UNSW Handbook Plan - Applied Ethics

Applied Ethics - PHILDS8225

Plan Summary


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts&Social Science
	School: School of History and Philosophy
	Contact: catherine.mills@unsw.edu.au
	Program: 8225 - Arts
	Award(s):
	Master of Arts (Specialisation)

Plan Outline

The MA in Applied Ethics is designed to allow for study and inquiry into a variety of areas in applied ethics. It is designed for graduates from any discipline who have an interest in this general area. It provides the opportunity for students to choose areas for inquiry within the broad context of applied ethics. It also offers the opportunity for students to establish a grounding in important elements of theoretical ethics, if they wish to do so.

Plan Structure

The MA in Applied Ethics can be taken full-time or part-time. Students are required to complete six courses: two core courses, plus at least two courses from Group 1 electives and a maximum of two courses from Group 2 electives. Not all of the courses listed below are on offer every year.

Core Courses

One of

PHIL5006 Moral Philosophy (8 UOC)
PHIL5400 Moral Theory and Reasoning (8 UOC)

And one of

PHIL5405 Applied Ethics Project (8 UOC)
PHIL5406 Research Project (8 UOC)

Group 1 Electives

PHIL5402 Ethical Issues in Business (8 UOC)
PHIL5404 Supervised Readings (8 UOC)
PHIL5501 Issues in Environmental Ethics (8 UOC)
PHIL5502 Contemporary Bioethics (8 UOC)
PHIL5503 Organisational Ethics (8 UOC)
PHIL5504 Ethics and Biotechnology (8 UOC)

Group 2 Electives

HPSC5002 Env, Sus and Development (8 UOC)
HPSC5120 Issues Life Science & Biotech (8 UOC)
HPSC5130 Hist & Pol Medicine & Health (8 UOC)
HPSC5500 Soc Env Policy (8 UOC)
PHIL5008 Social & Political Philosophy (8 UOC)
PHIL5010 Cosmopolitanism (8 UOC)

Students may also choose an elective from the Master of Policy Studies program as a course in this program.

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