BIOSCIENCES TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
PHI2BTS
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
The biosciences and biotechnology have come to play important roles in human lives, especially as they reach into both the psychological and social sciences. The focus of this subject is on philosophical issues that arise in the biological sciences, including the medical and health sciences, and the technologies they employ. The subject may cover 4-6 of the following topics: (1) race, science, and human nature; (2) eugenics as a project aimed at intergenerational human improvement; (2) ideas of normalcy in the biological and social sciences; (4) the Human Genome Project and its successors; (5) historical and contemporary debates over the measurement of intelligence; (6) socio-biology and evolutionary psychology; (7) health, disability, and human variation; (8) contemporary technologies that facilitate reproductive choice; (9) bio enhancement and transhumanism; (10) biological conceptions of psychiatry and psychiatric illness.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Richard Heersmink
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Various
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Various
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Publisher: Various
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Richard Heersmink
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.50 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.50 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Short essay (1200 words). Students will write a research essay on the material from weeks 1-6.At least three topics will be assigned by the instructor; each student will choose one of these to write on. | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
Long essay (2000 words). Students will write a research essay on the material from weeks 7-12.At least three topics will be assigned by the instructor; each student will choose one of these to write on. | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
Reading logs, class quizzes, and weekly exercises (800 words equivalent)Full grade here will be a function of the grades for each individual component. | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO4, SILO5 |