APG5079 Research ethics
Faculty of Arts
APG5079 Research ethics is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before APG5079
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After APG5079
No unit lists APG5079 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Overview
This unit focuses on the full range of ethical issues that arise in research involving humans, including medical, scientific and social research. It covers topics such as acceptable and unacceptable risks to research participants, conflicts of interest, informed consent and waiver of consent, surrogate decision making, biobanks, commercialization of medical and scientific research, and research conducted on vulnerable people. Throughout the unit use will be made of case studies, ethical frameworks and principles, and the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research. Participants will have ample opportunity to discuss their own experiences with human research ethics.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for APG5079.
Assessment
- Critical Commentaries (3 short writing assignments, 650 words each)30%
- Essay (2500 words)70%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of the full range of ethical issues that can arise with research involving humans;
- 2
understand the ethical frameworks and principles relevant to human research;
- 3
use ethical principles and reasoning to arrive at well-argued conclusions about particular ethical dilemmas in human research;
- 4
obtain a good understanding of international guidelines on human research ethics;
- 5
critically engage with the bioethical literature around the ethics of research involving humans and construct arguments for novel conclusions in relation to that literature.
Workload and teaching
- Seminars19 hours
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Michael Selgelid
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Michael Selgelid
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for APG5079?
APG5079 has no prerequisites.
When is APG5079 offered?
APG5079 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
How much work is APG5079?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does APG5079 have an exam?
No. APG5079 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.