Pharmacy Technician Program - Curriculum

Total Curricular Length: 420 hours

Mix of live-in-person classes, remote asynchronous self-paced classes, live simulation lab, and clinical rotations at practice sites. All classes are held in the Pharmacy Building, Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Johnson City, NY. This program is a noncredit micro-credential and does not provide college course credit.

  • 37% Clinical site hands-on learning at a practice site.
  • 14% live in-person laboratory skills.
  • 14% live in-person classes.
  • 35% remote asynchronous online classes through the PharmTech Ready® program.
2024 Dates  Week #  Topics
June 18th   Orientation 1
7/8/24-7/10/24 1 (0.6 week) Foundations (live in person)
7/15/24-8/9/24 2-5 (4 weeks)
  • Pharmacology
  • Calculations and Measurements
  • Processing and Handling of Medications and Medication Orders
  • Infection Control
  • Sterile Compounding
  • Nonsterile Compounding and Repackaging (remote asynchronous online with live check ins with program director)
8/12/24-8/23/24 6 and 7 (2 weeks) Simulation Lab (live in person)
8/26-24-9/27/24 8-12 (5 weeks)
  • Pharmacotherapeutics
  • Pharmacy Practice
  • Medication Safety
  • Practice Readiness (remote asynchronous online with live check ins with program director)
Office of Experiential Education Orientation 2 Start of Week 9 Remote synchronous live 
9/30/24-11/8/24

Weeks 13-17
(6 weeks)

Experiential Rotations at Practice Sites: 80 hours Inpatient Hospital and 80 hours (40 hours per week for 4 weeks) at either community pharmacy or outpatient hospital pharmacy
11/11/24-11/21/24 Weeks 18 and 19
(1.8 weeks)
PTCB Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) Exam Review/Preparation/Practice; Career Development Skills (Live)
Graduation Date 11/22/24 Total Weeks 19.4 Pending completion of requirements