Students are admitted to the Pharmacy Technician Program in May of each year. HSC 0003* - Introduction to Health Care must be completed prior to program enrollment. Course content is sequential, and students should plan to enroll in all Pharmacy Technician courses in the order and during the terms indicated in the following curriculum outline.
Course Number |
Course Title |
Contact Hours |
Vocational Credits |
|
Major Courses – 1 st Semester |
|
|
|
Occupational Completion point A |
|
|
HSC 0003 |
Introduction to Health Care* |
30 |
3.0 credits |
|
Occupational Completion Point B |
|
|
PTN 0003 |
Introduction to Pharm Technician |
90 |
3.0 credits |
PTN 0004 |
Introduction to Pharm Asst Prac |
90 |
3.0 credits |
PTN 0021 |
Drug Class Pharm Tech |
90 |
3.0 credits |
PTN 0006 |
(Medical Terminology & Calculations |
90 |
3.0 credits |
|
TOTALS |
360 |
12 credits |
|
Occupational Completion Point C |
|
|
PTN 0041 |
Pharm Tech Field Experience |
270 |
9.0 credits |
PTN 0049 |
Retail Store Field Experience |
180 |
6.0 credits |
PTN 0910 |
Advanced Topics in Pharmacy |
75 |
2.5 credits |
SLS 0341 |
Employability Skills |
30 |
1.0 credits |
OTA 0101 |
(Beginning Keyboarding |
45 |
1.5 credits |
|
TOTALS |
900 |
20 Credits |
|
GRAND TOTAL |
1050 |
35 credits |
RATIO OF CREDITS TO CONTACT HOURS
In order to practice safely as a Pharmacy Technician, students must complete a predetermined number of classroom or "contact" hours. For this reason, the number of hours you spend in class will be greater than you might expect. The required ratio of credits to contact hours is spelled out in detail below.
Contact hours for vocational credit courses are the equivalent of 30 contact hour per semester for 16 weeks for each credit.
If courses are taught in less than 16 weeks, the total number of required contact hours will be divided by the number of weeks the course is offered. |
