Professional Ethics Thesis

Subject PHIL90018 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Credit Points: 18.75
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

Semester 2, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: Regular contact with supervisor over the period of enrolment
Total Time Commitment: An average of 10 hours each week.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Ethics.
Corequisites: None.
Recommended Background Knowledge: Knowledge gained in successfully completing an undergraduate degree or equivalent.
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

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Coordinator

Mr Andrew Alexandra

Contact

Andrew Alexandra

a.alexandra@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

Students enrolled in this subject will be required to produce an original piece of work of approximately 12,000 words length on a topic in professional ethics. Topics may include conceptual investigations into the foundations of professional ethics, as well as discussions of particular ethically problematic issues. Individual thesis topics will be the result of negotiation between students and teaching staff. Students will be required to demonstrate the capacity to identify and critically engage with the relevant literature and to produce a coherent and well-argued piece reflecting this engagement.
Objectives:

Students who successfully complete this subject will:

  • have an in-depth knowledge of the academic literature relating to the subject of their thesis.
  • have developed familiarity with and competence in theoretical philosophical ethics.
  • have displayed the ability to understand and integrate relevant empirical research.
Assessment: A thesis of 12 000 words (due at the end of the second semester of study after enrolment).
Prescribed Texts:

There are no prescribed texts for the subject as a whole. The supervisor will discuss reading appropriate to the specific topics that the student has chosen to address.
Recommended Texts:

There are no recommended texts for the subject as a whole. The supervisor will discuss reading appropriate to the specific topics that the student has chosen to address.
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

Students who successfully complete this subject will:

  • have displayed the ability to engage critically with academic theorising.
  • have developed skills in research and analysis that will enable them to undertake further independent research work of greater length and originality.
  • have displayed the capacity for self-directed study.
  • have displayed the ability to complete a coherent, informed and critically aware piece of work of thesis length.
Links to further information: http://www.philosophy.unimelb.edu.au/cappe/
Notes: This thesis subject is compulsory in the CAPPE Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Ethics (497-AA)
Related Course(s): Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Ethics

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