Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)

Course Overview Take the first steps on your path to playing a vital role in your community and a successful career as a pharmacist with La Trobe's accredited Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours).Build your understanding of how medicines treat diseases and impact people's lives, and the importance of patient-centred and individualised care. Key Program Highlights Access our on-campus training pharmacy and get work-ready by participating in a range of community and hospital placements.By completing La Trobe's Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours), you will:understand biochemistry, haematology and pharmacology and how systems of the body work, and how diseases and medicines affect these systemslearn counselling and communication techniques that equip you to deliver patient-centred careexplore the evolving use of digital technologies in healthcare and the technological, clinical, social, legal and ethical impacts of digital healthdevelop expertise in the practical applications of pharmaceutical care, including drugs used in respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, infections, endocrinology, psychiatry, oncology and palliative careexamine issues in public health, including rural and remote Australia and across Indigenous communitiesgraduate eligible to complete a one-year internship and take the Pharmacy Board of Australia exams to qualify as a professional pharmacist.The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 8 – Bachelor Degree Honours.