Associate of Arts in Health Care Administration-Pharmacy Practice

Axia College of University of Phoenix offers Associate of Arts degrees in a broad range of content areas. The 60-credit curriculum provides a foundation and overview within the academic disciplines of communication arts, social sciences, mathematics, life sciences, and the humanities. Instruction focuses on the development of student skills in writing, critical thinking, and information utilization, as well as foundational competencies in the selected discipline. The completion of an Associate of Arts degree represents an important milestone for many students as they pursue their educational goals.

The Associate of Arts Degree in Health Care Administration with an emphasis in Pharmacy Practice provides a context for the study of the basic operations of community and institutional pharmacies, as well as for further study in health care at the undergraduate level. Topics focus on medical terminology, disease diagnosis and treatment, basic pharmacy processes and equipment, and medical claims processing. An overview of pharmaceutical calculations covers the math and measurement requirements of interpreting prescriptions and preparing medications. This program is not designed to prepare students to take certification or licensing exams.