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Bachelor of Pharmacy/Bachelor of Commerce

Course code: 2630 ~ Course abbreviation: BPharm/BCom ~ Total credit points required: 288 ~ 6 years full-time ~ Managing faculty: Pharmacy

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Parkville/Clayton - F/T only)

Course description

The Bachelor of Pharmacy/Bachelor of Commerce double-degree program recognises that pharmacy has a business as well as a professional component. The course is especially relevant to those graduates considering managing or owning a pharmacy or those who find themselves in a management role in a hospital pharmacy or the pharmaceutical industry.

Students complete the Bachelor of Pharmacy in the first four years of study at the Parkville campus, and then complete the Bachelor of Commerce over two years at the Clayton campus.

Course objectives

The degree provides students with the knowledge and skills to own or manage a pharmacy or to work in the wider healthcare sector, government or the pharmaceutical industry.

Special requirements

Police checks are required for the professional experience placements in clinical and community settings in the Bachelor of Pharmacy. All students will be required to obtain and pay for a police check prior to undertaking the clinical and community placements in their course. For further information or for clarification, contact the placement program coordinator, email pep@vcp.monash.edu.au.

Course structure

Students must complete the degree in pharmacy from the Victorian College of Pharmacy. All units studied as part of the Bachelor of Pharmacy component must be from the Victorian College of Pharmacy.

Students must also complete a major specialisation in one of the following disciplines taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics: accounting, Asian development and transition, competition regulation and public policy, finance, human resource management, information strategy and decision making, international commerce, labour and employment. Also available are generic majors in accounting and finance, business law and taxation, economics, econometrics and business statistics, management and marketing.

All units studied as part of the Bachelor of Commerce component must be from the Faculty of Business and Economics on the Clayton campus. For details of the units required for major specialisations, refer to the Bachelor of Commerce entry in the Faculty of Business and Economics section of this handbook.

Course requirements

The degree requirements are:

(a) students must complete 32 units (192 points) from the Victorian College of Pharmacy and must satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Pharmacy.

(b) students must complete 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics as follows:

(i) six compulsory common core units (36 points):

(ii) at least two of the following (12 points):

  • AFC2100 Introduction to finance, or AFC1030 Introductory financial accounting
  • ECC1100 Principles of macroeconomics
  • ETC1010 Data modelling and computing
  • MGC1020 Organisations: contexts and strategies

(iii) a major of eight units (48 points)

  • the major must come from the approved list of majors
  • at least two units (12 points) must be completed at each of second and third-year levels

(iv) additional units from the faculty in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus to reach the required minimum of 16 units

Additional degree requirements:

  • a maximum of eight first-year level units (48 points)
  • a minimum of four third-year level units (24 points), from the faculty at the Clayton campus
  • first-year students normally may not take a second-year unit until at least four first-year units have been completed successfully.

Professional recognition

Bachelor of Pharmacy

To qualify for registration with the Pharmacy Board of Victoria, a period of pre-registration practical training is required as an educational bridge linking the undergraduate course and the graduate's work as a registered pharmacist. For detailed information, refer to the entry under 'Pharmacy pre-registration training' later in this section of this handbook.

Bachelor of Pharmacy graduates from the Victorian College of Pharmacy are eligible to become members of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) after a period of practical experience. RACI members are able to practice in many areas of industry as professional chemists and receive the salaries determined by the RACI.

Bachelor of Commerce

For details on Professional recognition, refer to the Bachelor of Commerce entry in the Faculty of Business and Economics section of this handbook.

Contact details

Telephone +61 3 9903 9635, email info@vcp.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.vcp.monash.edu.au.