An evaluation of pharmacology curricula in Australian science and health-related degree programs

BMC Medical Education

Table 4 Specific degrees included for each degree program

Degree program*	Degrees included	Number of courses**	Number of institutions
Science	Science, Medical Science, Biomedical Science, Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Health Science, Biotechnology	59	14
Pharmacy	Pharmacy	41	10
Nursing	Nursing	24	11
Medicine	Medicine	27	10

*While many Australian institutions diversify their degree offerings, for example, offering a Bachelor of Science as well as a Bachelor of Biomedical Science and a Bachelor of Biotechnology, this is not true of all institutions, nor is this necessarily generalisable to institutions outside Australia. Choice of categories was based in part on the recognition that programs for which a student might obtain a discrete named degree in Australia might constitute a major or focus of a more generally-named degree elsewhere (e.g. a major in Biotechnology is found in some Bachelor of Science degrees). It should be noted that the Medicine degree category does not distinguish between graduate-entry and undergraduate programs.
**Note that 4 courses were accounted for twice, for example, taught to Science and Pharmacy.

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