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Retail Pharmacists Career?

I am a Junior in High School & Ive decided that i want to become a Retail Pharmacists. But i am not sure what classes i should take senior year and in college to help me achieve this goal? I'm planning on going to a community college for 2 yrs and transferring to Western Career College to earn my Pharm.D. But I'm not sure if its possible to do so? & any advice would be helpful.

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2. Western Career College offers a Pharmacy Technician program. It doesn't look like they offer the Pharm.D. program, so you need to find a school that you want to attend that has the Pharm.D. Work with them because you don't want to waste time and money taking classes at WCC that won't apply towards your degree. You can also contact a career counselor at your school. USC and UCSF have programs, so you might look at their website to get more information. You will need to take lots of science and some math. Examples: General Chemistry (for majors), with lab 8 SCH* Organic Chemistry, with lab 8 SCH* General Physics (trig or calculus based), with lab 4 SCH* General Biology (for majors), with lab 8 SCH* Microbiology, with lab 4 SCH* Calculus 3 SCH* Statistics 3 SCH* Speech (public speaking) 3 SCH* Economics, macro (preferred) or micro 3 SCH* English Comp I 3 SCH English Comp II 3 SCH English Literature 3 SCH Humanities/Social Sciences 15 SCH minimum** PCAT