New degrees from Griffith
July 2, 2015
GriffIth University on the Gold
Coast has announced an expansion
of its degree program offerings in
pharmacy and pharmacology due
to strong demand for graduates.
Next year Griffith will launch
Australia’s first Bachelor of
Pharmacology and Toxicology, along
with a new graduate entry Master
of Pharmacy degree, which will be
the only one of its kind in Qld.
The new Bachelor of
Pharmacology and Toxicology
has been designed to fill a gap in
demand areas such as chemicals,
mining, agriculture and the
environment.
The university is also offering
it as a double degree with either
business or law.
And the new Master of Pharmacy
is offered for people who already
have a science degree and are
seeking a professional pathway into
the pharmacy sector.
Griffith says it’s responding to
“booming job prospects within the
pharmaceutical industry,” along with a “burgeoning image” of
Griffith pharmacy graduates.
Professor Andrew Davey, from
Griffith’s Menzies Health Institute,
said there is a real shortage of
pharmacists throughout regional
Queensland, as well as in the
pharmaceutical industry working
in clinical trials, government and
research.
“This, along with the expanding
role of the pharmacist in the overall
healthcare of patients, means that
there are fantastic opportunities for
appropriately skilled graduates.
“From drug discovery to
clinical use, from community
pharmacy to pharmacovigilance,
regulatory affairs and medication
management, there are a whole
host of career opportunities that
graduates can undertake.”
Davey said that according to
government figures, within four
months of graduation Griffith
pharmacy students are either in a
job or have advanced to undertake
higher qualifications.
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