New Postgraduate Program in Bioethics at the University of Sydney


The University of Sydney is pleased to announce a new postgraduate coursework
program in bioethics, commencing in March 2006. 

Degrees offered through the program include

	• Graduate Certificate in Bioethics
	• Graduate Certificate in Bioethics (Biotechnology)
	• Graduate Diploma in Bioethics
	• Master of Bioethics, and
	• Master of Bioethics (Honours). 

Units of  Study include

	• Core Concepts in Bioethics
	• Introduction to Ethical Reasoning
	• Philosophy of Medicine
	• Biomedicine and Society
	• Bioethics, Law and Society
	• Ethics and Biotechnology:  Genes and Stem Cells
	• Human and Animal Research Ethics
	• Ethics and Public Health, and
	• Research Project

Bioethics is an inherently interdisciplinary field, and the University of
Sydney’s Bioethics Program has been designed with this in mind.  Development and
teaching of the program is shared between the Centre for Values, Ethics and the
Law in Medicine (VELIM) and the Unit for History and Philosophy of Science
(HPS).  All units of study include historical elements, and HPS perspectives are
emphasised throughout the curriculum.

Almost all units of study offered through the program “stand-alone” and so may
be taken one at a time by external students or students enrolled in other degree
programs.  For more information visit the program website at:
http://www.usyd.edu.au/bioethics/ or contact the Program Coordinator Dr. Michael
Selgelid by email at bioethics@science.usyd.edu.au or by phone at (02) 9351 7652.

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