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Be a medical leader with a Professional Pharmacy Technician degree.
Professional Pharmacy Technicians assist pharmacists in drug stores, hospitals and research institutions. Pharmacy is an expanding field that offers opportunities if you're interested in improving the health of Americans, enjoy customer service, compounding medications, anatomy and physiology, aseptic techniques and pharmaceutical law.
This one-year career diploma program includes an externship that provides you with real-world experience that will assist you in obtaining employment as a Pharmacy Technician.
Degrees Offered:
- Diploma
- Associate of Science
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL PHARMCY TECHNICIAN DIPLOMA
Time length for program completion will vary depending upon the number of courses taken per term, developmental courses when required, transfer credit accepted, lack of continuous enrollment, etc.
| Course | Titles | Credit Hours |
| CSC 118 | Computer Applications I | 4 |
| ENG 101 | Composition I | 4 |
| FYE 101 | Information Literacy | 4 |
| AOM105 | Keyboarding Essentials | 4 |
| MTH 101 | College Mathematics | 4 |
| MSS 104 | Medical Terminology | 4 |
| PHT 103 | Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 |
| MSS 154 | Health and Safety Techniques | 4 |
| PHT 101 | Introduction to Pharmacy Technician | 4 |
| PHT 105 | Pharmaceutical Calculations | 4 |
| PHT 150 | Pharmacotherapeutics I | 4 |
| PHT 151 | Pharmacotherapeutics II | 4 |
| PHT 201 | Pharmacy Law and Ethics | 4 |
| PHT 203 | Retail Pharmacy Operations | 4 |
| PHT 204 | Hospital Pharmacy Operations | 4 |
| PHT 205 | Principles of Customer Service |
2 |
| PHT 206 | Sterile and Non-Sterile Compounding | 4 |
| PHT209 | Medication Safety |
2 |
| PHT 299 | Pharmacy Externship | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours |
72 |
*Courses subject to change.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN PROFESSIONAL PHARMCY TECHNICIAN
| Course | Titles | Credit Hours |
| COM214 | Public Speaking | 4 |
| CSC118 | Computer Applications I | 4 |
| ECO201 | Microeconomics | 4 |
| ENG101 | Composition I | 4 |
| ENG102 | Composition II | 4 |
| FYE101 | Information Literacy | 4 |
| AOM105 | Keyboarding Essentials | 4 |
| MSS104 | Medical Terminology | 4 |
| MSS154 | Health and Safety Techniques | 4 |
| MTH101 | College Mathematics | 4 |
| PHT101 | Introduction to Pharmacy Technician | 4 |
| PHT103 | Anatomy and Physiology | 4 |
| PHT105 | Pharmaceutical Calculations | 4 |
| PHT150 | Pharmacotherapeutics I | 4 |
| PHT151 | Pharmacotherapeutics II | 4 |
| PHT201 | Pharmacy Law and Ethics | 4 |
| PHT203 | Retail Pharmacy Operations | 4 |
| PHT204 | Hospital Pharmacy Operations | 4 |
| PHT205 | Principles of Customer Service | 2 |
| PHT206 | Sterile and Non-Sterile Compounding | 4 |
| PHT208 | Nutrition, Health and Wellness | 4 |
| PHT209 | Medication Errors | 2 |
| PHT299 | Pharmacy Externship | 4 |
| PSY214 | Introduction to Psychology | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours |
92 |
*Courses subject to change.