EDF5685 Professional ethics for behaviour analysts
Faculty of Education
EDF5685 Professional ethics for behaviour analysts is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2027 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2027
- Semester 1
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
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Requisites
Before EDF5685
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After EDF5685
No unit lists EDF5685 as a prerequisite in the 2027 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in D6015, D6017 or D6021
Overview
The aim of this unit is to develop your ability to practice ethically in a variety of contexts. In this unit, you will be introduced to the Behavior Analyst Certification Board’s Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts and the Association for Behaviour Analysis Australia’s Code of Ethical Practice. We will explore professional and ethical issues in behaviour analysis, including our ethical responsibilities to clients, colleagues, supervisees, other professionals, and society as a whole. You will learn to engage in ethical decision-making within the context of evidence-based practice, and will identify contextual and cultural factors that may influence ethical behaviour in real world settings. In addition, you will learn to distinguish between scope of practice and scope of competence in applied behaviour analysis, will identify your own scope of competence, and will describe ways to expand your scope of competence.
Offerings in 2027
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | Blended |
Assessment
- Ethics case scenario 1 (2000 words or equivalent)Written50%
- Ethics case scenario 2 (2000 words or equivalent)Written50%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
describe the key features of the responsible conduct of behaviour analysts, including how to identify your own scope of competence
- 2
describe the behaviour analyst’s ethical responsibilities to clients, colleagues, supervisees, other professionals, the BACB, and society
- 3
identify important ethical considerations for conducting behaviour analytic research
- 4
identify potential ethical code violations and ethically complex situations that can develop in professional practice, and describe strategies to remediate them
- 5
use systems analysis and the decision-making process of evidence-based practice to prevent and resolve ethical dilemmas
- 6
behave in accordance with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board’s Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts and the Association for Behaviour Analysis Australia’s Code of Ethical Practice in professional practice, in an Australian context
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study.
Usually, you can expect to engage with:
• 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities, plus 33 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study
OR
• 45 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study^
^ International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this scheduled learning delivery mode.
Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
You will be provided with the opportunity to engage with relevant literature and resources. Further, you will be encouraged to deepen your understanding of topic areas through collegial discussion and debate, and by participating in activities designed to extend your understanding.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Erin Leif
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5685?
EDF5685 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF5685 offered?
In 2027, EDF5685 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.
How much work is EDF5685?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5685 have an exam?
No. EDF5685 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.