The Centre now offers three units in Bioethics at undergraduate level:
- ATS1263 Bioethics: Current controversies (formerly coded CHB1010 and titled Ethics, biotechnology, and genetics)
- ATS1264 Bioethics: Biotechnology, justice and the law (formerly coded CHB1020 and titled Biotechnology, justice and the law
- ATS2637 / ATS3637 The human body and the international marketplace (formerly CHB2100 / CHB3100 / INT2180 / INT3180)
These units have been designed to be suitable for students from outside the Arts Faculty as well as for Arts students. They may be of particular interest to students in the biological sciences, medicine, nursing, health science, law, or other disciplines which relate to science, medicine and/or social policy. They also provide an opportunity for students to gain an introduction to philosophy in an applied context.
The following Philosophy units allow students to complete a minor in Bioethics:
- ATS2839 Philosophy: Ethics (formerly coded PHL2150 and titled Ethics)
- ATS2868 / ATS3868 Philosophy: Issues in political theory (formerly coded PHL2330 / PHL3330 and titled Issues in political theory)
- ATS2869 Political philosophy (formerly coded PHL2510)
- ATS2871 / ATS3871 Environmental ethics (formerly coded PHL2810)
- ATS2875 / ATS3875 The moral psychology of evil
- ATS3873 Philosophical issues in applied ethics.
For details about completing at minor, you should see the Area of Study site at:
http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/aos/bioethics/ug-arts-bioethics.html
There are also Resources for Undergraduates (Philosophy).
Queries?
For more information about studying at undergraduate level, please contact the Bioethics Undergraduate Coordinator via arts-bioethics-undergrad@monash.edu.
