courses

2630

18 September 2017 22 December 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Course

Students who commenced study in 2014 should refer to this course entry for direction on the requirements; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course.

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This course entry applies to students commencing this course in 2014 and should be read in conjunction with information provided in the 'Faculty information' section of this Handbook by the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Managing facultyPharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Partner facultyBusiness and Economics
Abbreviated titleBPharm/BCom
CRICOS code026693G
Total credit points required288
Standard duration of study (years)6 years FT
Study mode and locationOn-campus (Parkville)
Admission, fee and application details http://www.monash.edu/study/coursefinder/course/2630
Contact details

Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences: http://www.pharm.monash.edu.au/students/contact-pharm-current-students.html

Business and Economics: http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/contact.html

Course coordinator

http://www.pharm.monash.edu.au/students/undergrad/courses/bpharm.html

Notes

  • Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
  • Full-time study only. Part-time study will only be considered for students with extenuating circumstances.
  • The two degrees are studied consecutively, beginning with four years of full-time study at the Parkville campus for the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree, followed by two years at the Clayton campus for the Bachelor of Commerce degree.

Description

This double-degree course 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.

Pharmacists are health professionals with the skills and knowledge to manage a patient's understanding and utilisation of medication, in order to optimise medicines related to health outcomes.

The Bachelor of Pharmacy component of this course has four streams of study:

  • enabling sciences
  • applied pharmaceutical sciences
  • clinical and integrated sciences
  • pharmacy practice sciences.

During third and fourth year, students undertake work placements in hospitals and community pharmacies through the Professional Experiences Placement program. The program provides an understanding of the processes involved in, for example, providing primary health care, drug information, and clinical pharmacy services in different practice environments.

To be registered as a pharmacist, at the completion of this course students must complete an additional one year pharmacy internship program under the supervision of the Pharmacy Board of Australia. Monash University offers a pharmacy internship program, either as a stand-alone course or as part of course 3460 Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice.

Outcomes

Refer to the outcomes for the single degrees 2628 Bachelor of Pharmacy and 0179 Bachelor of Commerce.

Credit for prior studies

Refer to the undergraduate credit transfer policyundergraduate credit transfer policy (http://intranet.monash.edu.au/pharm/students/undergrad/policy/credit.html).

Graduate entry is available for students with a completed undergraduate degree in a related science course, specifically a Bachelor of Biomedical Science. A credit precedence is set for students entering the course through this pathway, as they must enter into the summer intensive unit PAC1001 (Introduction to Pharmacy) prior to entering the third year of the course. This pathway is only open to eligible graduate students with a relevant completed degree.

Maximum credit allowed

96 credit points

Special requirements

Police and Working With Children 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 and Working With Children check prior to undertaking the clinical and community placements in their course.

Before commencing their professional experience placement students are required to show records that they have been immunised in line with the Department of Human Services' list of immunisation for health workers.

For further information or for clarification contact the placement program coordinator at pep@monash.edu.

Fieldwork

During third and fourth year, students undertake work placements in hospitals and community pharmacies through the professional experience placement programprofessional experience placement program (http://intranet.monash.edu.au/pharm/students/placements/index.html).

Professional recognition

Pharmacy Board of Australia

To practice as a pharmacist in Victoria it is necessary to register with the Pharmacy Board of Australia. To qualify for registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia, a period of internship practical training must be undertaken after completing this undergraduate course. For detailed information, refer to the entry under Registration as a pharmacistRegistration as a pharmacist (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/undergrad/pharm-02.html) in the faculty information section of this Handbook.

Royal Australian Chemical Institute

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

Bachelor of Commerce

For information on professional recognition for the Bachelor of Commerce component of this double degree, refer to the Faculty of Business and Economics professional recognitionprofessional recognition (http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/esg/asu/publications/professional-recognition.html) webpage.

Structure

The pharmacy component of this double degree comprises 192 points including core units and an elective.

The commerce component of this double degree comprises 96 points including:

  • a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of commerce
  • a major from those listed under 'Areas of study'
  • two open electives.

Areas of study

Commerce component

Requirements

Pharmacy component

First year

Semester one
  • PAC1111 Introduction to physiology
  • PAC1121 Bioorganic and medicinal chemistry I
  • PAC1211 Physicochemical basis of pharmacy
  • PAC1311 Pharmacy, health and society I
Semester two

Second year

Semester one
  • PAC2151 Biochemistry and molecular biology
  • PAC2161 Cell function, communication and pathology
  • PAC2171 Basis of drug action I
  • PAC2331 Pharmacists as communicators
Semester two
  • PAC2182 Basis of drug action II
  • PAC2232 Drug delivery and disposition
  • PAC2342 Pharmacy in a public health context
  • PAC2412 Integrated therapeutics: Introduction and cardiovascular

Third year

Graduate entry students enter the course in third year after completing the summer intensive unit PAC1001 (Introduction to Pharmacy).

Semester one
  • PAC3191 Microbiology and immunology
  • PAC3241 Drug delivery, disposition and dynamics
  • PAC3351 Context for practice I
  • PAC3421 Integrated therapeutics respiratory and gastrointestinal disease
Semester two
  • PAC3252 Drug delivery II
  • PAC3362 Context for practice II
  • PAC3432 Integrated therapeutics: Infectious diseases

plus one elective from:

  • PAC3512 Current aspects of pharmaceutical research
  • PAC3522 Applied research project
  • PAC3532 International experience in pharmacy
  • PAC3542 Leadership

Fourth year

Semester one
  • PAC4261 Drug delivery and development
  • PAC4371 Professional experience placement program
  • PAC4441 Integrated therapeutics: Endocrinology and renal
  • PAC4451 Integrated therapeutics: Dermatology and pain
Semester two
  • PAC4382 Context for practice III
  • PAC4462 Integrated therapeutics: Neurology and oncology
  • PAC4472 Integrated therapeutics: Psychiatry
  • PAC4482 Preperation for practice

Bachelor of Pharmacy (with honours)

Students can qualify for the in-course Bachelor of Pharmacy (with honours) at the conclusion of the four-year pharmacy course, awarded in one of the grades of H1, H2A or H2B, where the aggregate of the marks they obtain in all units completed reaches minimum levels of achievement determined by the faculty board. Refer to the faculty in-course honours policyin-course honours policy (http://intranet.monash.edu.au/pharm/students/undergrad/honourscalculations.html).

Commerce component

Students must complete:

(a.) six compulsory common core units (36 points):

  • AFC1000 Principles of accounting and finance
  • BTC1110 Business law
  • ECC1000 Principles of microeconomics
  • ETC1000 Business and economic statistics
  • MGC1010 Introduction to management
  • MKC1200 Principles of marketing

(b.) a major of eight units (48 points):*

  • the major must come from the approved majors offered at the Clayton campus listed under 'Areas of study'
  • at least two units (12 points) must be completed at each of second and third-year levels

* Note: depending on the major chosen, one of the units in the major may have already been studied as part of the group of common core units - where this is the case, students will complete additional unit as detailed below.

(c.) additional units from the Faculty of Business and Economics in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus to reach the required minimum of 16 units (96 points).

Additional Bachelor of Commerce degree requirements:

  • a maximum of eight first-year level units (48 points)
  • a minimum of four third-year level units (24 points)
  • in addition to specific unit prerequisites, second-year level units require the successful completion of three first-year level units and third-year level units require the successful completion of two second-year level units.

Award(s)

Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Pharmacy
Bachelor of Pharmacy (with Honours)
Bachelor of Pharmacy with honours

Where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree the actual award(s) conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved, or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.