The Program

The Pharmacy Technician works under the influence of a licensed pharmacist in the preparation and dispensing of meds, maintaining records, setting up, packaging and labeling routine orders from stock supplies and mixing drugs with parental fluids. A Pharmacy Technician may also monitor inventory and file insurance claims.

This program will prepare the graduate to sit for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam. More and more employers are preferring formally educated Pharmacy Technicians as their responsibilities increase. An Externship will allow students to experience both inpatient pharmacy situations and community pharmacy situations.

The Pharmacy Technician program consists of 2 semesters totaling 32 credits/720 clock hours. Each semester contains two 9-week terms.

First Semester

Term 1
Orientation to Pharmacy Practice
Therapeutic Agents of Body Systems I
Computer Applications for the Pharmacy Technician
Community Pharmacy Practice

Term 2
Pharmaceutical Calculations
Therapeutic Agents of Body Systems II
Computerized Drug Delivery Systems
Institutional Pharmacy Practice

Second Semester

Term 3
Professional Development
Therapeutic Agents of the Body Systems III
Pharmacy Law and Ethics
Intravenous Admixture and Sterile Products

Term 4
Externship (135 hours)
Pharmacology Technician Certification Review