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Research Ethics in & beyond the Academy (ARTS90022)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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- Dates and times
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Contact information
July
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 January 2024
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 January 2024
Assessment
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 January 2024
Dates & times
- July
Coordinator Kate MacNeill Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total 12 hours – 6 x 2 hour seminars, delivered weekly over six weeks. Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 2 September 2022 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2022 Census date 12 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 2 September 2022 Assessment period ends 30 September 2022 July contact information
Time commitment details
85 hours
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024