Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) - 316161

Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)

316161

Health and Recreation

Full time Part time

Course Fee

CSP/$7950 (1st year contribution)

Start Date

Jan 2025

James Cook University - Townsville

Duration

3 years Full time or 5 years Part time

Offer Rounds

16 Jan 2025

Overview Admissions Criteria Student Profile Career Possibilities

Course outline

Students gain the communication, legal, ethical, management, and research skills required for modern pharmacy practice in hospitals, the community, industry, research, or educational settings. Subjects are integrated to facilitate greater clinical understanding and cover chemistry and biochemistry, drug and dosage form design, anatomy and physiology, disease states, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutics, public health and health promotion, and rural and remote practice. The program is accredited with conditions by the Australian Pharmacy Council. Graduates will be eligible to apply for professional registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). For current course information, visit Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) at JCU.

Note

Levels 1 and 2 can be completed part-time however levels 3 and 4 must be competed full-time.

Majors

Professional honours (full-time only); research honours (full-time only). Students must achieve a minimum GPA of 5.5 across levels one and two to be offered a position in the research honours major.

Other requirements

A 600-hour placement program requires students to undertake experiential learning in both hospital and community practice, with a period in a rural area. Overseas placement opportunities and multi-disciplinary placement experiences are also available. Prior to taking professional placements, students must provide evidence of immunity to hepatitis B, MMR, varicellla, and pertussis, and current Provide First Aid and CPR certificates. A Suitability Card is required and an Australian Federal Police check may be required; refer to institution. Students must complete all professional experience placement requirements by the prescribed deadlines and maintain currency of these requirements in order to stay admitted in the course.

Admissions Criteria

For additional information about the admissions criteria for JCU and for this course, refer to the JCU website.

Prerequisites

English, Literature, English and Literature Extension or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 and 4, C); General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 and 4, C); Completion of Year 12 or attained age 18 years

Recommended study

Chemistry (Units 3/4,C)

Minimum Selection thresholds (ATAR/Selection Rank) for semester/trimester/term 1, 2024

ATAR/Selection Rank profile for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR/Selection Rank for semester/trimester/term 1, 2024

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ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

98.20

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

99.95

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

86.70

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

88.55

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

75.50

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

76.10

Excluding: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made, excluding adjustment factors.
Including: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made including any adjustment factors that may have been applied.

Student Profile by Applicant background for semester/trimester/term 1, 2024

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Number of students

Percentage of all students

25.0%

Number of students

<5*

Percentage of all students

<5*

Number of students

<5*

Percentage of all students

<5*

Recent secondary education admitted solely on the basis of ATAR/Rank Admitted where both ATAR/Rank and additional criteria were considered Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR/Rank was not a factor

Number of students

Percentage of all students

37.5%

Number of students

Percentage of all students

0.0%

Number of students

Percentage of all students

17.5%

Number of students

<5*

Percentage of all students

<5*

All students

Number of students

Percentage of all students

100%

Notes

* “<5" – the number of students is less than 5

Career opportunities

Community, hospital and industrial pharmacies, pharmacy administration, research and education, government, the military.

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