Course

PHTX 101: Pharmacy Technician (Spring 2025)

Mar 3, 2025 - May 7, 2025

$1,399 Enroll

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HOW TO REGISTER

  • Click the "$1,399 Enroll Now" button at the top of the page.
  • Fill out the form fields, then click "Register New Account".
  • On the Checkout screen, enter code SPOPU9 in the "Promotion Code(s)" box then click Apply.
    • This will reduce your total to $0 so that you can complete your registration and confirm your space in the class.
  • Our Enrollment Services team will contact you at the email address provided during registration with instructions on how to submit your tuition payment.
  • Please note that payment will be due in full no later than January 10, 2025.

 

Course Description: The Pharmacy Technician Program is a comprehensive 50-hour course that will prepare students to work as a pharmacy technician in retail or other pharmacy settings. Students will also be prepared to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam. This course will explore the following: pharmacy medical terminology, the pharmacy practice in multiple environments, pharmacy calculations and measurements, reading and interpreting prescriptions, and defining drugs by generic and brand names.

Program: Pharmacy Technician Program

Hours: 50 hours

Eligibility: This program is best suited for:

  • Individuals interested in working in retail pharmacies, mail-order pharmacies, home infusion pharmacies, long term care facilities, hospitals, clinics, pharmacy benefit managers, and large industrial complexes.
  • Students with a high school diploma or GED equivalent who have taken math and science in high school.

Course dates: 03/03/2025 to 05/07/2025

Meeting Schedule
MEETING DATES MEETING DAYS TIME
March 3, 2025 Monday 6:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M.
March 5, 2025 Wednesday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
March 10, 2025 Monday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
March 12, 2025 Wednesday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
March 17, 2025 Monday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
March 19, 2025 Wednesday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
March 24, 2025 Monday No Class
March 26, 2025 Wednesday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
March 31, 2025 AND April 2, 2025 Monday AND Wednesday No Class/ Spring Break
April 7, 2025 Monday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
April 9, 2025 Wednesday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
April 14, 2025 Monday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
April 16, 2025 Wednesday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
April 21, 2025 Monday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
April 23, 2025 Wednesday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
April 28, 2025 Monday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
April 30, 2025 Wednesday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
May 5, 2025 Monday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
May 7, 2025 Wednesday 6:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.

Course day(s)/time(s): Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.

Modality: The Spring 2025 program will meet via Zoom on the listed times and dates. The instructor and participants will actively engage in live discussions and lectures. 

Location: Online

Tuition: $1,399.00 (does not include required textbook) 

Instructor: Emille Gonzalez

Instructor Email: emilleg@success.edu

About the Instructor: Emille Gonzalez holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. She also received her certification as a Pharmacy Technician from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB). She has been in the pharmacy field since 1998 and worked with sterile and non-sterile compounding in the pharmacy, dispensing, and pharmacy billing as a technician supervisor and administrator in a variety of hospital pharmacy settings, including LA Metro Medical Center, Midway Medical Center, East LA Doctors Medical Center, Brotman Medical Center, and others. She started her career as an educator with Bryman College in 2004 as a Program Chair for their Pharmacy Technician Department and helped train many students to pass their PTCB exams and become Certified Pharmacy Technicians in the healthcare field. She continues to serve and teach in the pharmacy education profession and is currently pursuing her MBA degree in Healthcare Administration at Ashworth College to strengthen her skills as an administrator and educator.

Next Offering Date: Summer 2025

Contact: For more information about the Pharmacy Technician Program, please contact the Cal State LA Downtown Outreach and Recruitment Department: dtlaoutreach@calstatela.edu.

Registration Deadline:

The registration and full payment must be received by 5:00PM on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, to ensure that you receive all program information before it begins. 

Payment for intended courses must be paid in full at the time of registration, as installment plans are not available. For questions about registration or withdrawal/refunds, Contact PaGE Enrollment Services at PaGEStudents@calstatela.edu.