Overview

This graduate entry topic is designed to provide appreciation of the impact of new developments in Bioscience technology upon the law, ethics, society and the environment. The topic will consider the national and international regulatory aspects and the ethical and social aspects of: control of genetically modified organisms; cloning and … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to:

  • Identify the outline systems of work, legal aspects, general duties, overview of safety responsibilities, resolution of safety issues, incident, accident reporting, chemical safety and biological safety.
  • Recognize the outline of the principal regulatory regimes that operate to regulate bioscience research both nationally and internationally
  • Raise their awareness of the interface between bioscience and society
  • Discuss the sources of diversity in ethical stand points, such as religion and culture and personal experience

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
1.
Develop knowledge of skills at Australian and major international intellectual property law regimes, biotechnology regulation relevant to biotechnology research, development and commercialization, and societal issues relating to biotechnology
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Identify the major national regulatory regimes relevant to bioscience research and commercialisation and how these contrast with those in other countries
3.
Adopt ethical reasoning to assume and defend a coherent position in relation to an ethical issue
4.
Develop teamwork, written and communication skills

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