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150 points Master of Arts (Professional and Applied Ethics)
Master of Arts (Professional and Applied Ethics)Informal specialisationYear: 2018
150 points Master of Arts (Professional and Applied Ethics)
Contact information
Coordinator
Andrew Alexandra
Email: a.alexandra@unimelb.edu.au
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Currently enrolled students:
- Contact Stop 1
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information: http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
- Contact: 'make an enquiry' on http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/degrees/17-master-of-arts-professional-and-applied-ethics
Overview
This program is offered by the Centre in Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) and is available through the philosophy discipline in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies in the Faculty of Arts.
Organisational change, political change, wars, globalisation, new technologies and practices, corporate collapses, corruption, scandals in the health and research sectors, environmental disasters, conflicts of interest, all raise distinctive and pressing issues of policy and practice. Finding practical and ethically sustainable solutions requires a thorough understanding of both the ethical and the empirical aspects of the situation.
Completion of this program will equip graduates to conduct research on and analyse key ethical concepts and arguments in their field of specialisation, enabling them to contribute to policy discussion and development in a wide range of professional, institutional and industry settings. There is scope for students to follow their own interests, with a substantial thesis component and specialisations such as the ethics of health care, computing, business, politics and criminal justice; as well as the broad themes of bioethics and global justice.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete the Master of Arts (Professional and Applied Ethics) should:
better appreciate the ethical dimensions of all they do in their professional lives;
- understand and analyse complex ethical issues;
- detect ambiguity, vagueness, inconsistency, and other weaknesses in the expressions of ideas;
- distinguish different types of question, claim or argument, and respond to them appropriately;
- distinguish what is relevant to a given issue from what is not; and
- see ways in which an argument or explanation could be improved.
Last updated: 18 December 2020
Structure
150 Point Program
Duration: 1.5 years full-time / up to 3 years part-time
- two compulsory subjects (25 points)
- minor thesis parts 1 and 2 (50 points total)
- elective subjects (75 points)
Capstone Requirement:
All students are required to complete the Capstone Requirement for the program. Students must complete the following capstone -
Capstone: PHIL90038 Applied Ethics Thesis Part 1 and PHIL90039 Applied Ethics Thesis Part 2 (50 points total)
Purpose: To conceptualise, plan and execute a substantial, independent, research-based project in the form of a minor thesis in applied or professional ethics, demonstrating high level skills in interdisciplinary and comparative research, analysis and critique, underpinned by a thorough understanding of academic protocol and presentation.
For policies that govern this degree, see Academic Services Policy in the University Melbourne Policy Framework. Students also should also refer to information in the Student Policy Directory.
Subject Options
Compulsory subjects
25 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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PHIL90004 | Ethical Theory and Practice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PHIL90032 | Inequality and Public Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Thesis Subject
50 points
Please note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PHIL90038 | Applied Ethics Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PHIL90039 | Applied Ethics Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Elective Subjects
75 points
Please note: the program coordinator may give permission for graduate subjects other than those listed as elective subjects, provided that:
- the subject/s is at an appropriate level;
- they are relevant to the program; and
- permission to enrol has been given by the program/subject coordinator
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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AHIS40007 | The Artist's Body | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ASIA90001 | Human Rights in Southeast Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM40003 | Drugs and Justice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM90007 | Genocide, State Crime and the Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM90008 | Sovereignty, Justice, Indigenous Peoples | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM90011 | Research and Criminal Justice Governance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM90016 | Doing Structural Justice: Global/Local | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM90017 | Violence, Trauma and Reconciliation | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
DEVT90040 | Gender Issues in Development | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GEND40003 | Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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GEND90007 | Rethinking Rights and Global Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HPSC90012 | Trust, Communication and Expertise | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PHIL40003 | Topics in Moral Psychology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PHIL90005 | Applied Ethics: Directed Research |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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PHIL90009 | Violence, War and Terrorism | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PHIL90027 | The Moral Limits of Markets | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PHIL90030 | Professional & Applied Ethics Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PHIL90032 | Inequality and Public Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POLS40002 | Australian Politics:Democracy & Justice | No longer available |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POLS40014 | A Postcolonial International Relations? | No longer available |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POLS90038 | Human Rights | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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PUBL90014 | Legal Issues in Media and Publishing | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SCRN40002 | Contemporary Film Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
PHIL90029 | Sustainability and Environmental Ethics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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Last updated: 18 December 2020