PROGRAM NARRATIVE

The Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy is a 4-year outcome-based program with an aim to produce competent registered Filipino pharmacists. The program offers a good mix of general education courses, which have relevant applications in the profession of pharmacy, and professional courses, that will help prepare the graduates in acquiring competencies necessary in the workplace. Foundation courses in pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmaceutics and the life sciences will enhance the understanding of pharmaceutical product development and their applications in pharmacy practice. Courses, both lecture and laboratory, are offered from first year to third year of the program.

The last year (fourth year) of the program includes Experiential Pharmacy Practice (formerly known as internship programs) that involve assigning students to different CHED-accredited affiliated establishments covering a minimum of 1,200 hours. The intern/student, during the course of the internship or supervised pharmacy practice experience, will be exposed to a variety of opportunities in practice areas that will prepare them for the different roles expected of them upon graduation