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271 PHC120 230 Clock Hours Pharmacology and Pharmacy Technology This course is designed to offer incumbent pharmacy technician trainees foundational knowledge in pharmacy history, evolving roles and responsibilities of the pharmacy technician, ethics, and state and national drug laws and regulations in order to prepare for the national certification examination. Students will focus on learning the top 200 prescribed medications, pharmaceutical abbreviations, and prescription sig codes. Additionally, students will practice prescription dispensing, adjudication with insurance companies, and medication distribution in retail and hospital pharmacy settings. Students will practice computer skills, bulk compounding, packaging, inventory control, medication storage, and drug delivery systems. Students will practice pharmaceutical math to calculate drug dosing, as well as the principles of household, metric, and apothecary measurements to safely compound sterile and non-sterile medications. Course Note: Lab fees for this course include materials such as Pharmaseer, Pharmamath, Personability, online study guide, lab supplies, and a take-home lab kit. Prerequisite: Successful completion of RDG100 or higher or appropriate reading placement into CRE101. Successful completion of MAT090 or MAT091 or MAT092 or MAT095 or MAT096 or higher or appropriate math placement into MAT103. PHC122 20 Clock Hours Pharmacy Technician Certification Review This course is designed to prepare Pharmacy Technician trainees or students for the Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT) and Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) certification exams, both recognized by the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy. Course Notes: Course fees include certification practice exams and first time attempt at the NHA ExCPT certification exam conducted via remote proctoring on location at GWCC campus. Prerequisites: None. (PHI) PHILOSOPHY PHI101 Lecture 3 Credits 3 Periods Introduction to Philosophy SUN# PHI1101 General consideration of human nature and the nature of the universe. Knowledge, perception, f reedom and determinism, and the existence of God. Prerequisites: None. PHI103 Lecture 3 Credits 3 Periods Introduction to Logic SUN# PHI1103 Informal logic, logical fallacies, elementary symbolic logic, analysis of argument forms, and construction of proofs for validity. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG101 or ENG107 or equivalent. PHI105 Lecture 3 Credits 3 Periods Introduction to Ethics SUN# PHI1105 A survey of ethical theory in Western philosophy, including the major normative theories and selected metaethical theories. Prerequisites: None. PHI213 Lecture 3 Credits 3 Periods Medical and Bio-Ethics A philosophical consideration of moral problems that arise in relation to medicine and biology, e.g., death, patient's rights and biological experimentation. Prerequisites: None. PHI216 Lecture 3 Credits 3 Periods Environmental Ethics Philosophical consideration of diverse theories and perspectives on the environment, and application of these theories to global moral issues such as animal rights, preservation of wilderness and species, population, world hunger and poverty, and air and water pollution. Prerequisites: None. Course Listings 2021-2022