APG5730 Bioethics, public policy, and the law
Faculty of Arts
APG5730 Bioethics, public policy, and the law is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at City (Melbourne) and Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- City (Melbourne), Clayton
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before APG5730
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After APG5730
No unit lists APG5730 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: APG4715, APG5734, APR5730
Overview
This unit provides a framework for analysing and evaluating public policy and law in areas of concern in bioethics. The unit focuses initially on what values the state ought to promote, and the formulation of public policy in democratic pluralist societies. These political moralities are then used to examine current law and public policy in areas of bioethical concern, such as abortion, pre-birth testing, embryonic stem cell research, reproductive cloning, surrogate motherhood, voluntary euthanasia, and the treatment of newborn infants with severe disabilities. The unit also considers law and public policy in relation to informed consent, conflict of interest, and the regulation of research on humans.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | City (Melbourne) | On campus |
| First semester | Clayton | Online |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Uncover the political values underlying views about State regulation of various reproductive and health care practices;
- 2
Think critically about those political values;
- 3
Understand some of the practical problems in State regulation of various reproductive and health care practices;
- 4
Develop sufficient understanding of the ethics of regulating various reproductive and health care practices to provide a basis for forming your own views on these matters.
Workload and teaching
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
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Catherine Mills
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Catherine Mills
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for APG5730?
APG5730 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is APG5730 offered?
In 2020, APG5730 runs in Semester 1 at City (Melbourne) and Clayton, with an online option.
How much work is APG5730?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.