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BIOL346: Bioscience Ethics and Reproduction
Bioscience ethics facilitates free and accurate information transfer from applied science to applied bioethics. Its major elements are: increased understanding of biological systems; responsible use of technology; and curtailment of ethnocentric debates more in tune with new scientific insights. Subjects covered in this unit promote increased awareness of self within the environment. Part I provides an overview of topics such as the treatment and causes of infertility, growth and maturation, parental behaviour and neonate biology and examines the effects of procreational biology on the foundation of human social structure. Part II deals with 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 include stress, fertility control, teratogens, human dominated ecosystems and global responsibility. Other topics emphasising lifestyle stresses include nutrition; long term metabolic regulation and health; immune regulation; and the state of well being. Online laboratory work is a compulsory component in this unit.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | see below |
| When Offered: | X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year (Session Dates: None) |
| Staff Contact(s): | Associate Professor Irina Pollard |
| Prerequisites: |
40cp(P) |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCW(s): | BIOL240 |
| Unit Designation(s): | |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Biological Sciences |
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