2010 Course Handbook
BIOL806: Advanced Bioscience Ethics
Bioscience Ethics facilitates free and accurate information transfer from applied science to applied bioethics. To this end this unit interweaves many diverse subjects in the process of gathering specialist scientific knowledge for ethical review. Part I contains topics that embrace the evolution of ethical consciousness; the treatment and causes of infertility; growth and maturation; parental behaviour and neonate bioloy; and examines the effects of procreational biology on the foundation of human social structure. Part II contains topics that explore reproduction as it relates to health and social issues and reinforces the role of biotechnology in the rapid advancement of human achievements in medicine and veterinary science.
Topics that challenge include: stress; fertility control; teratogens; population growth and human-dominated ecosystems; economic activity; and warfare. Other topics emphasising lifestyle stresses include: nutrition; long-term metabolic regulation and health; immune regulation; and the state of wellbeing.
Students complete a variety of assessments including one advanced literature task and a seminar devised in conjunction with the unit convenor.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Associate Professor Irina Pollard |
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| NCCWs: | BIOL346 |
| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science |