Bachelor of Pharmacy with honours award

The Bachelor of Pharmacy degree with honours is awarded for meritorious performance in the four years of the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree. Units which have a numerical mark are considered in the determination of an honours result, with the exception of the third year elective unit. PAC4371 Professional experience placement program is also not included in the calculation as it does not have a numerical mark. Award level is calculated on the basis of a weighted average grade. The weighted grade ranges are as follows:

• H1: 80 per cent < 100 per cent
• H2A: 75 per cent < 79 per cent
• H2B: 70 per cent < 74 per cent

Amended at Education Commitee meeting 2-2012

Calculating the honours score

The Bachelor of Pharmacy with honours award is calculated on the academic performance of students enrolled over their four years of candidature. The honours score is calculated by averaging all student results, with the exception of the third year elective and the placement unit (PAC4371), which are excluded from the calculation.

The Board of Examiners of the faculty determines the recipients awarded the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy with honours (Grade of H1, HIIA, or HIIB) which entitles the student to graduate with and to use thereafter the post-nominal of BPharm (Hons).

Note: The honours calculations/formula are also used to determine the Year Level and Gold Medal winners in all undergraduate courses, despite in-course honours only being available for the Bachelor of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Pharmacy/Commerce.  See the Prize Giving policy for details.

Credit unit calculation

Adjustments are made for students who have been granted credit for individual units or for an entire year level.  The score for that year of the course will be:

• the average of the results achieved in the other units (for missing individual units) or
• the average of the results achieved in the other years (for an entire year level)

Failed unit calculation

Numerical adjustments based on the following formula are made for students who have failed and repeated a unit. The failed unit is included in the average, while the result from the repeated unit is adjusted as follows:

• Final attempt (repeated) mark * 0.9