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Research Ethics in & beyond the Academy (ARTS90022)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
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Using a case study approach and in-class debates, the subject takes a critical approach to research ethics, and opens up challenging areas of research conduct. Concepts such as an ethics of care, relational ethics and power relations arising within or created by a research project will be examined. The subject will provide an understanding of the principles of research ethics (both human and animal research ethics), the origins of ethical standards, the cultural specificity of these standards, and of contested areas of research ethics. It will highlight the relationship between academic research ethics and standards adopted in industry through professional codes of practice or standards. The subject is intended to be of use both in terms of framing one’s own academic research project and in developing a level of ethical know-how that can inform research practices beyond an academic setting
Intended learning outcomes
A student who completes this subject should have:
- an understanding of the ethical principles underpinning the regulation of research both in the academy and industry;
- an ability to reflect upon the ethical implications of their own research and that of others;
- engaged with leading-edge research on the question of ethics and research practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences today.
Generic skills
The subject will contribute, through teaching and discussion with academic staff and peers, to developing skills and capacities including those identified in the University-defined Graduate Attributes for the PhD, in particular:
- the capacity to contextualise research within an international corpus of specialist knowledge;
- an advanced ability to engage in critical reflection, synthesis and evaluation of research-based and scholarly literature;
- an advanced understanding of key disciplinary and multi-disciplinary norms and perspectives relevant to the field
Last updated: 31 October 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 October 2023
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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An essay, due within 2 weeks of the start of the teaching period
| Early in the teaching period | 20% |
An essay
| 4 Weeks after the end of teaching | 80% |
Hurdle requirement: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of classes in order to pass this subject | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 31 October 2023
Dates & times
- July
Coordinator Kate MacNeill Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 12 hours – 6 x 2 hour seminars, taught weekly Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 11 September 2020 Last self-enrol date 11 August 2020 Census date 21 August 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 18 September 2020 Assessment period ends 9 October 2020
Time commitment details
85 hours
Last updated: 31 October 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 31 October 2023