Admission Requirements

1. Attendance at an in-person program information session is required or call 410-777-7310 for schedule. Detailed information regarding profession, admission and academic requirements will be discussed.
2. Submit a program application to Florestano 100.
3. High school graduate or equivalency. Official transcripts required.
4. Take the Arithmetic Placement Test and receive a score of 27 or higher or enroll in MAT 005  and complete it with a grade of C or better.
5. Eligibility for ENG 111  or ENG 115  or ENG 121 .
6. Students must have a minimum adjusted grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 at this college.
7. Must be 18 years or older by the first day of class to register for RXN 275 - Pharmacy Practicum .
8. Foreign educated students: must have college transcripts evaluated by one of the following credential evaluators: ECE (Educational Credential Evaluators) at www.ece.org or WES (World Education Services) at www.wes.org.
9. Foreign educated students: must successfully pass the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 550 (213 is the equivalent computer score and 79 is the equivalent Internet based score) OR must have completed the ENG 111 /ENG 112  or ENG 115 /ENG 116  or ENG 121  course sequence with grades of “C” or better prior to applying to the program. Anne Arundel Community College’s code for TOEFL is 5019.

Selection Criteria

Students will be admitted to the pharmacy technician course sequence on a rolling admission basis. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Students will apply for the Pharmacy Technician program only after meeting all academic and admission criteria. Once the applicant’s admission criteria have been verified, that student receives conditional acceptance for the next available seat. Applications will be rejected if incomplete. Incomplete applications will be sent back to the student and can be resubmitted once they are complete. Students need only apply once to the program, providing their application is complete. A future seat will be slotted for them once the student meets the criteria for admission.

To be considered for conditional acceptance, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Must attend a face-to-face information session prior to submitting an application.
• Must satisfactorily complete all academic and admission requirements.
• Final acceptance into the program shall be contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal background check, a Health Examination Record, and submission of current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR certification card.
• Information and deadline for completion will be sent in applicant’s conditional acceptance packet. These are not to be completed prior to acceptance notification.

Technical Standards

Students who are conditionally accepted to this program of study will be required to submit a Health Examination Record completed by a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant validating that the student meets the technical standard of good physical and mental health as established by the School of Health Sciences, and verifying that the student is free of communicable diseases as evidenced by required immunizations/titers.

CPR

Students must successfully complete the American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR course by designated deadline.

Criminal Background Checks and Drug Screening

This program requires the satisfactory completion of a criminal background check and possible drug screening. For complete details, see the Health Sciences  section of this catalog.

Fall Term

• BIO 230 - Structure and Function of the Human Body 4 credit hours OR

• Students enrolled in the Pharmacy Technician certificate program should consult their program coordinator for math eligibility.

• BIO 232 - Human Biology 2 4 credit hours OR

• BIO 231  is a prerequisite for BIO 232 .

• BIO 234 - Anatomy and Physiology 2 4 credit hours

• BIO 101  and BIO 233  are prerequisites for BIO 234 .

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• CTA 100 - Computing and Information Technology 4 credit hours
• MDA 113 - Medical Terminology 3 credit hours
• RXN 111 - Introduction to Pharmacy and the Health Care System 2 credit hours
• RXN 112 - Pharmacy Law and Ethics 2 credit hours

Spring Term (First 10 Weeks)

• RXN 210 - Pharmacy Calculations 3 credit hours
• RXN 211 - Pharmacology for Health Professions 3 credit hours
• RXN 212 - Hospital Pharmacy Practice 3 credit hours
• RXN 213 - Community Pharmacy Practice 3 credit hours

Spring Term (Second 5 Weeks)

• RXN 215 - Professional Development Seminar 1 credit hour
• RXN 275 - Pharmacy Practicum 5 credit hours