Overview

The BSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical Healthcare Sciences, NFQ Level 8, is a non-pharmacy Honours degree pathway for students on the BPharm who satisfy the pass and progression standards of Third Year Pharmacy but who, following consultation with the Programme Leader, do not wish to continue with their Pharmacy degree. Such students may register instead for the non-pharmacy BSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical Healthcare Sciences, commencing in Fourth Year. 

The BSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical Healthcare Sciences does not confer eligibility to practice as a Pharmacist. Neither does it allow a candidate to continue to the MPharm degree.

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements. 

Programme Requirements

Non-Pharmacy Exit Pathway for students not completing Third Year Pharmacy

Non-Pharmacy Exit Pathway for students not completing Fourth Year Pharmacy

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Students electing to take this optional module must secure a work placement relevant to the discipline, to be undertaken outside of term-time (minimum two weeks (70 hours)) subject to the approval of the School of Pharmacy. 

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Not included for progression to subsequent year and is not counted toward the final degree award. The result obtained will be recorded on the student's transcript.

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Modules will be completed while on placement.

Examinations

Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.

Programme Learning Outcomes

Programme Learning Outcomes for BSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical Healthcare Sciences (NFQ Level 8, Major Award)

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Apply the physiochemical properties of drugs to the design of small molecules and biopharmaceutical drug delivery systems and recognise the principles of pharmaceutical manufacturing encompassing good manufacturing practice (GMP), quality assurance (QA), quality control (QC) and regulatory affairs;
• Apply the principles of chemistry underpinning the design, development, manufacture, analysis and quality control of pharmaceutical compounds and excipients;
• Outline the physiological, biochemical, molecular and genetic basis of disease, drug therapy and drug delivery;
• Apply the pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetics and pharmacological principles underlying the use of medicines in health care;
• Recognise common minor and major disease states;
• Conduct a literature review, design a research protocol, collect and interpret data and write a dissertation;
• Identify, formulate, analyse and solve problems relating to the action, design and manufacture of pharmaceutical compounds;
• Design and carry out experiments to test hypotheses or theories in pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, biochemistry or pharmacology;
• Summarise all stages of the pharmaceutical manufacturing process from drug candidate selection to commercial manufacture.