MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Science Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Discipline objectives
Pharmacology is concerned with the effect of chemicals on living tissues.
Students studying pharmacology will, at the end of the course, understand:
+ the sites and mechanisms of action of drugs;
+ qualitative and quantitative aspects of drug interactions with living
systems;
+ the therapeutic applications of major drug groups used in medicine;
+ other aspects of pharmacology and toxicology such as drug safety, drug
evaluation, agricultural applications, environmental pollutants, and food
additives.
The discipline
Pharmacology and toxicology for third-year students is presented in two
twelve-point subjects, one in each semester, PHA3011 and PHA3022. To complete
the forty-eight point total for third-year studies, these two subjects may be
combined with subjects in other disciplines according to BSc course
requirements. Such studies frequently include any of the biological/medical
disciplines, chemistry or law. The prerequisite for PHA3011 is normally an
adequate performance in second-year physiology. It is advised that previous
subjects should also include biochemistry or chemistry at second-year level.
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