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The Bachelor of Pharmacy is a professional degree designed to meet the demands for Pharmacy services in Australia. There is a particular focus on rural and remote practice to meet the unique and diverse needs of communities in these regions. Pharmacists are knowledgeable about the chemical, physical, and biological properties of drugs; how medications work, their usage, and their clinical effects. Pharmacists provide information, advice, and education on medicines and health issues enabling patients to achieve optimal health outcomes. Pharmacists are also involved in advising medical practitioners and other health care professionals on the interactions and side effects of medications, medication selection and dosage, and a range of other issues.
Graduates will have a comprehensive understanding and knowledge of the basic sciences plus pharmaceutics, pharmaco-therapeutics and pharmacy practice; decision making skills to identify and manage complex therapeutic problems within a multi-disciplinary health care team; the ability to develop an individual health care plan for patients with complex conditions, focussing on self-management; effective communication skills for professional pharmacy practice, enabling essential information transfer between pharmacists and patients, colleagues, and health care professionals to achieve positive health outcomes for individuals and communities; and an ability to practice effectively, efficiently, ethically, and at `best practice¿ standards.
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Course transfer into the Bachelor of Pharmacy is not permitted. Students who wish to transfer into this course must follow the application process through SATAC. |
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| Admission to Charles Darwin University higher education coursework programs are received and processed by the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC). Detailed entry and special entry criteria for this course is published in the SATAC University Guide. Check out the following information about how to apply for undergraduate courses or how to apply for postgraduate courses.
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| For detail on English Language Entry Requirements please read the entry requirements provided for International students.
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Stage 2 Chemistry, Mathematical Studies |
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Pathways for VET to Higher Education
Guaranteed credit transfer arrangements are available to students commencing a Bachelor degree at Charles Darwin University with completed Certificate IV, Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree qualifications in the same field or discipline at Charles Darwin University. Students who hold completed qualifications should refer to the additional information provided by using one of the following links:
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For information about credit transfer available to students with complete or incomplete study at this or other Institutions refer to Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
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This is a four-year course of study, which encompasses the sciences that underpin the study of pharmacy itself; including chemistry, anatomy, physiology, and microbiology. There are also pharmacy specific subjects such as pharmaceutics, pharmacy practice, pharmaco-kinetics, pharmacology, therapeutics, and others, that run throughout the course. During the course, there are professional placements in community and hospital pharmacies, and placements in rural and/or remote pharmacies or health care centres. Professional placements provide an understanding of and an experience of the processes involved in providing primary health care, clinical pharmacy services, and drug information in different practice and work environments.
First year addresses the basic sciences, including chemistry, anatomy and physiology, and microbiology; there is also an introduction to pharmacy practice and pharmaceutics. Second year includes the study of drugs and pharmaceutical sciences, including pharmacology, pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and pharmaco-genetics together with biochemistry and Indigenous perspectives. Third and fourth years have a strong focus on therapeutics, advanced pharmaceutics and pharmacy practice, with compulsory placements in community pharmacies, hospitals, and rural or remote primary health care centres. The placements provide an understanding of the processes involved in providing primary health care, drug information, and clinical pharmacy services in different practice environments.
The Bachelor of Science (Honours) is available to eligible candidates with a Bachelor of Pharmacy.
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| As of Semester 1 2010, students have the option to complete this course with either a Bachelor Pass or a Bachelor Honours award. To qualify for the Honours program, students will have to satisfy a Grade Point Average (GPA) being a minimum of, or equal to, 5.0 in years 1 and 2 and be currently enrolled in the pass degree program (year 3) of the BPHAR course. The students with a qualifying GPA will be invited to an interview prior to enrolment. For further inquiries please contact Associate Professor Pascale Detwiller on 08 89 46 6127 or Pascale.Dettwiller@cdu.edu.au
A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 320 credit points as detailed below. Units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated. | Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements | Common
(2 units) | 20 | Units totalling 20 credit points selected from Common Units available at the time (e.g. units coded with a prefix of "CUC"). Students must complete the compulsory regional and indigenous issues unit (CUC107) and one of the two academic skills units.
CUC107 Northern Perspectives (compulsory)
Plus either:
CUC100 Academic Literacies (recommended for this course) or
CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology
Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options. | Core
(28 units) | 280 | Compulsory Core units totalling 300 credit points from units detailed below:
PHA101 Pharmaceutics 1
PHA103 Pharmacy Practice 1 (unit title change)
SBI171 Anatomy & Physiology 1
SBI172 Anatomy & Physiology 2
SBI173 Microbiology
SCH101 Chemical Concepts
SCH102 Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
PHA210 Pharmacology 1 (unit title change)
PHA211 Pharmaceutics 2
PHA212 Medical Chemistry
PHA213 Pharmacology 2 (unit title change)
PHA214 Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacogenetics
SBI209 Design & Analysis
SBI245 Introduction to Life Processes
PHA302 Pharmaceutics 3
PHA303 Pharmacy Practice 2
PHA304 Rural and Remote Health (unit title change in 2008)
PHA306 Pharmaceutics 4
PHA307 Pharmacy Practice 3
PHA310 Clinical Pharmacokinetics
PHA311 Therapeutics 1
PHA312 Therapeutics 2
PHA403 Pharmacy Practice 4
PHA405 Therapeutics 3
PHA406 Therapeutics 4
PHA407 Pharmacy Practice 5
PHA408 Pharmacy Placement 2
PHA411 Therapeutics 5
| Specialist Electives
(2 units) | 20 | Specialist Elective units tolling 20 credit points selected from one of the two sequences below:
Students who complete a Bachelor Pass award
PHA404 Pharmacy Placement 1
PHA410 Drug Information and Literature Evaluation
Students who have been approved to complete the Bachelor Honours award
PHA412 Pharmacy Honours Part 1
PHA413 Pharmacy Honours Part 2
|  | 320 | Total Credit Points |
Of the total 320 credit points:
· Not more than 40 credit points shall be included with a grade of "PT" or "PC" or "PS"
· This course includes two (2) placements in the final year (PHA404 and PHA408)
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COURSE CHANGES and TRANSITION arrangements - 2009
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Pharmacy prior to 2009 will note that there is a slight change to the study plan below:
PHA101 Pharmaceutics 1 has been moved from semester 2 in the first year to Semester 1 in the second year of your studies.
PHA211 Pharmaceutics 2 has been moved from semester 1 to semester 2 in the second year of your studies. |
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Further Assistance
For further assistance please contact the Information Centre on (08) 8946 7766 or 1800 061 963. Information Centre staff will assist you with applying for or enrolling in a course and provide assistance with timetables, fees, HECS, external materials, enrolment changes and many other issues.
If you are a continuing student and have any queries about your course progression that you would like clarified, please contact enrolmenthelp@cdu.edu.au, or the relevant Faculty Academic Liaison Unit or Institute of Advanced Studies School office:
Education, Health &; Science: (08) 8946 7357
Law, Business and Arts: (08) 8946 7305
Graduate School for Health Practice: (08) 8946 7179
Menzies School of Health Research: (08) 8922 7873 |
- Unit Repository - provides general information about each unit including a brief description and the semester and mode offered.
- Timetables - provide detail on the individual class times for units offered internally. Timetables for the following academic year are available from the middle of December each year.
- Bookshop - if text books have been prescribed, recommended or ordered for units in this course, details are available by unit code through the Casuarina Campus Bookshop.
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Students Commencing in Semester 1
Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010. The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010. 2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010. The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a standard full time load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan: ♦ ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study; ♦ maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and ♦ check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the subject area at a lower level. 200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200 i.e. SBI209.
| Legend: | CU = Common Unit | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective | E = Elective |
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Year 1 | | CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology (recommended for this course) or CUC100 Academic Literacies | CU | CUC107 Northern Perspectives | CU | | PHA103 Pharmacy Practice 1 | CO | SBI173 Microbiology | CO | | SBI171 Anatomy & Physiology 1 | CO | SBI172 Anatomy & Physiology 2 | CO | | SCH101 Chemical Concepts | CO | SCH102 Organic and Inorganic Chemistry | CO | Year 2 | | PHA210 Pharmacology 1 | CO | PHA213 Pharmacology 2 | CO | | PHA212 Medicinal Chemistry | CO | SBI209 Design & Analysis | CO | | SBI245 Introduction to Life Processes | CO | PHA214 Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacogenetics | CO | | PHA101 Pharmaceutics 1 | CO | PHA211 Pharmaceutics 2 | CO | Year 3 | | PHA302 Pharmaceutics 3 | CO | PHA306 Pharmaceutics 4 | CO | | PHA303 Pharmacy Practice 2 | CO | PHA307 Pharmacy Practice 3 | CO | | PHA304 Rural and Remote Health (unit title change in 2008) | CO | PHA311 Therapeutics 1 | CO | | PHA310 Clinical Pharmacokinetics | CO | PHA312 Therapeutics 2 | CO | Year 4 Students who complete a Bachelor Pass award | | PHA403 Pharmacy Practice 4 | CO | PHA407 Pharmacy Practice 5 | CO | | PHA404 Pharmacy Placement 1 | CO | PHA408 Pharmacy Placement 2 | CO | | PHA405 Therapeutics 3 | CO | PHA410 Drug Information and Literature Evaluation | CO | | PHA406 Therapeutics 4 | CO | PHA411 Therapeutics 5 | CO |
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Year 4 Students who have been approved to complete a Bachelor Honours award | | PHA403 Pharmacy Practice 4 | CO | PHA407 Pharmacy Practice 5 | CO | | PHA405 Therapeutics 3 | CO | PHA408 Pharmacy Placement 2 | CO | | PHA406 Therapeutics 4 | CO | PHA411 Therapeutics 5 | CO | | PHA412 Pharmacy Honours Part 1 | SE | PHA413 Pharmacy Honours Part 2 | SE |
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Students Commencing in Semester 2
Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010. The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010. 2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010. The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 2 and enrolling in a standard full time load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan: ♦ ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study; ♦ maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and ♦ check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the subject area at a lower level. 200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200 i.e. SBI209.
| Legend: | CU = Common Unit | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective | E = Elective |
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Year 1 | | | CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology (recommended for this course) or CUC100 Academic Literacies | CU | | | CUC107 Northern Perspectives | CU | | | SBI209 Design & Analysis of Biological Studies | CO | Year 2 | | PHA103 Pharmacy Practice 1 | CO | SBI173 Microbiology | CO | | SBI171 Anatomy & Physiology 1 | CO | SBI172 Anatomy & Physiology 2 | CO | | SCH101 Chemical Concepts | CO | SCH102 Organic and Inorganic Chemistry | CO | Year 3 | | PHA210 Pharmacology 1 | CO | PHA213 Pharmacology 2 | CO | | PHA101 Pharmaceutics 1 | CO | PHA214 Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacogenetics | CO | | SBI245 Introduction to Life Processes | CO | PHA211 Pharmaceutics 2 | CO | | PHA212 Medicinal Chemistry | CO | | | Year 4 | | PHA310 Clinical Pharmacokinetics | CO | PHA311 Therapeutics 1 | CO | | PHA302 Pharmaceutics 3 | CO | PHA306 Pharmaceutics 4 | CO | | PHA303 Pharmacy Practice 2 | CO | PHA307 Pharmacy Practice 3 | CO | | PHA304 Rural and Remote Health (unit title change in 2008) | CO | PHA312 Therapeutics 2 | CO | Year 5 Students who complete a Bachelor Pass award | PHA403 Pharmacy Practice 4 | CO | PHA407 Pharmacy Practice 5 | CO | | PHA404 Pharmacy Placement 1 | CO | PHA408 Pharmacy Placement 2 | CO | | PHA405 Therapeutics 3 | CO | PHA410 Drug Information and Literature Evaluation | CO | | PHA406 Therapeutics 4 | CO | PHA411 Therapeutics 5 | CO |
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Year 5 Students who have been approved to complete a Bachelor Honours award | | PHA403 Pharmacy Practice 4 | CO | PHA407 Pharmacy Practice 5 | CO | | PHA405 Therapeutics 3 | CO | PHA408 Pharmacy Placement 2 | CO | | PHA406 Therapeutics 4 | CO | PHA411 Therapeutics 5 | CO | | PHA412 Pharmacy Honours Part 1 | SE | PHA413 Pharmacy Honours Part 2 | SE |
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Students Commencing in Summer Semester
Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010. The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010. 2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010. The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in Summer Semester and enrolling in a standard full time load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan: ♦ ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study; ♦ maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and ♦ check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the subject area at a lower level. 200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200 i.e. SBI209.
| Legend: | CU = Common Unit | CO = Core Unit | SE = Specialist Elective | E = Elective |
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Year 1 | | | CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology (recommended for this course) or CUC100 Academic Literacies | CU | | | CUC107 Northern Perspectives | CU | | | SBI209 Design & Analysis of Biological Studies | CO | Year 2 | | PHA103 Pharmacy Practice 1 | CO | SBI173 Microbiology | CO | | SBI171 Anatomy & Physiology 1 | CO | SBI172 Anatomy & Physiology 2 | CO | | SCH101 Chemical Concepts | CO | SCH102 Organic and Inorganic Chemistry | CO | Year 3 | | PHA210 Pharmacology 1 | CO | PHA213 Pharmacology 2 | CO | | PHA101 Pharmaceutics 1 | CO | PHA214 Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacogenetics | CO | | SBI245 Introduction to Life Processes | CO | PHA211 Pharmaceutics 2 | CO | | PHA212 Medicinal Chemistry | CO | | | Year 4 | | PHA310 Clinical Pharmacokinetics | CO | PHA311 Therapeutics 1 | CO | | PHA302 Pharmaceutics 3 | CO | PHA306 Pharmaceutics 4 | CO | | PHA303 Pharmacy Practice 2 | CO | PHA307 Pharmacy Practice 3 | CO | | PHA304 Rural and Remote Health (unit title change in 2008) | CO | PHA312 Therapeutics 2 | CO | Year 5 Students who complete a Bachelor Pass award | | PHA403 Pharmacy Practice 4 | CO | PHA407 Pharmacy Practice 5 | CO | | PHA404 Pharmacy Placement 1 | CO | PHA408 Pharmacy Placement 2 | CO | | PHA405 Therapeutics 3 | CO | PHA410 Drug Information and Literature Evaluation | CO | | PHA406 Therapeutics 4 | CO | PHA411 Therapeutics 5 | CO |
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Year 5 Students who have been approved to complete a Bachelor Honours award | | PHA403 Pharmacy Practice 4 | CO | PHA407 Pharmacy Practice 5 | CO | | PHA405 Therapeutics 3 | CO | PHA408 Pharmacy Placement 2 | CO | | PHA406 Therapeutics 4 | CO | PHA411 Therapeutics 5 | CO | | PHA412 Pharmacy Honours Part 1 | SE | PHA413 Pharmacy Honours Part 2 | SE |
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Charles Darwin University has been granted Provisional Accreditation following the accreditation process set by the Australian Pharmacy Council. |
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Graduates of this course may seek career opportunities in community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, academia and the pharmaceutical industry. |
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