Course code: 1158 + Clayton campus + Full-fee-paying: unit fee $1875; course fee $7500 + International students: unit fee $3375; course fee $13500 + Attendance not required
This course aims to provide an interdisciplinary education for health care professionals, teachers in the health care field, and others with a general interest in bioethics. It also aims to develop and extend an individual's understanding of the nature of ethical issues in health care.
The
course is available to those with:
(a) a degree in medicine or any other health science, in law, the
biological or social sciences, or in a branch of the humanities, such as
philosophy (or other degree approved by the faculty board), requiring the
equivalent of not less than three years full-time study in an approved tertiary
institution; or
(b) qualifications and experience which in the opinion of the faculty
board are a suitable preparation for study in bioethics. One example of what
faculty board considers suitable preparation for this course is where
candidates have a General Nursing Certificate plus not less than five years of
documented professional experience at a senior level, provided that such
experience includes some professional writing and research, and that this
experience is verified by two references from suitably qualified people.
The
course is normally taken part-time over two years by off-campus distributed
learning. Full-time admission may be possible in certain cases, such as where
an applicant has already completed some formal study in ethics or
philosophy.
There are four separate units in the Graduate Diploma of Bioethics, which are
taken in the following sequence:
Note that the Graduate Diploma of Bioethics does not meet the entry requirements for the Master of Bioethics by coursework and that a student who has completed the Graduate Diploma of Bioethics cannot normally proceed to the Master of Bioethics course.
Assessment for each unit is based on a combination of essays and a take-home exam. Students must also keep a journal, in which they complete set activities.
Applicants who have completed relevant units at fourth-year (postgraduate) level may apply for a maximum of 50 per cent credit. Credit cannot be obtained for units that were part of a course for which a degree or an award of any kind has been taken out. Those who have completed an ethics unit at an approved tertiary institution may apply for exemption from CHB4101 (Ethics).
For more information, contact Dr John McKie, Centre for Human Bioethics, telephone (03) 9905 4278, fax (03) 9905 3279, or email john.mckie@arts.monash.edu.au.
Completed applications are to be forwarded to Ms Colleen Claudius, Postgraduate Administrator, School of Philosophy, Linguistics and Bioethics, PO Box 11A, Monash University, Victoria 3800, by 30 October 2001 to be considered for a first-round offer.
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