The Graduate Certificate in Applied Ethics is the product of the three South Australian universities and the State Government. While the University of South Australia will house the new award, courses in ethics can be taken from the other two universities.  ECSA will coordinate the entire program.

The core course in the Graduate Certificate is Applied Ethics. It deals with the major approaches to ethical principles. Should the person making ethical decisions focus on the consequences of human actions or on people’s rights and duties or on good, moral character?  Students will look at ethical debates in the real world, working out what is at stake, what are the issues that need to be resolved.  

Students will also be able to begin to specialise in elective courses: bioethics, ethics in journalism, public health ethics, international ethics, and ethics in education.

For further information: http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/programs/program.asp?Program=MCAE&Year=2008