Mohave Community College

The U.S. Department of Labor projects a 42% increase in the demand for pharmacy technicians by the year 2015.

Job opportunities abound in communities. Many technicians are needed in hospital pharmacies, community retail pharmacies, managed health care facilities, in-home health care programs, long-term care facilities, the military, mail service pharmacies, educational/training programs, drug manufacturing, wholesale drug houses, health maintenance organizations and agency pharmacies.

MCC offers two program choices.

  • The Associate of Applied Science degree will be 64 credit hours, 27 of which are general education credit hours. Students will receive professional and technical skills with additional education in administration, supervision and basic science.
  • The Certificate of Proficiency  program includes 39 total credit hours. It requires 8 credit hours of general education and 31 credits of Pharmacy Technology courses.

Call Carol Elledge at 928.758.3926 or toll free at 866.664.2832 today to find out how MCC can help you increase your quality of life through higher education. 

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Carol Elledge, who earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona, is the resident faculty member for the Pharmacy Technology program at Mohave Community College. She holds national standing as a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) and has her Arizona state license as a pharmacy technician.
Carol Elledge
Bullhead City Campus
928.758.3926,
or internal ext. 4429
celledge@mohave.edu

NEWS 

Pharmacy Technology Assistant program sets open house October 16, 2008 - The Pharmacy Technology Assistant program at Mohave Community College will hold an open house Tuesday for students interested in enrolling in the program. The open house will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. in Room 903 of the Legacy Foundation Allied Health Building on the Henry Campus-Bullhead City, where the course is being taught. Read the rest of this entry...

MCC Pharmacy Technology helps fill vacancies in tri-state area August 11th, 2008 - Allied health occupations are among the fastest growing in the nation, and the Mohave Community College Pharmacy Technology program has set out to meet the increased demand for well-educated pharmacy technicians in Mohave County and around much of the country. Based on 2007 data from CCbenefits, Inc., pharmacy-tech positions are expected to increase by an impressive Read the rest of this entry...

For more news about our pharmacy technician program click here to go to the college news site MohaveWire and type pharmacy technician  in the search box in the upper right of the window.