Honours students will be selected at the beginning of third year from amongst students normally achieving at least a credit average, which they will be required to maintain in the honours program. The honours degree in Pharmacy is designed to provide an introduction to research and consists of a major research strand, a minor research strand and an essay. Depending on the students' major interest and longer term education or career goals, they may study additional units. Their specific syllabus will be designed in consultation with the principal supervisor and the head of school. The combination of biomedical and pharmaceutical science and clinical expertise in drug use in a pharmacy degree prepares pharmacy graduates for work in a vatiety of fields.
Graduates work as pharmacists in the community or in hospitals.
Pharmacists are involved extensively in the manufacturing, research, quality control and marketing of pharmaceuticals. Pharmacists are also employed in government health departments where they may be involved in regulation and approval of new pharmaceutical products. Some pharmacy graduates specialise in providing drug information to other health professionals, hospitals and government departments. While others undertake postgraduate training for careers as academics or researchers or in more specialised fields such as toxicology. Registration is recognised throughout Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain.