Applied Ethics: Directed Research

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

170 hours

Admission into the Master of Arts in Professional and Applied Ethics or the Advanced Graduate Diploma or Certificate in Arts.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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An individually negotiated research project in which students investigate a topic in applied ethics. Internship option: With the permission of the subject coordinator, students may undertake this subject as an internship. In this option students will arrange to undertake a project under the aegis of a host organisation. The project will be jointly supervised by a member of the host organisation and the subject coordinator or delegate.

Students who successfully complete this subject will:

• show an in-depth understanding of a particular ethical issue or issues in professional life;
• show the ability to search out relevant literature, both of a philosophical and of an empirical nature, on the topic, and to comprehend and evaluate such literature;
• demonstrate the ability to identify a range of opinions on the chosen topic, to give a clear account of the arguments for these opinions and to construct reasoned counter-arguments;
• indicate an awareness of how the chosen topic is related to its broader social and intellectual context.

A 5000 word research essay, or a report on internship project, due in the final three weeks of semester (100%)

There are no prescribed or recommended texts for this subject. The supervisor will discuss reading appropriate to the specific topics that the student has chosen to address.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.