Awards
Honours Bachelor Degree
Mode of Delivery: Full Time
 
No. of Semesters : 8
NFQ Level: 8
Programme Credits: 240
Language of Instruction: English
Department: Science and Health
 

Semester Schedules

Stage 1 / Semester 1

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Fundamental Biology, Chemistry 1, Physics 1. 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical and CA in the following modules: Quantitative Methods 1
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZBIO C1101 Fundamental Biology
ZCHE C1101 Chemistry 1
ZLAB C1101 Laboratory Science
ZPHY C1101 Physics 1
ZMTS C1101 Quantitative Methods 1
 

Stage 1 / Semester 2

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Chemistry 2, Quantitative Methods 2, Animal and Human Biology. 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical and CA in the following modules: Physics 2 3. Current concepts in Science is an elective. Brewing and Distilling students will do a comparable module (Introduction to Brewing Studies) and Science Students will do Science module(Introduction to BioScience)
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZBIO C1102 Animal and Human Biology
ZCHE C1102 Chemistry 2
ZPHY C1102 Physics 2
ZMTS C1102 Quantitative Methods 2
ZSCI C1101 Current Concepts in Science
 

Stage 2 / Semester 1

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Instrumentation, Analytical Inorganic Chemistry, 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical and CA in the following modules: Quantitative Methods and Quality Control, Organic and Physical Chemistry
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZINS C2101 Instrumentation
ZQUA C2101 Quantitative Methods and Quality Control 1
ZANA C2101 Analytical Inorganic Chemistry 1
ZCHE C2103 Organic and Physical Chemistry 1
 

Stage 2 / Semester 2

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Organic and Physical Chemistry 2 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the practical and CA in the following modules: Quantitative Methods and Quality Control 2, Analytical Inorganic Chemistry 2, Pharmaceutical Science 3. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in both the CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Biomolecules 4. Students may apply to EXIT from the programme with a Higher Certificate in Science in Applied Chemistry (Embedded Exit Award), provided they have achieved the required learning outcomes for the level 6 award and have accumulated 120 credits. IT Carlow academic regulations apply.
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZQUA C2102 Quantitative Methods and Quality Control 2
ZANA C2102 Analytical Inorganic Chemistry 2
ZCHE C2104 Organic and Physical Chemistry 2
ZCHE C2105 Biomolecules
ZPHA C2102 Pharmaceutical Science

Stage 2 Exit Only Award : Higher Certificate

 

Stage 3 / Semester 1

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in the Practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Physical Chemistry, Spectrochemical Methods, Quality Management, Experimental Design and Data Analysis. 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in the CA and Practical in the following modules: Sampling and Separation Science
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZCHE C3103 Physical Chemistry
ZCHE C3104 Spectrochemical Methods
ZSCI C3100 Sampling and Separation Science 1
ZQUA C3103 Quality Management, Experimental Design and Data Analysis
 

Stage 3 / Semester 2

Elective Regulation
1. Analytical Project and Workplace planning is delivered as a year-long module with credits awarded at the end of Semester 6 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in the Practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Sampling and Separation Science 2, Microbiology for Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Processing and Process Analytical Technologies. 3. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in the CA and Practical in the following modules: Environmental Science 4. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in the CA and Project in the following modules: Analytical Project and Workplace Planning. 5. Students may apply to EXIT from the programme with a Bachelor of Science in Analytical Science (Embedded Exit Award), provided they have achieved the required learning outcomes for the level 7 award and have accumulated 180 credits. IT Carlow academic regulations apply.
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZENV C3100 Environmental Science
ZSCI C3101 Sampling and Separation Science 2
ZPHA C3108 Microbiology for Pharmaceutics
ZANA C3100 Analytical Project and Workplace Planning
ZPHA C3100 Pharmaceutical Processing and Process Analytical Technologies

Stage 3 Exit Only Award : Ordinary Bachelor Degree

 

Stage 4 / Semester 1

Elective Regulation
1. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in the Practical/CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Assay Development, Pharmaceutical Formulation, Drug Stability
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZSCI C4105 Assay Development
ZPHA C4104 Pharmaceutical Formulation
ZPHA C4105 Drug Stability
 

Stage 4 / Semester 2

Elective Regulation
1. Research Project in Pharmaceutics is delivered as a year-long module with credits awarded at the end of Semester 8 2. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in the CA and Final Examination in the following modules: Regulatory Affairs for Pharmaceutics 3. Students must achieve a minimum grade (35%) in the CA/Practical and Final examination in the following module: Advanced Data Analysis and Modelling
Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ZDAT C4100 Advanced Data Analysis and Modelling
ZPRO C4101 Research Project in Pharmaceutics
ZWKP C4103 Work Placement Pharmaceutics
ZLAW C4100 Regulatory Affairs for Pharmaceutics

Stage 4 Exit Only Award : Honours Bachelor Degree