Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)
La Trobe University
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Undergraduate
CRICOS: 00115M
Get started in pharmacy. Want to launch your pharmacy career with an accredited degree and a wealth of hands-on experience? You're in the right place. Take the first steps on your path to playing a vital role in your community and a successful career as a pharmacist with La Trobe's accredited Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours). Build your understanding of how medicines treat diseases and impact people's lives, and the importance of patient-centred and individualised care. Access our on-campus training pharmacy and get work-ready by participating in a range of community and hospital placements. By completing La Trobe's Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours), you will: understand biochemistry, haematology and pharmacology and how systems of the body work, and how diseases and medicines affect these systems learn counselling and communication techniques that equip you to deliver patient-centred care explore the evolving use of digital technologies in healthcare and the technological, clinical, social, legal and ethical impacts of digital health develop expertise in the practical applications of pharmaceutical care, including drugs used in respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, infections, endocrinology, psychiatry, oncology and palliative care examine issues in public health, including rural and remote Australia and across Indigenous communities graduate eligible to complete a one-year internship and take the Pharmacy Board of Australia exams to qualify as a professional pharmacist.
Structure
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours), students must complete 480 credit points consisting of: 435 core credit points and Individual Honours Project 45 core credit points OR Coursework Honours 45 core credit points
Subjects
- First Year Subjects: Academic Integrity Module
- Biology of Cell and Organism
- Chemistry 1a
- Chemistry 1b
- Human Biosciences A
- Introduction to Pharmacy Practice
- Making Sense of Data
- Pharmaceutical Formulation A
- Research and Evidence in Practice
- Wominjeka La Trobe: Indigenous Cultural Literacy for Higher Education
Standard entry requirements
- Recent secondary education - VTAC prerequisite: Year 12 English prerequisite (25) - Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.
- International: IELTS - 6.5 < 6.5 - 6.5 IELTS (Academic) with no individual band less than 6.5.
- Note: This course may be subject to alternative or extra entry requirements depending on your life circumstances and/or work experience. For the complete entry requirements, please search for your course on the La Trobe website: latrobe.edu.au/courses
