Pharmacy Technician - One-Year Certificate of Completion (CC1)
The Pharmacy Technician One-Year Certificate of Completion prepares students for employment in the pharmacy industry. The program can be completed in as little as 2-3 terms. Pharmacy technicians are skilled workers trained to work in a pharmacy and assist in all areas of the pharmacy not requiring a registered pharmacist's professional judgment. Practice areas for pharmacy technicians include retail, hospital, manufacturing, disease state management, mail order, and insurance claim specialists. Pharmacy technicians process prescriptions and medication orders and play an integral role in maintaining the pharmacy department.
Courses
- AH 115 — Cultural Responsiveness in Health Sciences (3 Credits)
- BA 214 — Business Communications (4 Credits)
- BI 105 — Human Biology for Health Science Careers (4 Credits)
- COMM 115 — Introduction to Intercultural Communication (4 Credits)
- COMM 218Z — Interpersonal Communication (4 Credits)
- COMM 219 — Small Group Communication (4 Credits)
- MTH 015 — Basic Mathematics (4 Credits)
- PHM 100 — Pharmacy Technician Practice I (5 Credits)
- PHM 110 — Pharmacy Calculations (3 Credits)
- PHM 120 — Pharmacology I (5 Credits)
- PHM 125 — Pharmacy Technician Lab (3 Credits)
- PHM 130 — Pharmacology II (5 Credits)
- PHM 140 — Pharmacy Technician Practice II (5 Credits)
- PHM 180A — Pharmacy Technician Practicum (4 Credits)
- WR 065 — Rhetoric and Critical Thinking II (4 Credits)
- WR 121Z — Composition I (4 Credits)