Bachelor of Pharmacy in-course honours award
The in-course honours award is calculated on the academic performance of students enrolled in the Bachelor of Pharmacy or Bachelor of Pharmacy/Bachelor of Commerce over their four years of candidature. At each year level, a student receives an 'honours' mark calculated by multiplying the numerical academic mark by the credit point value of the particular unit inall units for that particular year level. The honours score from each semester, in the four years of the Bachelor of Pharmacy are added to produce a final overall Honours score for each student. All students in the graduating class are then ranked based on this final score.
Example: First year Pharmacy honours calculation for semester 1, 2007 units:
| Unit code |
Unit title |
Credit points |
Mark |
Grade |
Honours score
|
| VCP1011 |
Pharmacy practice IA |
6
|
80 |
HD |
480 |
| VCP1021 |
Medicinal chemistry IA |
6 |
56 |
P |
390 |
| VCP1071 |
Pharmaceutical chemistry A |
6 |
70 |
D |
420 |
| VCP1081 |
Physiology I |
6 |
85 |
HD |
510 |
| Total |
|
1800 |
Numerical adjustments based on a formula, are made for students who repeat units, or gain advanced standing for individual units, or advanced standing for an entire year level.
The Board of Examiners of the faculty determines the recipients awarded the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy with the Honours Grade of (H1, HIIA, or HIIB) which entitles the graduate with and to use thereafter the post-nominal of BPharm(Hons). Approximately 35% of the highest achieving students in the graduating year receive a post-nominal award of Honours.
The honours categories include:
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