Bioethics 301
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
HLTH 2004
Undergraduate
No
011538
4.5
Yes
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
To provide students with an overview of the principles and application of bioethics particularly as they pertain to the relevant biotechnology professions.
Philosophy of bioethics; philosophical frameworks applied to ethical issues in bioethics; bioethical aspects of genetic engineering, IVF, cloning and manipulation of organisms; animals in experimentation; vaccination; ethical considerations at the beginning and end of the human life span; bioethics of environmental concerns such as genetically-modified GM crops.
Veatch, Robert M 2012, The Basis of Bioethics, 3rd Edn, Pearson Education, Sydney
Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
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Group 1 | |
BIOL 1041 | Introduction to Nutrition and Food Sciences |
Group 2 | |
HLTH 1025 | Health and Society |
Students choose one of the above courses for their pre-requisites.
Nil
Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, CITY EAST | |||
Directed Study | 13 weeks x - |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Assignment, Online discussion
EFTSL*: 0.125
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