Monash University
The world needs pharmacists. As the experts on medicines and the way they interact with the body, pharmacists play a vital role in improving the health of their communities. As the global population grows and ages, and as medicines become more complex, the need for pharmacists intensifies.
Melbourne, Australia
60 Months
AU$ 46,700
IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 94
The course develops through the six themes, the first three being Structure and Function of the Body, Drug Structure, Disposition and Action, and Professional Practice, which come together in the final three themes, Comprehensive Care, Inquiry and Innovation and Professional Experience respectively. This course will develop the relevant practical and analytical skills you require for pharmacy practice, as well as your generic skills such as oral and written communication, critical thinking, inquiry, learning for life, numeracy and information literacy and leadership.
A. Structure and Function of the Body (How the Body Works)
B. Drug Structure, Disposition, and Action (How Medicines Work)
C. Professional Practice (What Pharmacists Do)
D. Comprehensive care
E. Inquiry and Innovation
F. Professional Experience
Graduate entry pathway:
Applicants with a completed Bachelor level degree in a science-related discipline may apply for the graduate entry pathway which allows direct entry into the third year of the course after completion of a summer intensive unit. Graduate Entry Pathway students have the additional prerequisite requirement of a tertiary Physiology subject in order to be eligible for admission, along with the standard course entry requirements. For more information on Graduate Entry Pharmacy, including eligibility requirements, visit the faculty website.
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; they must enter into a summer intensive unit PHR1001 (Bridge to Practice I) and pass prior to entering the third year of this course. The pathway is only open to eligible graduate students with a relevant completed degree, which must have been completed no more than ten years prior to application. As part of this accelerated pathway, successful applicants will also be required to complete an overload unit in the first semester of their third year entitled PHR1101 (Bridge to Practice II).
All applicants must satisfy the equivalence of the VCE subject prerequisites. Studies must have been completed no more than 10 years prior to admission.
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Fees
Fees are subject to change annually.
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