Information for Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science, Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) students
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Complete 240 units comprising:
- 198 units for Core courses, and
- 42 units for Electives
Complete 198 units comprising:
- 186 units for all Program core, and
- 12 units from Core selective
| Course name | Course code | Units | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course namePharmacy Practice 2 | Course code PHAR2010 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmacology B | Course code PHAR2012 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmacology C | Course code PHAR2013 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmacology A | Course code PHAR2014 | Units 12 | |
| Course nameDrug Discovery | Course code PHAR2020 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameDrug Development 2 | Course code PHAR3010 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmaceutical and Biomedical Industry Experience | Course code PHAR3011 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmacotherapeutics Practice 1A | Course code PHAR3013 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmacotherapeutics Practice 1B | Course code PHAR3014 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmacotherapeutics Theory 1 | Course code PHAR3015 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameQuality Use of Medicines | Course code PHAR3016 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmacotherapeutics Theory 2 | Course code PHAR3017 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameDosage Form Design 3 | Course code PHAR3018 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameDosage Form Design 4 | Course code PHAR3019 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmacy Practice Health Services Provision | Course code PHAR3020 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameAdvanced Therapeutics | Course code PHAR4000 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmacy Practice 3 | Course code PHAR4001 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmacy Practice 4 | Course code PHAR4002 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameData Skills for Scientists | Course code STAT1000 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameHuman Physiology 100 | Course code BIOL1018 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameHuman Physiology 101 | Course code BIOL1019 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameChemistry 100 | Course code CHEM1005 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameChemistry 101 | Course code CHEM1006 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameHealth and Society | Course code HLTH1005 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameHealth Professional Essentials | Course code PHAR1004 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmacy Practice 1 | Course code PHAR1005 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics | Course code PHAR2006 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameDrug Development 1 | Course code PHAR2007 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameDosage Form Design 1 | Course code PHAR2008 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameDosage Form Design 2 | Course code PHAR2009 | Units 6 | |
| Course name | Course code | Units | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course nameCommunity Pharmacy Professional Placement and Practice-Based Research | Course code PHAR4900 | Units 12 | |
| Course nameHospital Pharmacy Professional Placement and Practice-Based Research | Course code PHAR4901 | Units 12 | |
Notes
- 1 To undertake field/clinical placements students are required to have current criminal history and screening checks as published by the Clinical Placement Unit. These checks will list disclosable court outcomes that may prevent field / clinical placement involvement and subsequently may prevent completion of the program. - 2 Student registration with the relevant board of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is required in order to study this program. Students who do not meet registration criteria and are refused registration by AHPRA, or who have their registration rescinded during the program, will be unable to continue in the program. Further information will be provided by the University with offer letters. - 3 Students are required to satisfy the standards of dress and behaviour prescribed by institutions and facilities in which clinical or field placements are undertaken. Failure to satisfy such requirements may prevent them satisfying the requirements for completion of the program. - 4 Students may be required to spend at least one clinical or field placement outside Adelaide. - 5 Students are required to undertake professional placements in registered pharmacies or accredited institutions and some of these placements may be held outside the normal teaching weeks of the University. - 6 The following courses contribute towards the honours grade for the program: PHAR3020, PHAR4000, PHAR4001, PHAR4900, PHAR4901, PHAR4007, PHAR4003, PHAR4006. 
| Course name | Course code | Units | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | |||
| Semester 1 | |||
|  | Course name Health and Society | Course code HLTH1005
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Health Professional Essentials | Course code PHAR1004
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Human Physiology 100 | Course code BIOL1018
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Chemistry 100 | Course code CHEM1005
                                             | Units 6 | 
| Semester 2 | |||
|  | Course name Chemistry 101 | Course code CHEM1006
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Human Physiology 101 | Course code BIOL1019
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmacy Practice 1 | Course code PHAR1005
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Data Skills for Scientists | Course code STAT1000
                                             | Units 6 | 
| Year 2 | |||
| Semester 1 | |||
|  | Course name Pharmacology A | Course code PHAR2014
                                             | Units 12 | 
|  | Course name Dosage Form Design 1 | Course code PHAR2008
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 6 | 
| Semester 2 | |||
|  | Course name Dosage Form Design 2 | Course code PHAR2009
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Drug Discovery | Course code PHAR2020
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmacology B | Course code PHAR2012
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 6 | 
| Year 3 | |||
| Semester 1 | |||
|  | Course name Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics | Course code PHAR2006
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Drug Development 1 | Course code PHAR2007
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Dosage Form Design 3 | Course code PHAR3018
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 6 | 
| Semester 2 | |||
|  | Course name Pharmacy Practice 2 | Course code PHAR2010
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmacology C | Course code PHAR2013
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Industry Experience | Course code PHAR3011
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Dosage Form Design 4 | Course code PHAR3019
                                             | Units 6 | 
| Year 4 | |||
| Semester 1 | |||
|  | Course name Pharmacotherapeutics Practice 1A | Course code PHAR3013
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmacotherapeutics Theory 1 | Course code PHAR3015
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Quality Use of Medicines | Course code PHAR3016
                                             | Units 6 | 
| Semester 2 | |||
|  | Course name Pharmacy Practice Health Services Provision | Course code PHAR3020
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmacotherapeutics Theory 2 | Course code PHAR3017
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmacotherapeutics Practice 1B | Course code PHAR3014
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Drug Development 2 | Course code PHAR3010
                                             | Units 6 | 
| Year 5 | |||
| Semester 1 | |||
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 12 | 
|  | Course name Advanced Therapeutics | Course code PHAR4000
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmacy Practice 3 | Course code PHAR4001
                                             | Units 6 | 
| Semester 2 | |||
|  | Course name Pharmacy Practice 4 | Course code PHAR4002
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 6 | 
Complete 42 units comprising:
- 42 units from Program electives
| Course name | Course code | Units | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course nameAccounting for Decision Makers | Course code ACCT1000 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameManagement, Organisations and Leadership | Course code BUSI1002 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePrinciples of Logistics and Supply Chain Management | Course code BUSI1300 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameStructure Determination and Analysis | Course code CHEM2012 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameAdvanced Structure Determination and Analysis | Course code CHEM2013 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameSynthetic Chemistry | Course code CHEM2014 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameAdvanced Synthetic Chemistry | Course code CHEM2015 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameConsumer Behaviour | Course code MARK1001 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameDistribution and Route to Market | Course code MARK3002 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameNon-Clinical Studies for Clinical Trials | Course code PHAR2001 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmacy Practice Elective | Course code PHAR4003 | Units 6 | |
| Course nameManaging and Developing Pharmacy Operations | Course code PHAR4006 | Units 6 | |
| Course namePharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science Research Elective | Course code PHAR4007 | Units 6 | |
Notes
- 1 To undertake field/clinical placements students are required to have current criminal history and screening checks as published by the Clinical Placement Unit. These checks will list disclosable court outcomes that may prevent field / clinical placement involvement and subsequently may prevent completion of the program. - 2 Student registration with the relevant board of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is required in order to study this program. Students who do not meet registration criteria and are refused registration by AHPRA, or who have their registration rescinded during the program, will be unable to continue in the program. Further information will be provided by the University with offer letters. - 3 Students are required to satisfy the standards of dress and behaviour prescribed by institutions and facilities in which clinical or field placements are undertaken. Failure to satisfy such requirements may prevent them satisfying the requirements for completion of the program. - 4 Students may be required to spend at least one clinical or field placement outside Adelaide. - 5 Students are required to undertake professional placements in registered pharmacies or accredited institutions and some of these placements may be held outside the normal teaching weeks of the University. - 6 The following courses contribute towards the honours grade for the program: PHAR3020, PHAR4000, PHAR4001, PHAR4900, PHAR4901, PHAR4007, PHAR4003, PHAR4006. 
| Course name | Course code | Units | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | |||
| Semester 1 | |||
|  | Course name Health and Society | Course code HLTH1005
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Health Professional Essentials | Course code PHAR1004
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Human Physiology 100 | Course code BIOL1018
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Chemistry 100 | Course code CHEM1005
                                             | Units 6 | 
| Semester 2 | |||
|  | Course name Chemistry 101 | Course code CHEM1006
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Human Physiology 101 | Course code BIOL1019
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmacy Practice 1 | Course code PHAR1005
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Data Skills for Scientists | Course code STAT1000
                                             | Units 6 | 
| Year 2 | |||
| Semester 1 | |||
|  | Course name Pharmacology A | Course code PHAR2014
                                             | Units 12 | 
|  | Course name Dosage Form Design 1 | Course code PHAR2008
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 6 | 
| Semester 2 | |||
|  | Course name Dosage Form Design 2 | Course code PHAR2009
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Drug Discovery | Course code PHAR2020
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmacology B | Course code PHAR2012
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 6 | 
| Year 3 | |||
| Semester 1 | |||
|  | Course name Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics | Course code PHAR2006
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Drug Development 1 | Course code PHAR2007
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Dosage Form Design 3 | Course code PHAR3018
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 6 | 
| Semester 2 | |||
|  | Course name Pharmacy Practice 2 | Course code PHAR2010
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmacology C | Course code PHAR2013
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Industry Experience | Course code PHAR3011
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Dosage Form Design 4 | Course code PHAR3019
                                             | Units 6 | 
| Year 4 | |||
| Semester 1 | |||
|  | Course name Pharmacotherapeutics Practice 1A | Course code PHAR3013
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmacotherapeutics Theory 1 | Course code PHAR3015
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Quality Use of Medicines | Course code PHAR3016
                                             | Units 6 | 
| Semester 2 | |||
|  | Course name Pharmacy Practice Health Services Provision | Course code PHAR3020
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmacotherapeutics Theory 2 | Course code PHAR3017
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmacotherapeutics Practice 1B | Course code PHAR3014
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Drug Development 2 | Course code PHAR3010
                                             | Units 6 | 
| Year 5 | |||
| Semester 1 | |||
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 12 | 
|  | Course name Advanced Therapeutics | Course code PHAR4000
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name Pharmacy Practice 3 | Course code PHAR4001
                                             | Units 6 | 
| Semester 2 | |||
|  | Course name Pharmacy Practice 4 | Course code PHAR4002
                                             | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 6 | 
|  | Course name | Course code - | Units 6 | 
