The pharmacy programs were developed with the best advice and comment to ensure the degrees were in line with the latest national and international trends in pharmacy education.
Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science
This program provides a strong focus on the pharmaceutical sciences. Students study core courses in basic and biomedical sciences including chemistry, mathematics, statistics, physics, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and microbiology. Pharmacy specific areas include human and chemical pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences, drug information and evaluation, health communication, and professional pharmacy practice.
Graduates have direct entry into the postgraduate Master of Pharmacy at the Gold Coast campus, covering the theoretical and practical aspects of professional pharmacy practice and therapeutics, specialised dosage forms and research skills, integrated with periods of clinical placement in rural and metropolitan community and hospital pharmacies.
This articulated degree, followed by the pharmacy intern training year leads to registration as a pharmacist.
Master of Pharmacy
Only Griffith University graduates of the Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science (1242) are eligible for admission into the Master of Pharmacy program.
This program builds on the strong pharmaceutical science foundation achieved in the Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science and integrates further advanced studies in pharmaceutical science, professional and clinical pharmacy practice and pharmacy research. It provides a broad range of lectures, group and self-directed learning activities, practical competence-development simulations and clinical placements to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to undertake the pharmacy intern training year before applying for registration as a pharmacist.
Continuing Professional Development
The certificate course in Integrative Medicine is specifically designed for pharmacists, however, medical practitioners, nurses and any other health-care practitioner, with a special interest in the integration of mainstream and evidence-based complementary medicine, will benefit from this course.