Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science

Areas of study

The Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science is a job ready science degree.

It has two unique specialty areas – formulation science and medicinal chemistry. During the first year of your course, students gain a broad understanding of each area before selecting a specialisation in their second year.

Areas of study within the degree include:

• analytical methods
• biochemistry
• biopharmaceutics
• biotechnology
• chemistry
• computational chemistry
• drug analysis and design
• drug discovery and development
• drug formulation and delivery
• formulation chemistry
• industrial and research projects
• lead identification
• medicinal chemistry
• pharmaceutical biology
• physiology and pharmacology
• product development
• spectroscopy
• synthetic chemistry
• toxicology.

Units of study

Refer to the university's handbook for further information on individual units of study.