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Pharmacology

Description

Pharmacology is the study of drugs and their effects on living tissue and whole organisms. Drugs are chemical substances that modify physiological functioning or influence pathological processes. Students of Pharmacology examine how drugs are discovered, how they are absorbed and eliminated, their mechanism of action and side effects, and how they assist in maintaining health and counteracting illness and disease.

Studying Pharmacology at UNSW
The study of Pharmacology at UNSW is a component of several undergraduate programs in the Faculty of Medicine and also several programs in the Faculty of Science, including the Bachelor of Science and the Bachelor of Medical Science. Please refer to the table below. Students may continue their study of pharmacology at a postgraduate level.

Medical Pharmacology can be studied in the following Programs

Program Code & Name	Stream Type	Stream
3991 Medical Science	Major	PHARC13991

Pharmacology can be studied in the following Programs

Program Code & Name	Stream Type	Stream
3154 Actuarial Studies / Science	Major Minor	PHARA13154 PHARB23154
3457 Music / Science	Major Minor	PHARA13457 PHARB23457
3458 Music/Advanced Science (Hons)	Major Minor	PHARB13458 PHARB23458
3471 Music (Honours) / Science	Major Minor	PHARA13471 PHARB23471
3472 Music(Hons)/Adv Science(Hons)	Major Minor	PHARB13472 PHARB23472
3529 Commerce/Science	Major Minor	PHARA13529 PHARB23529
3563 Economics / Science	Major Minor	PHARA13563 PHARB23563
3566 Economics/Adv Science (Hons)	Major Minor	PHARB13566 PHARB23566
3593 Commerce/Adv Science (Hons)	Major Minor	PHARB13593 PHARB23593
3762 AdvSci(Hons)/Engineering(Hons)	Major Minor	PHARB13762 PHARB23762
3767 Engineering (Hons) / Science	Major Minor	PHARA13767 PHARB23767
3782 Adv Science (Hons) / Comp Sci	Major Minor Honours	PHARB13782 PHARB23782 SOMSCH3782
3789 Science / Computer Science	Major Minor	PHARA13789 PHARB23789
3925 Science and Business	Major	PHARA13925
3926 Science / Fine Arts	Major Minor	PHARA13926 PHARB23926
3937 Science/Social Rsch & Policy	Major Minor	PHARA13937 PHARB23937
3938 AdvSci (Hons)/SocRschandPolicy	Major Minor	PHARB13938 PHARB23938
3944 Adv Science (Hons)/Fine Arts	Major Minor	PHARB13944 PHARB23944
3947 Science / Arts	Major Minor	PHARA13947 PHARB23947
3948 Adv Science (Honours) / Arts	Major Minor	PHARB13948 PHARB23948
3962 Advanced Science (Honours)	Major Minor	PHARB13962 PHARB23962
3966 Life Sciences	Major	PHARA13966
3970 Science	Major Minor	PHARA13970 PHARB23970
3983 Science/Computer Science	Major Minor	PHARA13983 PHARB23983
3987 Science (International)	Major	PHARA13987
3997 Advanced Science (Honours)/Law	Major Minor	PHARB13997 PHARB23997
4076 Science/Education (Secondary)	Major Minor	PHARA14076 PHARB24076
4770 Science / Law	Major Minor	PHARA14770 PHARB24770
4772 Science and Business / Law	Major	PHARA14772

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