This comprehensive 50-hour program will prepare you to work as a pharmacy technician in a retail or other pharmacy setting. You will learn about dosage calculations, drug classifications, top 200 drugs, IV flow rates, sterile compounding, dose conversions, aseptic technique, the handling of sterile products, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control, and billing and reimbursement.

Once you’ve earned our certificate of completion, this certificate qualifies you to take the national exams, which are separate from our program, and can be taken at additional costs. Upon successful completion of this program, students will be eligible to sit for the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPhT) national examination or take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam.

This program is presented in partnership with a third-party provider and is not taught by California State University, Long Beach faculty. The course is not offered for academic credit and is not degree-eligible. 

• Pharmacy and Healthcare Practice in Multiple Environments
• Drug Regulation and Control
• Pharmaceutical Terminology and Anatomy
• Prescriptions
• Pharmacy Calculations
• Routes and Formulations
• Parenterals
• Compounding
• Basic Biopharmaceutics
• Factors Affecting Drug Activity
• Information and Pharmacy Resources
• Inventory Management
• Lab Skills