Bioethics
GDip.
Overview
About this course
Bioethics is a field that studies ethical challenges that arise in health care, public health and the life sciences. It thinks about and responds to social concerns about issues including engineering, migrant or prisoner health, animal experimentation, and ethical challenges in clinical medicine.
Who is it for?
You don’t have to come from a medical or health background to study bioethics. Our students come from a wide variety of backgrounds, such as philosophy, humanities, social science, law, science, medicine, nursing, allied health professions, psychology and health management.
Structure
What you’ll study
Our Graduate Diploma in Bioethics requires the successful completion of 36 credit points of units of study including:
- 6 credit points from core units of study; and
- 12 credit points from Part 1 of the Table of units of study; and
- 18 credit points from Part 1 or Part 2 of the Table of units of study.
Full time study can normally be completed over the course of 2 semesters, with 3 units taken per semester.
Your individual study plan will depend on the availability of units in a given semester.
Costs
Tuition
HK$214,005.83
(international)
Funding
Admissions
Qualifications
Admission to the Graduate Diploma in Bioethics requires:
- a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney or equivalent qualification in the field of science, medicine, nursing, allied health sciences, philosophy/ethics, sociology, anthropology, history, law or other relevant field; or
- completion of the requirements of an embedded graduate certificate or equivalent qualification.
International qualifications
For qualifications awarded outside Australia, equivalencies and entry requirements are determined based on the country, institution, and qualification.
Language requirements
IELTS
7.0
A minimum result of 7.0 overall and a minimum result of 6.5 in each band
TOEFL
96
A minimum result of 96 overall including a minimum result of 20 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 22 in Writing
PTE
68
A minimum result of 68 overall and a minimum result of 61 in each band