3761 - Graduate Certificate in Bioethics

This course provides suitably qualified people with an opportunity to gain knowledge and skills in bioethics. It also provides those who wish to proceed into the Graduate Diploma in Bioethics with an introduction to theoretical frameworks and current issues in bioethics.

Students completing this course will have:

• a familiarity with diverse aspects of the academic discipline
• a familiarity with the world view of the field of study
• a familiarity with the secondary literature in the field of study
• a familiarity with many of the key texts and cultural products pertaining to the field of study
• advanced reading and communication skills, both written and verbal
• developed sound analytical skills
• developed the ability to use relevant technology such as databases, information management systems and search engines effectively.

Students complete two level four 12-point units:

Student select two units from the following:

• CHB4101 Ethics
• CHB4102 Questions of life and death
• CHB4203 Ethical issues in patient care
• CHB4204 Legal issues in bioethics

Students who complete the graduate certificate with a minimum credit average, may apply to transfer to the related graduate diploma.

Graduate Certificate in Bioethics

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.