The three parts of this document are intended for a 3-semester course for pharmacy assistants. The course guide contains the following sections: occupational description; educational philosophy; general objectives; tasks/competencies for each unit; course organization; brief description of the topics; student standards; and evaluation methods. Outlines and references are provided for the following course topics: theoretical pharmacy; communication skills; general mathematics; pharmaceutical computation; practical pharmacy I (lecture and laboratory); practical pharmacy II (lecture and laboratory); the pharmacy trade I-II; administration of drugs; pharmaceutical laws; descriptive pharmacy; fundamentals of chemistry I-IV; anatomy and physiology I-III; pharmacology and hygiene; typing; and conversational English. The student handbook on theoretical pharmacy contains information and quizzes on the following subjects: occupational description; history of pharmacy; pharmacy in the United States and Puerto Rico; pharmacy staff; dosage and forms of medications; synonyms or common names of medications; care and storage of medications; and bottles and caps for medications. Seven references are provided. The student handbook for general mathematics includes exercises on the following: Roman numerals; fractions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division); decimal fractions; percent; ratio; and proportion. Three references are listed. (SK)