APG5617 Human research ethics
Faculty of Arts
APG5617 Human research ethics is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for APG5617. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before APG5617
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After APG5617
No unit lists APG5617 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: APR5617
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
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | Flexible |
Assessment
- Critical Commentaries (9 short writing assignments, 500 words each)50%
- Essay (4500 words)50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Obtain 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 288 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 APG5617?
APG5617 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is APG5617 offered?
In 2020, APG5617 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is APG5617?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does APG5617 have an exam?
No. APG5617 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.
More details
- Credit points
- 12
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts
- Organisational unit
- Monash Bioethics Centre
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.250
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020