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PHARMACY TECHNICIAN SCIENCE

ASU-Searcy Campus

See the Advanced Technology and Allied Health Division or page 67 of the 2007-08 catalog.

Contact:

Janet Liles
Phone: (501) 207-4037
E-mail: jliles@searcy.asub.edu
Location: Searcy Campus

The purpose of the Pharmacy Technician Science program is to enable graduates to obtain basic and intermediate level competencies to obtain employment in either direct patient care or retail pharmacy settings. Pharmacy technicians assist licensed pharmacists in providing medication and other healthcare products to patients.

Technicians generally perform routine tasks such as counting, labeling and preparing prescribed medications. Pharmacy Technicians will generally work in retail, hospital, mail-order, institutional operations, compounding centers, and home infusion IV centers.

Total Credit Hours: 16 hours

Course # / Course Title / Credit Hrs

PHT 1003 Pharmacy Medical & Drug Terminology (3 credit hours)
PHT 1013 Pharmacy Math (3 credit hours)
PHT 1002 Pharmacy Law-State and Federal (2 credit hours)
PHT 1103 Pharmacy Technician Fundamentals & Transitions (3 credit hours)
PHT 1005 Pharmacology (5 credit hours)

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