Course code: 2631 ¸ Course abbreviation: BPharmSc(Hons) ¸ Total credit points required: 48 ¸ 1 year full-time
On-campus (Parkville)
This honours year is designed to prepare students for entry to a higher degree by research. The program is overseen by the associate dean (graduate studies) and the faculty's Graduate Studies Committee. The honours disciplines are offered in the principal areas of medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical biology, pharmaceutics and pharmacy practice. The final decision on the offering of honours disciplines will depend upon the availability of resources for supervision, laboratory space and materials.
The prerequisite for entry to the honours year is a bachelors degree in pharmacy or other related field with an average overall credit grade or higher in the final year of the course, or equivalent qualifications and experience deemed by the faculty board to be suitable preparation for the candidate's proposed field of study.
The
honours degree consists of 20% coursework and 80% supervised research
undertaken in any of the faculty's departments.
The course consists of (a) compulsory coursework including an induction program
and topics applicable to the research interests of the student, and (b)
supervised research. The latter component can be based in any area that falls
within the interests of the faculty's departments (pharmaceutics, medicinal
chemistry, pharmaceutical biology and pharmacology, pharmacy practice).
With permission of the Graduate Studies Committee, it may also be possible to
undertake a portion of the research in an external institution (eg a hospital
or industry laboratory). If a substantial portion of the research work is to be
carried out in an external institution, the Graduate Studies Committee may
require a person within that institution to act as an associate supervisor. The
internal (faculty) supervisor is responsible for the overall research program
at an academic level.
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