IELTS total 6.5, IELTS reading 6.5, IELTS writing 6.5, IELTS speaking 6.5, IELTS listening 6.5
Recent secondary education
Meet any prerequisite requirements with a minimum grade of C- or equivalent
AND
Qualify for the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE), and achieved a competitive Selection Rank (ATAR), or
Complete secondary qualifications equivalent to SACE, or
Complete the International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum score of 24 points
Applicants who have not achieved the Selection Rank required for automatic selection may be selected for any remaining places based on the grades of their year 12 subjects.
OR
Higher education study
Complete or partly complete a recognised higher education program at a recognised higher education institution, or
Complete at least four Open Universities Australia (OUA) courses at undergraduate level or above
OR
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Complete an award from a registered training organisation at Diploma or above
OR
Work and life experience
Qualify for Special Entry, or
Complete a UniSA Foundation Studies program or equivalent, or
Hold completed secondary qualifications equivalent to SACE obtained more than 2 years in the past
Start your unstoppable career with South Australia’s only professionally accredited pharmacy degree to become a registered Pharmacist.
As medicine experts, Pharmacists treat patients through one-on-one patient care, ensuring medicines are collectively used in the right way.
Using cutting edge technology in dedicated pharmacy laboratories, you’ll develop skills in pharmaceutical and biological sciences to understand and prepare medicines. As an honour's student you’ll develop advanced skills in research, focusing on an area of specialisation in pharmacy and related sciences.
You’ll learn how to deliver the best patient care, review medications, accurately dispense medicines and provide expert knowledge.
As an honour's student, there is a strong focus on research in this degree. You’ll graduate with the skills needed to undertake and manage research projects in a health-related setting.
Key focuses of this degree include:
Professional pharmacy practice and patient-centred care
Providing personalised drug information and expert advice for patients
Preparing, studying and monitoring medicines and their use
Inter-professional practice and communication
Clinical placements in community and hospital pharmacy sectors.
Over the first two years you’ll study:
Foundations in pharmaceutical sciences and clinical skills
Common diseases and their management
Understanding healthcare systems and the roles of healthcare professionals
Collecting and interpreting health information to provide individualised patient care
Ethical pharmacy practice including responsible and legal control and supply of medicines.
During the third and fourth years you’ll study:
Clinical decision-making principles and interprofessional practice
Compounding and formulation of medicines
Advanced pharmacy practice service delivery.
Quality use of medicines
Research skills and professional communication
Clinical trials and international regulation of medicines
In the final year, you’ll complete professional placements in community and hospital-based pharmacies, with opportunities for rural and international experiences.
CRICOS CODE : 088337C
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Degree structure
FIRST YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Chemistry 100
Human Physiology 100
Health and Society
Health Professional Essentials
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Chemistry 101
Human Physiology 101
Quantitative Methods in Health
Pharmacy Practice 1
SECOND YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Pharmacology A
Dosage Form Design 1
Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Pharmacology B
Dosage Form Design 2
Pharmacy Practice 2
Pharmacology C
THIRD YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Pharmacotherapeutics Practice 1A
Pharmacotherapeutics Theory 1
Dosage Form Design 3
Quality Use of Medicines
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Pharmacotherapeutics Practice 1B
Pharmacotherapeutics Theory 2
Dosage Form Design 4
Therapeutics, Nutrition and Exercise
FOURTH YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Pharmacy Practice 3
Advanced Therapeutics
Professional Placement
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Pharmacy Practice 4
RESEARCH FOCUS
Frontiers in Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Science
PRACTICE AND MANAGEMENT FOCUS
Issues in Contemporary Pharmacy Practice
AND ONE OF
Pharmacy Management Essentials
OR
Pharmacy Practice Elective
Growth in Australia’s pharmacy profession is continually on the rise, with most Pharmacists working in retail trade, health care and social assistance, or manufacturing. Career prospects continue to look very strong, with an expected 13,000 job openings over the next five years.1
Pharmacy is not just about filling prescriptions. Pharmacists are the medicine experts in a multidisciplinary healthcare team. With new therapeutic developments and expanding clinical roles, Pharmacists have more career options than ever before, in settings across:
hospitals
local pharmacies
GP practices
community services
aged care settings
pharmaceutical industry
defence services
regulatory bodies
compounding or critical care services
infectious disease services
academia and research.
The Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) qualifies students for provisional registration as a Pharmacist. To become a practicing Pharmacist, you’ll need to undertake the Pharmacy Intern Training Program at UniSA or another institution.
OSHC: 530 ($) per year
