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Charles Darwin University (CDU)

  • 20% international / 80% domestic

Master of Pharmacy

  • Masters (Coursework)

The pharmacy course will prepare you for entry into the pharmacy profession.

Key details

Degree Type
Masters (Coursework)
Duration
2 years full-time
Course Code
SPHA01
Study Mode
Online, In person

About this course

The pharmacy course will prepare you for entry into the pharmacy profession. Pharmacists have an expanding scope of practice that includes the provision of advice and support to prescribers in multiple practice settings to ensure the community has timely access to the safest and most appropriate medicines, in public health by improving health literacy and access to vaccinations, the discovery of new medicines, and tailoring medicines to individuals. This graduate entry, course work, extended master's program is offered both face-to-face and externally with one on-campus intensive. The course offered studies in professional pharmacy practice, pharmacotherapy, pharmaceutics, management, and leadership.

It provides additional opportunities through extended professional placements with over 400 hours of work-integrated learning embedded through the course, allowing you to apply theory to real cases within a pharmacy setting. You will also undertake an independent research project to help develop lifelong learning and problem-solving skills for success in a pharmacy.

You will learn with and from First Nations people during your studies, allowing you to develop communication and interpersonal skills so that you can work cross-culturally and appreciate First Nations perspectives.

Entry requirements

  • Successful completion of a recognised bachelor degree or equivalent international qualification in any discipline with at least a GPA of 4.00.
  • Completion of the below units undertaken in prior qualification(s) as evidenced in transcripts:
  • Organic chemistry
  • Inorganic chemistry
  • Mathematics or statistics

The units can be undertaken at any level of study; however, the level of the units will be a factor used in the ranking process.

  • Applicants intending to compete in one of the designated subquotas, must complete and submit the NT Residence and/or the First Nations statutory declaration(s).

Study locations

Casuarina

Casuarina

Online

What you will learn

This course is an intensive program developing professional practice and research skills leading to provisional registration as a pharmacist. It is delivered across eight teaching periods of either 6 or 12-week blocks over two years. Each 12-week block includes one day per week in a workplace integrating theory into practice. Units are offered internally or externally. External and internal students are required to attend one intensive period on Campus during the summer semester in the first year of their studies. This will allow the use of specialist laboratories and equipment required for PHA507 and PHA508.