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This course examines diseases affecting the various tissues, organs and body systems. Topics include genetics, mental health disorders, and diseases affecting children and the older adult.

This is an introductory course that provides a comprehensive study of The Microsoft® Office. This course is a combination of lecture and hands-on training.

This course provides entry-level and advanced-level mathematical concepts and calculation skills that pharmacy technicians need to prepare for the externship experience and certification exam and to achieve success in a career position at a community or an institutional pharmacy. The courseware program provides students with an understanding of measurement systems and conversions, an explanation of the elements of prescriptions and medication orders, and proficiency in using ratio-proportion and dimensional analysis calculation methods.

Effective communication is a critical skill for the healthcare professional. This course provides the basic skills to communicate orally and in writing within an interdisciplinary, multicultural, and multigenerational healthcare environment. The essential of communication and the “soft-skills” needed for entry level healthcare jobs and career success are taught.

Students taking this course will learn how interpersonal relationships develop in an organization and how the organization deals with both formal and informal power structures. Topics for discussion include motivation, leadership, organizational environment, and communication.

This course is designed to provide an overview of law and ethics affecting the pharmacy technician’s role. Federal and state laws and regulations are reviewed. Special attention is given to the pharmacy technician’s professional standards, and compliance with relevant legal, regulatory, formulary, contractual, and safety requirements.

This course is an introduction to the operation of the community pharmacy with content areas devoted to the origins of the pharmacy, various drugs, dosage forms, delivery systems, and pharmacy billing and reimbursement. The evolving role regarding major trends, issues, goals, and initiatives taken within the pharmacy profession will be studied. Instruction regarding the roles and responsibilities of the pharmacy technician with emergent situations will be given.

This is the first in the series of pharmacology courses for the pharmacy technician. This course examines the basic principles of pharmacology, including drug nomenclature, dosage forms, administration routes, indications and uses, drug actions and clinical effects, adverse actions, side effects, and interactions. Pharmacy law topics include Federal laws such as the Controlled Substance Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and its amendments. Drug topics include dietary supplements, skin medications, drugs of the autonomic nervous system, and antineoplastic drugs. Classification of drugs by both body system and drug function will be examined.

(Prereq: PTA205) This is the second course in the series for pharmacy technicians that examines the major drug classes in relation to the treatment of diseases and disorders, including the clinical effects of selected medications. Topics include an analysis of drug action, indications and uses, side-effects, adverse actions, and interactions for body systems including cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, endocrine, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, reproductive, central nervous system and ophthalmology. Classification of drugs by both body system and drug function will be examined.

This course is an introduction to the operation of pharmacy software. Content areas include patient, provider, insurance and medication data entry, adjudication of new prescriptions/medication orders and refills, including rejected claims and prior authorizations, inventory control and documentation.

(Prereq. – PTA176) This course focuses on the pharmacy technician’s role within an institutional pharmacy setting. Instruction in routes of administration for various medications, selection of appropriate supplies and equipment, and proper calculation of dosages of medications will be provided. The basics of aseptic technique, infection control, and proper handling of hazardous materials will be taught.

(Prereq. – To be taken in the student’s next to last term) The student will be provided a real life-experience in a community pharmacy setting to reinforce the skills and processes they have acquired through their studies. This externship consists of 120 clock hours of on-site practical experience.

(Prereq. – To be taken in final term and concurrently with PTA289) This course is designed to prepare the student for success on the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE) through a structured classroom review and testing to assess the student’s recall of materials presented throughout the program.

(Prereq. – To be taken in the student’s last term, all core courses completed except for PTA288 and MED218) The student will be provided a real-life experience in a pharmacy setting including, but not limited to, retail or institutional pharmacies to reinforce the skills and processes they have acquired through their studies. This externship consists of 120 clock hours of on-site practical experience.

This is the first course in a three-course sequence on accounting principles. This course will introduce accounting principles and procedures for individual service and merchandising companies. Specific topics include the accounting cycle, accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash accounting and management procedures, and purchases and sales of merchandise.

This course focuses on decision-making, strategic planning, organizing, and job organizational design aspects that are essential to the field of management.

Students taking this course will examine concepts of leadership and explore skills to become leaders. Students will learn how leaders set goals, resolve conflict, manage change and motivate the workforce.

(Prereq.- ENG090) A comprehensive course in business communication, that includes the study and practice of concepts and skills as they apply to business and professional settings including written communication, business and professional presentations, interpersonal and group dynamics. Special attention is given to learning to communicate effectively in multiple formats as professional in today’s digital, social, and mobile world.

This course examines the principles of employee selection, job design, performance appraisal, compensation, training and development, safety and health, and labor relations. Upon completion of this course students are eligible to sit for the Associate Professional in Human Resources (aPHR) certification exam through Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI).

(Prereq. – COM151) Students taking this course will learn how to use Microsoft® Word and Microsoft® PowerPoint to prepare documents and presentations.

(Prereq. – COM151) Students taking this course will learn how to use Microsoft® Access and Microsoft® Excel to prepare databases and spreadsheet applications.

Medical terminology is the language of medicine. Students will be taught using a systematic approach to word building and term comprehension based on the concepts of word roots, prefixes and suffixes. This course will provide the student the primary skills to use terminology to accurately describe the body and associated components, conditions, processes, and procedures. Students will learn terms pertaining to all the body systems and terms pertaining to pharmaceutical treatment.

(Prereq. – ENG090 if applicable) Students taking this course will study and discuss rhetoric, style, and composition, with special emphasis on written communication skills.

This course introduces students to the process of critical thinking and offers knowledge and experience that can be applied to academic, professional, and personal growth. Students will learn to examine and evaluate the information they are exposed to, confidently select appropriate evidence from conflicting data, and craft that evidence into viable answers, arguments or solutions.

(Prereq. – MAT090 if applicable) Students taking this course will examine the fundamental principles of mathematical theory and grow to understand the logic and inter-relationship of various mathematical functions.

(Prereq. – MAT090 if applicable) Students will learn algebraic problem solving, radicals, quadratic equations, polynomials, inequalities, and applied problem solving.

Students taking this course will study ethical thought and ideals, with emphasis on the central assumptions of personal and social morality. Students will also investigate ethics and related problems in industry, civil society, and the typical American community.

The need for cultural awareness doesn’t just apply to one’s relationship with others; conflicting cultural perspectives often exist within the individual. Students will learn to appreciate their own heritage and understand how their heritage influences their perspectives while gaining an appreciation for the cultural heritage of those around them. Students will be challenged to think and discuss their beliefs and opinions in light of cultural influence and understand how those values affect their work ethic and working relationships. Course content will incorporate experiences similar to those that will occur in the vocation’s students have chosen to study.

This course provides the student with the means and opportunity to engage their government as a concerned individual. Global political systems and principal theories will be examined and compared to events and decisions affecting each student at the local level. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged to become participants in their local government and to recognize and understand the various challenges that influence local decisions. The information and skills students learn in this course may be applied to many professional fields.

This course provides students with an overview of the fundamental principles and methods of psychology. Topics for discussion include biological basis of behavior, sensory and perceptual processes, learning, motivation, developmental changes, personality, social behavior, and behavioral disorders.

This course is designed to study human growth and development across the life span with emphasis upon normal growth and milestones achieved in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional systems. Professional consideration is given to understanding changes that occur at different stages of development, and how care and interaction with individuals needs to be appropriate for their stage of development.

This course is a combination of applied sociology, communications and interpersonal relations designed to acquaint the student with the tools for self-examination and understanding of business and social relationships.

A study of the anatomy, physiology and medical terminology of the skeletal, muscular, respiratory, cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, hematological, digestive, and reproductive systems. This course covers human development, birth and genetics.

(Prereq.-BIO201) Students taking this course will study the anatomy, physiology and medical terminology of the cell, tissues, membranes, and structures of the nervous system, the sensory system, the integumentary system, the digestive, the urinary system, and the endocrine system. This course will discuss the basic chemistry, water acids, bases, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids and classes of macromolecules in cells.