PC4500 - Pharmacy Honours

Credit points:	24
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
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Available to students who have been awarded a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree or equivalent within five years of proposed enrolment.

This subject consists of research undertaken for preparation of a thesis for the Pharmacy Honours degree. Seminars accompany the research process. Students will be able to choose from a number of pharmaceutical research areas such as pharmaceutics, pharmacy practice, social aspects of pharmacy, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, drug discovery, medicinal chemistry and molecular biology. All projects are subject to approval by the honours coordinator of the Pharmacy course.

Learning Outcomes

• analyse data, demonstrating use of appropriate methods and demonstrate the ability to evaluate results critically;
• carry out a literature search and critically review the literature;
• collect data based on the research proposal;
• demonstrate an ability to formulate a research question and project plan;
• devise a research proposal appropriate to the research question.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information;
• The ability to select and use appropriate IT tools;
• The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
• The ability to use and interpret different media;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
• A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

PC4105

Availabilities
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Census Date 06-May-2005
Coordinator:	Professor Beverley Glass
Lecturers:	Assoc. Professor Ian Heslop, Mrs Christine Richardson, jc128053, Professor Beverley Glass, jc144749, jc146174.
Assessment:	(10%); (60%); (30%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.