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Pharmacy Technician

The Pharmacy Technician Certificate of Completion program's core courses will be offered every year. Some core courses will be offered only during those years that the program is run in its entirety. Students can work during the odd-numbered years on the approved non-core courses for the program in preparation for when the core courses and entire program will be offered. Non-core courses marked with an asterisk (*) are offered each year (see next page). Please see an advisor for further information.

The program prepares individuals for employment in hospital and retail pharmacies. Pharmacy Technician is a category of support personal and denotes a skilled worker who has been trained to assist the pharmacist in preparing and dispensing medications. This category of support personnel is spelled out in Oregon State Board of Pharmacy. Due to the nature of this curriculum and the access to drugs, all students will have to declares themselves "drug free" and be subject to a criminal investigation check. Any student who is unable, for any reason, to complete the practice parts of this curriculum will not be able to continue in the program. Drug testing will be done prior to clinical practice. This is a restricted program, and students must be formally admitted to the Pharmacy Technician program. Graduates may choose to take a national certification examination at the successful conclusion of the program. Contact the Student Services Offices in Dellwood Hall, back lobby window, for application requirements.

List of courses

Prerequisites (Prerequisites are courses or other educational requirement that must be completed prior to another course or before proceeding to more advance study; often listed in the Course Descriptions section of the Catalog)

Academic Catalog

'For more details about this certificate and this career pathway see the Academic Catalog pages for this certificate.' (Note: Catalog file takes a while to download.)

Schedule of Classes

Courses may be on the main campus or a satellite campus and/or online.

Instructions for viewing class schedule in WebAdvisor

  1. When in WebAdvisor, click on Prospective Students.
  2. Under Admission Information click on Search for Classes.
  3. Select the term that you plan to attend
  4. Select the Subject and the course number from the above 'Required courses for this certificate.'
    For example: If you are looking for ECE 154 Children's Literature and Literacy, select the Subject Early Childhood Education and the course number 154.
    (If you want to see all of the Early Childhood Education classes scheduled during a specific term just select the term and the subject.)
  5. Click on Submit

Note: Class schedule is subject to change without notice.

Estimated Cost

(Southwestern does not charge out-of-state tuition. Tuition for out-of-state students and Oregon resident students is the same.)

Steps to Starting School
Steps to Starting School will provide the information you need to begin your career pathway. You can also start your career pathway by contacting an advisor at advisingquestions@socc.edu.

Contact an advisor at:
advisingquestions@socc.edu
Phone: 1-800-962-2838 or 888-7405

or in Curry County contact:
mbenoit@socc.edu - Brookings
jpretti@socc.edu - Gold Beach and Port Orford
Phone: 541-469-5071

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