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Students who commenced study in 2015 should refer to this area of study 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 area of study.
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2015 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Science component of any bachelors double degrees.
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Science |
|---|---|
| Offered by | Department of Pharmacology |
| Campus(es) | Clayton |
| Coordinator | Dr Elizabeth Davis (Department of Pharmacology) |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Description
Pharmacology and toxicology has a broad contemporary educative function, teaching how a wide variety of chemicals and drugs produce their effects on living organisms.
An understanding of the way in which drugs produce their effects in the body is becoming increasingly important as the use and abuse of drugs becomes more widespread in society. The science of pharmacology is the study of the effects of drugs on living organisms where the term drug can be defined as a chemical substance, natural or synthetic, which affects a biological system. Pharmacology is an interdisciplinary science that employs experimental approaches common to chemistry, biochemistry and physiology.
Learning outcomes
Graduates will be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of the importance of endogenous substances in health and disease
- use knowledge from other scientific disciplines in pharmacological contexts
- apply concepts in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics to explain the action of substances on biological systems
- collect, organise, analyse and interpret pharmacological data meaningfully using experimental and computational approaches
- demonstrate through written and oral tasks the relevance of pharmacology for the prevention, management and treatment of disease
- communicate pharmacological principles effectively to diverse audiences in a variety of formats
- work and learn in both individual and collaborative ways, with others of diverse abilities, recognising a variety of perspectives and attitudes to issues relating to the use of drugs
- demonstrate through written, oral or interactive exercises responsible personal and ethical approaches to pharmacological research and therapeutics.
Units
Sequence requirements
Minor in pharmacology (24 points)
Major in pharmacology (48 points)
- BIO1011 and BIO1022
- PHY2011 and one of PHA2022 or PHY2032
- PHA3011 and PHA3021, and two of PHA3032, PHA3042 or PHA3990
Details of the PHY units, and some related sequences, are described in the physiologyphysiology (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/aos/physiology/) entry in the Science areas of study section of this Handbook.
Requirements for honours in pharmacology
- 24 points of relevant level-three units, of which normally 18 points are pharmacology or biochemistry, chemistry, developmental biology, human pathology, immunology, microbiology and physiology units.
Refer to the above science areas of studyscience areas of study (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/aos/index-byfaculty-sci.html) in this Handbook for details of relevant level-three units.
Students who have completed other majors may be eligible with approval of the head of school.
Additional information
Level two
The Department of Pharmacology offers one 6-point unit - PHA2022 - at level two. This unit is of interest to all students taking biomedical science units (physiology, biochemistry, developmental biology, microbiology) but also as an adjunct to a degree in law or psychology. PHA2022 is not a compulsory prerequisite for further study in pharmacology but is highly recommended.
The prerequisites for PHA3011 and PHA3021 are normally an adequate performance in two units of physiology and pharmacology at level two. Units studied at level two may also include biochemistry or chemistry.
Students planning to complete majors in both physiology and pharmacology must take PHY2011 and PHY2032 plus PHY2042 and PHA2022.
Level three
The first semester units, PHA3011 and PHA3021, lay the foundations for understanding how drugs act and the use of drugs to treat disease; PHA3011 is a prerequisite for all second-semester units offered by the school. In second semester students may elect to take any combination of the three units PHA3032, PHA3042 and PHA3990. These units may be combined with units in other disciplines such as any of the biological/medical disciplines, chemistry or law.
Students intending to proceed to honours in pharmacology must complete at least 24 points of relevant level-three units, of which normally 18 points are pharmacology units.
Honours
Coordinator: Associate Professor Robert Widdop
In addition to the requirements listed above, students must meet the entry requirements for the science honours program relevant to their course of enrolment. Enrolment in an honours project is subject to approval of the supervisor and the head of department. See the entries for:
- S3002 Bachelor of Science Advanced - Research (Honours)
- 0051 Bachelor of Science (Honours)
- 2188 Bachelor of Science (Science Scholar Program) (Honours)
Full details regarding the course structure for honours in this area of study are outlined in course 0051 Bachelor of Science (Honours).
Relevant courses
Single degrees
- S2000 Bachelor of Science
- S3001 Bachelor of Science Advanced - Global Challenges (Honours)
- S3002 Bachelor of Science Advanced - Research (Honours)
Double degrees
- 4642 Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Science
- 0530 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science
- 1469 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science
- D3005 Bachelor of Education (Honours) and Bachelor of Science
- 4646 Bachelor of Environmental Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Science
- 4069 Bachelor of Journalism and Bachelor of Science
- L3007 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Science
- 3517 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Computer Science
- 4638 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
- S2003 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Global Studies
Honours degrees
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