The Pharmacy I, Pharmacy II, Pharmacy III and Pharmacy IV examinations are conducted respectively at the end of successive years of the course. (In addition, progress examinations are held for first-year students in May and mid-year examinations are held for second and third-year students in the mid-year break. Results in these examinations contribute to the final marks at the end-of-year examinations.)
The examinations shall consist of theoretical, practical or oral examinations as may be required by the examiners concerned.
Note
that the subjects offered in this year are currently being reviewed and may
differ in due course from what is indicated below.
The Pharmacy I examination shall consist of examinations in the
following:
The Pharmacy II examination shall consist of examinations in the following:
Note
that the subjects offered in this year are currently being reviewed and may
differ in due course from what is indicated below.
The Pharmacy III examination shall consist of examinations in the
following:
Note
that the subjects offered in this year are currently being developed and may
differ in due course from what is indicated below.
The Pharmacy IV examination shall consist of examinations in the
following:
The
following examination rules should be read in conjunction with the college's
rules for the BPharm degree.
1 Eligibility to undertake examinations will be determined by
advice that students have attended at least 80 per cent of the lectures and at
least 80 per cent of the practical work of each subject for which the student
is required to sit.
2 Candidates will be permitted to enter the examination room
fifteen minutes prior to the commencement of the examination.
3 Candidates may read the examination paper during fifteen minutes
prior to the commencement of the examination but may not make use of
calculators or begin writing until advised to do so by the supervisor.
4 Candidates may not leave the examination until it has been in
progress for half an hour.
5 Candidates arriving more than half an hour after the examination
has commenced will not be admitted.
6 In the case of written examinations, candidates will not be
allowed to bring in any text books, lecture notes or other written material
except where specific instructions have been given by the examiner in charge of
the subject.
7 Unprogrammable electronic calculators may be used in
examinations; however, no claim for special consideration on the grounds of
calculator breakdowns will be accepted.
8 Candidates must not communicate with one another while in the
examination room.
9 No examination books or other material which is the property of
the Victorian College of Pharmacy is to be removed from the examination
room.
10 At the end of an examination all candidates must remain seated
until all examination books have been collected.
11 Candidates must not communicate with examiners prior to the
publication of results.
12 Where sickness or other circumstances warranting compassion
arise, candidates may apply for special consideration. The application which is
required to be accompanied by a medical certificate and/or other documentary
evidence must be lodged with the faculty registrar preferably prior to but not
later than forty-eight hours after the relevant examination.
13 Supplementary examinations will be held when necessary at the
discretion of the board of examiners. Individual examiners may prescribe
additional examinations, either written, oral, or practical when and as
required. Candidates are therefore advised to be available after the completion
of the annual examinations and pending publication of the examination
results.
14 The college will publish results of examinations, but the
college may, in the case of a candidate's failing to observe these examination
rules, omit the results of the said candidate and/or exclude the said candidate
from further courses of study at the college.
15 Failure to comply with any rule or instruction by the supervisor
will be regarded as a breach of discipline and may lead to action being taken
under the discipline statute.
16 Any communication regarding examinations must be addressed in
the initial instance to the registrar of the college.
17 In these rules 'examination' includes supplementary examinations
and any additional examinations, whether written, oral or practical, prescribed
by an individual examiner or by the board of examiners.