and theory, critical thinking, teamwork, and academic writing and debating. In addition, students will get acquainted with different Security Studies tools to study safety and security challenges in the cotemporary world. The sessions will be highly interactive and require students to actively participate in a wide variety of in-class exercises.

Through the ‘Explore – Understand – Do’ method, Security Challenges in the 21^st Century also aims to bring about a deeper understanding of the complexity of safety and security related concepts and topics by explaining, discussing, and practicing the content of the mini-lectures also incorporated in this course.

Various (in-class) assignments will be used to monitor and assess the students’ skills development and understanding of the course content. This will also include a serious game and in-class debates and exercises.

The course will conclude with a final assignment in which students will combine all the skills and theories discussed and practiced in this course.

Over de colleges

Voertaal
Dit programma wordt aangeboden in het Engels.

Studielast
Dit programma kent 25 SLU.

Rooster
The sessions will run on Wednesdays from 15:00 – 17:00. There will be no session in the week of 24 February – 28 February 2025 because of the spring vacation. Instead, this week will be used for the mid-term assignment. The course will wrap up with a final assignment presentation session in the last week.  

Costs
The fee for this PRE-Class is 75 euros.

Aanmelding en selectie

Voor wie?
Leerlingen uit 4, 5 en 6 vwo kunnen zich aanmelden voor dit programma.

Waar?
Deze PRE-Class vindt plaats in Den Haag. 

Aanmelding
Schrijf je motivatie in het aanmeldformulier in het Engels, waarin je vertelt wie je bent en waarom je geïnteresseerd bent in het programma. Licht ook toe waarom je denkt dat het belangrijk is om Security Studies te bestuderen. Aanmelden voor deze PRE-Class kan tot woensdag 20 november, 14.00 uur. Ga naar Aanmelding & selectie voor meer informatie.

Toelating
Aan het programma kunnen maximaal 24 mensen deelnemen. Wanneer er meer aanmeldingen zijn dan beschikbare plaatsen, krijgen leerlingen uit 5 en 6 vwo voorrang.

Contactpersoon

Neem voor praktische vragen contact op met Esrih Bakker. Voor inhoudelijke vragen over de colleges kun je contact opnemen met Valtr Troy Mandemaker.