Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) [Embedded] [Indigenous Health Careers Access Program]
Information valid for students commencing in 2020.
Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) [Embedded] [Indigenous Health Careers Access Program]
Handbook year | 2020 |
Course code | 108209 |
Course type | Bachelor Honours Degree (AQF Level 8) |
Division | Tropical Health and Medicine |
Award Requirements
Admission Requirements
Course pre-requisites | English, Maths B, Chemistry |
Minimum English language proficiency requirements | Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 3a – Schedule II of the 番茄社区 Admissions Policy. Students also need to take note that in accordance with the National Registration Board’s requirement, they must hold a valid IELTS (academic module) minimum overall score of 7.5 with a minimum of 7 in each of the four components within 2 years prior to applying for registration upon graduation |
Additional selection | Students will be eligible to be offered a position in the Research Honours major by the Head of Academic Group if they have achieved an average GPA of 5.5 across level 1 and level 2. Students that are not offered a position in the Research Honours major, or that are offered a position in the Research Honours major but decline this offer, will continue in the professional major for levels 3 and 4. |
Special admission requirements | Nominate with QTAC as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. A quota on entry into the Research Honours Major may be applied depending on the availability of supervisors. |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | Clinical placement/professional practice: This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense (Note: health professional courses generally involve extensive professional or clinical placements). Further information about placements can be found at: |
Post admission | This course may have specific admission requirements such as immunisation, the requirement to obtain a Suitability to Work with Children Card, federal police check and/or other requirements that Students must comply with. Students must complete all Professional Experience Placement requirements by the prescribed deadlines and maintain currency of all requirements in order to stay admitted in the course. You will find your course requirements here: |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 108 credit points as per course structure |
Course learning outcomes | On successful completion, graduates of the course will be able to:
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Inherent Requirements
Inherent Requirements | Inherent requirements are the fundamental abilities, attributes, skills and behaviours needed to complete the learning outcomes of a course while preserving the academic integrity of the university’s learning, assessment and accreditation processes. Students and prospective students must be able to demonstrate that they have acquired or have the ability to acquire the inherent requirements for their degree. For more information refer to Inherent Requirements page. |
Reasonable adjustments | Reasonable adjustments may be made to assist students manage additional circumstances impacting on their studies provided these do not change the academic integrity of a degree. Reasonable adjustments do not alter the need to be able to demonstrate the inherent requirements of the course. |
Course Structure
CORE SUBJECTS
Year 1
Teaching Period 1
:03 Effective Writing
:03 Preparatory Mathematics
:03 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1
Teaching Period 2
:03 Preparatory Chemistry
:03 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2
Options
:03 Indigenous Australians or :03 Indigenous People of North Queensland
Year 2
Teaching Period 1
:03 Introductory Biochemistry and Microbiology
:03 Introduction to Pharmacy
:03 Chemistry: A Central Science
Teaching Period 2
:06 Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutics 1
:03 Pharmaceutical Chemistry 1
Year 3
Teaching Period 1
:06 Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutics 2
:03 Pharmaceutical Chemistry 2
:03 Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics for Pharmacists
Teaching Period 2
:03 Pharmaceutical Public Health
:09 Integrated Therapeutics 1
OPTIONS
Select a Major from Table A
TABLE A (Majors)
Type of major | Single |
Credit points in major | 48 credit points |
MAJOR | AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Townsville | Only available full time | |
Townsville | Only available full time Students must achieve an average minimum GPA of at least 5.5 across levels 1 and 2 to be offered a position in the Research Honours major. |
Campus
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Townsville |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 5 years full time, not available part time |
Maximum time to complete | 7 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 2 years |
Progression
Course progression | Must successfully complete all level 1 and level 2 subjects before attempting any level 3 subject. Must successfully complete all level 3 subjects before attempting any level 4 subjects. |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | This course includes prescribed professional or clinical placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense (Note: health professional courses generally involve extensive professional or clinical placements). Further information about placements can be found at: |
Special assessment | Refer to Review of a Student’s Suitability to Continue a Course Involving Placement policy. |
Professional accreditation | Nil |
Maximum allowed Pass | Nil |
Supplementary exam for | Not applicable |
Credit
Eligibility | Not eligible |
Maximum allowed | Nil |
Currency | Not applicable |
Expiry | Not applicable |
Other restrictions | Not applicable |
Award Details
Award title | BACHELOR OF PHARMACY (HONOURS) |
Approved abbreviation | BPharm(Hons) |
Inclusion of majors on | No majors will appear on the testamur |
Exit with lesser award | Students who have completed 24 credit points of their course award requirements, and withdraw from or fail to meet the requirements for progression in the later years, may be eligible for the award of Diploma of Tertiary Studies. Students who have completed 72 credit points of their professional course award requirements, and withdraw from or fail to meet the requirements for progression in the later years, may be eligible for the award of Bachelor of Life Sciences. |
Course articulation | Not applicable |