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ATS2871Environmental ethics
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The current global environmental crisis poses both philosophical and urgent political challenges. This unit examines the implications of environmental concerns for our moral concepts and our current way of life. Should non-human animals...
Semester 1Clayton
APG5428Environmental governance and citizenship
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In this unit you will explore social and institutional frameworks for environmental governance. You will consider the role, structure and processes of government, market and civil society in relation to the environment and sustainability...
APG5110Ethical issues in human genomics
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In this unit, you will focus on ethical issues that arise in relation to human genomics. You will examine issues that arise in the integration of genome sequencing into medicine, as well as new and emerging technologies such as...
APG5393Ethical theory
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In this unit, you will explore the key elements of ethical theory, as a foundation for your studies in bioethics. You will consider several key perspectives in normative ethics, including Utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, and Virtue Ethics,...
Semester 1Clayton
ATS2839Ethics
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This unit examines major issues in ethical theory. One aspect of this is an inquiry into central questions in the philosophical sub-discipline known as 'metaethics'. Some of these questions include: are there objective moral facts? Is...
Semester 1Clayton
ATS2306Ethics, genetics and society
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This unit investigates ethical issues raised by current and likely future developments in biotechnology and genetics. The unit examines ethical and social controversies surrounding the following topics: genetic engineering and...
Semester 1CaulfieldClayton
ATS1264Ethics, health and justice
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The unit investigates how the law and public policy should respond to contemporary advances in biomedical technologies. The unit focuses on core topics in bioethics to explore the implications of the concepts of justice, discrimination and...
Semester 2CaulfieldClayton
APG5486Ethics of human reproduction
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In this unit, you will focus on ethical issues that arise in relation to human reproduction. You will examine ethical and social issues that arise around procreation and population, reproductive biomedicine, and parenting. You will...
APG5394Ethics of life and death
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In this unit you will explore ethical issues that arise in healthcare at the beginning and end of life. You will examine core concepts that shape ethical debates, including the sanctity of life doctrine, potentiality and the nature of...
Semester 2Clayton
EURL-EXTNEuropean languages
No reviews yetArea of studyExtended majorUndergraduate72 credit pointsArts
Monash ground-breaking and multidisciplinary extended major in European Languages will make you a proficient or advanced speaker of one or more European languages, and a citizen of the world, able to explore and navigate cultures and...
EURL-MAJEuropean languages
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Through Monash’s ground-breaking and multidisciplinary major in European Languages you will become a proficient or advanced speaker of one or more European languages (French, German, Italian and Spanish), and a citizen of the world, able...
EURL-MINEuropean languages
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Through the European Languages minor, you will study one of French and Francophone studies, German studies, Italian studies and Spanish and Latin American studies. The language core component of the minor is available from introductory...
ATS3269European Languages Advanced 1
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The unit’s cultural component explores transculturality and multilingualism in contemporary societies; the language-specific component (French, German, Italian, or Spanish), explores related themes, while further developing language...
Semester 1Clayton
ATS3271European languages: Advanced 2
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The unit includes a cultural component about contemporary global challenges in local contexts; and a language-specific component (French, German, Italian, or Spanish), which explores related themes, while developing language acquisition at...
Semester 2Clayton
ATS3069European languages advanced 3
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In this unit you will undertake teaching and learning activities to develop your language skills and cultural competence. You will refine your written and oral proficiency in the areas of exposition and argument, working from documents on...
Semester 1Clayton
ATS3070European languages advanced 4
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In this unit you will undertake teaching and learning activities to equally develop language skills and cultural competence. You will extend your exposition and argument skills, with a focus on specific expository techniques: document...
Semester 2Clayton
ATS3072European languages advanced (additional language) 1
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In this unit’s cultural component you will explore transculturality and multilingualism in contemporary societies. In the language-specific component (French, German, Italian, or Spanish) you will explore related themes, while further...
Semester 1Clayton
ATS3074European languages advanced (additional language) 2
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Your leaning in this unit includes a cultural component about contemporary global challenges in local contexts; and a language-specific component (French, German, Italian, or Spanish), which explores related themes, while developing...
Semester 2Clayton
ATS3294European languages project
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The unit allows you to build on the critical, analytical and linguistic skills acquired throughout the European Languages major by developing a research or translation project tailored to their disciplinary and linguistic interests.
Semester 2Clayton
APG5129Evaluation
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Evaluation plays a vital role in providing government ministers, public managers, policy advisers and other interested parties with quality information on the success or otherwise of specific programs. This unit introduces you to program...
Caulfield