Course
code: 1158 + Off-campus distributed learning or on-campus mode + Course
fees: Local students -- $A7,900; international students -- $A13,500 pa +
Coordinator: Justin Oakley
Over the past two decades, there has been increasing community concern about
ethics in science, especially in the health sciences and the biological
sciences. This course is a response to that concern, and will enable those
taking it to deepen their understanding of ethical issues in health care and
the biological sciences. While the course is particularly well-suited for those
health care professionals and scientists who face complex ethical issues in
their working lives, it will also be valuable for those involved in the
formulation of public policy and law regarding these issues, as well as for
anyone who simply wishes to explore issues of public concern in greater depth.
Candidates must have (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 as 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 the candidate's proposed field of study. (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.)
Candidates who have already completed a unit in ethics that, in the opinion of the graduate coordinator of the Centre for Human Bioethics, is of a standard at least equal to that of CHB4101 (Ethics) and covering essentially the same content as CHB4101 may be given an exemption with credit for that unit at the time of application. That unit cannot have been part of another degree on the basis of which a candidate has met the entry requirements for the Graduate Diploma of Bioethics. If the equivalent unit in ethics was part of another degree on the basis of which a candidate has met the entry requirements for the Graduate Diploma of Bioethics, then an exemption without credit may be given for CHB4101.
Students in the course will enrol in the following units:
Satisfactory completion of the
Graduate Diploma of Bioethics requires achieving an overall grade of pass (50
per cent) or above for all units in the course.
Note that the Graduate Diploma of Bioethics does not meet the entry
requirements for the Master of Bioethics by coursework, the Master of Bioethics
by research, or the PhD. Applicants who do not already meet the entry
requirements for the Master of Bioethics by research or the PhD but who intend
to proceed to either of those courses should apply for the Masters Qualifying
in Bioethics.
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