WHY STUDY PHARMACY SCIENCE AT DALHOUSIE?
Pharmacists take medication histories identify goals for drug therapy provide education to patients regarding medications make recommendations to other health-care providers about drug therapy and much more. You'll gain the knowledge and skills to provide drug therapy toward improving patient health. The program’s curriculum offers problem-based learning (PBL) and other types of courses which may include tutorials lectures labs and practical experience in various settings.
What will I learn?

The pharmacy program delivers course content primarily through problem-based learning (PBL) modules. In the first year of the program you’ll take courses in biomedical sciences covering all essential subjects including anatomy biochemistry microbiology pharmacology and physiology.

These courses are fully integrated in years two through four covering not only the scientific side of pharmacy but also the social. You'll look at such topics as therapeutics pharmaceutical care inter-professional relations law and ethics social and administrative pharmacy issues and the role of pharmacy in the health-care system.

Sample courses:

• Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Toxicology

Careers and future study:

With a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BSc Pharm) degree you’ll have a wide range of career opportunities. The majority of graduates enter community pharmacy practice. You might also find working in a hospital pharmacy an interesting challenge particularly in view of pharmacists’ expanding role within the clinical setting. As well the pharmaceutical industry provides opportunities for pharmacists in the fields of sales and marketing production research and quality control.

The increased role of federal and provincial governments in public health has provided opportunities for pharmacists in analytical laboratories and in administrative positions as consultants government inspectors and health officers. Opportunities are also available in universities as teachers and researchers. Careers in the pharmacy field include:

• pharmacist
• drug researcher
• lawyer journalist or consultant specializing in pharmaceutical issues

Future studies could include programs at the graduate level in molecular biology clinical pharmacy or pharmacoeconomic.