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Other Courses of the Study Programme

Course year: 1

BIOCHEMISTRY
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
BIOSTATISTICS - 6 credits - Basic
ENGLISH LANGUAGE - 3 credits - Language/Final Examination
GENERAL AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY - 6 credits - Basic
GENERAL, INORGANIC AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Attendance grouping
12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
GENETICS AND GENOMICS
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
HISTOLOGY, EMBRYOLOGY AND ANATOMY
Attendance grouping
12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS
Attendance grouping
12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza

Course year: 2

AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY BIOTECHNOLOGY
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Attendance grouping
6 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT CHOICE II YEAR - 4 credits - Student's own choice
FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
GENERAL PATHOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Attendance grouping
12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
MEDICAL GENETICS - 6 credits - Characterising
MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
PHISIOLOGY - 6 credits - Characterising

Course year: 3

CLINICAL PATHOLOGY AND ANIMAL MODELS
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT CHOICE III YEAR - 4 credits - Student's own choice
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT CHOICE III YEAR - 4 credits - Student's own choice
FINAL TEST (BIOTECHNOLOGY) - 4 credits - Language/Final Examination
GUIDANCE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS - 2 credits
LEGAL, MANAGEMENT AND BIOETHICS ASPECTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
PHARMACOLOGY
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza

MORAL PHYSOLOPHY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2015/2016

Academic Year of provision:

2017/2018

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in BIOTECHNOLOGIES

Disciplinary Sector:

MORAL PHILOSOPHY

Language:

Italian

Grouping head:

LEGAL, MANAGEMENT AND BIOETHICS ASPECTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Grouping type:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

BUZZI Elisa Maria Professor

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Hours of individual study:

None

Educational Goals

In line with the general educational objectives of the CdS Biotechnology, this course aims to offer an overview and analysis of the moral issues and main trends of ethical and bioethical reflections in biotechnology applied to medicine. At thye end of the course student should be able to recognize, critically assess and discuss the issues covered in the course and listed in the program.

Content

This course encompasses three main sections:
I) INTRODUCTION: presentation of the program and definition of the main issues covered in the course.
II) PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNOLOGY: the issue of technology in contemporary philosophy; ethical issues in technology and biotechnology.
III) MAIN ISSUES IN BIOETHICS: principles of bioethics (autonomy, beneficence, and justice), Informed Consent, Privacy.

Extended Syllabus

This course aims to offer a general overview and critical assessment of the main ethical issues in the field of contemporary technological research and processes. Therefore its program encompasses three main sections:
I) INTRODUCTION: presentation of the program and definitiopn of the terms, concepts, and issues covered in the course.
What is moral philosophy about?
Ethical issues in contemporary technology.
Does ethics concern technology?
Is technology morally neutral?
II) PHILOSOPHY, MORAL PHILOSOPHY, AND TECHNOLOGY
Contemporary philosophy, technology, and biotechnology: thye meaniong of human nature.
The "Baconian porject": knowledge and power.
Why technology needs philosophy?
Why technology needs ethics?
Ethics of responsibility.
III) MAIN ISSUES IN BIOETHICS
Bioethics: definition, history, main theories, the "principles of bioethics".
Informed Consent: definition, problems.
Privacy Rights: definition, problems.

Recommended Bibliography

Jonas H., Technik, Medizin und Ethik. Zur Praxis des Prinzips Verantwortung, Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Mein 1985. Lecture notes provided by the teacher.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures.

Assessment Methods

During the examination students must prove their grasp of the notions covered in the program, an adequate understanding of the issues involved, and their ability to articulate a moral argument.
The exam is divided into two parts:
- a written test (in itinere) on sections I and II of the program, consisting of two/three open questions. The written test is not compulsory, students may take an oral exam on the whole of the program during the exam sessions. The written test lasts two hours. The grade of the written test is expressed in thirthieths, in order to pass the written test a grade equal to or greater than 18/30 is required, failing that, students must take the an oral exam on the whole of the program during the exam sessions.
- an oral exam to be taken during the exam sessions on part III of the program. The final grade, expressed in thierthieths, shall be the average of the average of the written and oral tests. In order to pass the exam the average of the two parts must be equal to or greater than 18/30. Since this course is part of an integrated course, the grade to be registered shall be the average of the final grades of different modules.

Assessment:

Final Mark

Programme of Educational Activities

Start date of teaching period:

Monday, October 9, 2017

End date of teaching period:

Friday, February 2, 2018