ATS1264 Ethics, health and justice
Faculty of Arts
ATS1264 Ethics, health and justice is a level 1, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2023 in Semester 2 at Caulfield and Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Semester 2
- Caulfield, Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS1264
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After ATS1264
No unit lists ATS1264 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Overview
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 responsibility for how access to and uses of biomedical technologies should be regulated. Topics discussed may include: reproductive technologies; organ transplantation; genetic testing; advances in neurosciences; and artificial intelligence in healthcare.
Offerings in 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Exercise/sAssignment15%
- Analytical exerciseAssignment15%
- Essay35%
- Take home final assessmentOther35%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
discuss key ethical, policy and legal issues raised by recent advances in medicine and biotechnology;
- 2
identify and evaluate the implications of the concepts of justice, discrimination, autonomy, and responsibility in debates in bioethics;
- 3
apply research, writing and reasoning skills to develop and communicate your own informed judgements about these ethical issues.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures12 hours
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachResearch activities
- Teaching approachActive learning
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. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
This unit allows students to develop their research skills by engaging in structured inquiry using a systematic approach and discipline-specific methodologies.
This unit engages students in actively applying their knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
Where it fits
ATS1264 is part of 1 area of study in the 2023 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Carolyn Johnston
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Julian Koplin
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS1264?
ATS1264 has no prerequisites.
When is ATS1264 offered?
In 2023, ATS1264 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield and Clayton.
How much work is ATS1264?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS1264 have an exam?
No. ATS1264 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS1264?
ATS1264 is part of Bioethics.