986 Pharmacy

986 Enterprise · Free drop-in classes

Learn AI.Drop in anytime.

Free 90-minute classes for students — make a video, a song, a game, a website, an app, a spreadsheet that works for you, or a research workflow. Plus a track on how AI is really used inside the pharmaceutical industry.

One class. 90 minutes. Free. Nothing to enroll in and nothing to finish — come to the ones that interest you and skip the rest.

No cost. No prerequisites. Open to any college student in the San Gabriel Valley and greater Los Angeles. Can count for credit at your school — we handle the coordination.

Tuition
$0
Commitment
None
Format
One live 90-minute class, in person in the San Gabriel Valley or online
Schedule
Classes run regularly — sign up once and we'll email you whenever the next one is on

What's on offer

Pick any one. Each is 90 minutes.

Every class below is self-contained — no order to follow, no prerequisites, nothing to catch up on. Two tracks: things you can make with AI today, and how AI actually works inside one of the most data-dense corners of healthcare.

Make something with AI

Walk in with an idea, walk out 90 minutes later with a finished thing you made.

90 min

Video

Generate, cut, and finish a short video with AI — script to storyboard to export, including voiceover, subtitles, and where the tools still fall apart.

90 min

Audio & music

Make a track, clean up a recording, clone a voice responsibly, and produce a listenable podcast episode from a rough phone recording.

90 min

Games

Build a small playable game start to finish — art, sound, and logic — and put it somewhere your friends can actually play it.

90 min

Websites

Go from a blank page to a real site on a real URL, and learn what to check before you trust code you didn't write.

90 min

Mobile apps

Prototype a working phone app, get it running on your own device, and see what actually separates a demo from something you could ship.

90 min

Spreadsheets

Excel and Google Sheets with AI doing the tedious part — formulas, cleanup, pivots, and charts — on a messy real-world file.

90 min

Research & writing

Use AI for sourcing, summarizing, and drafting without hallucinated citations — plus how to check its work and stay on the right side of academic integrity.

90 min

Images & design

Posters, logos, and product mockups. Prompting for a specific look, editing what you get, and keeping a consistent style across a set.

90 min

Getting good at prompting

The one to start with if you're new. Why the same question gets wildly different answers, and how to get useful output on the first try.

AI in pharmacy

How AI is genuinely used across the pharmaceutical industry — taught by the team that builds and runs it every day.

90 min

The landscape

How a prescription actually moves — prescriber, pharmacy, PBM, payer, wholesaler — and where AI is genuinely useful versus where it's just a buzzword.

90 min

Pharmacy data

Claims, dispensing records, formularies, NDC and NPI identifiers. What the data looks like, why it's messy, and how it gets cleaned.

90 min

Models at work

Adherence prediction, drug interaction checking, inventory forecasting, prior-authorization triage — one walked through end to end each time.

90 min

LLMs in a regulated setting

Where large language models help, where they fail, and how HIPAA, PHI handling, and auditability shape what you're allowed to build.

90 min

Build something

Hands-on and self-contained: take a realistic (synthetic) pharmacy dataset and leave in 90 minutes with a small working tool for your portfolio.

90 min

Careers

What these roles are actually called, what they pay, what a hiring manager looks for, and how to get in without a PharmD.

Want a class that isn't here?

This list grows based on what students ask for. Tell us what you'd show up for and we'll put it on the schedule.

Request a topic

Credit & résumé

Ninety minutes that can count for something

Every class hands you something you can put in front of an employer the same day. And because your school is the one that awards credit, we go to your school and set it up — career office and compliance office both. We've run student and internship programs this way before; we know what each of them needs to say yes.

What you leave with, every time

A certificate

Your name, the topic, the date, and 1.5 contact hours. Issued the same day, and we'll verify it for any employer or registrar who asks.

Something you built

The video, game, site, app, spreadsheet or tool you made in class — yours to link from a résumé or portfolio.

Wording you can use

We hand you the exact résumé and LinkedIn line for what you just did, so you're not guessing how to describe it.

A logged hour count

We track your attendance. Reach six classes and we'll write you a signed letter listing every topic and hour — useful for applications and transfer files.

On your résumé, it reads like this

AI Skills Program — 986 Enterprise (Los Angeles, CA)
Completed 9 hours of instructor-led applied AI training; built and shipped a working [project] using [tools].

Getting it to count for credit

We work with your school directly

  1. Tell us your school

    Tick the box on the sign-up form, or email us. That's the only step that's yours.

  2. We go to your career office

    We work with the career or placement office to pick the pathway that fits — internship or co-op units, service learning, independent study, a special-topics course, or a co-curricular record. We've placed students through all of them.

  3. We clear compliance

    Every school routes this through a compliance, risk, or academic-affairs office, so we go there too — affiliation agreements, insurance certificates, background checks, site paperwork. We arrive with it ready rather than asking anyone to chase us for it.

  4. We supply the evidence

    Learning objectives and a syllabus per class, instructor credentials, contact hours, attendance rosters, the graded project, and a signed supervisor evaluation on their own form.

  5. Your school signs off

    Your institution awards the credit — our job is to put a complete, approvable package in front of them so that decision is easy. You get an answer, not a runaround.

We've run internship and student programs with local institutions before, so we know what a career office and a compliance office each need — and we bring it to the first conversation. Credit is awarded by your school under its own policy. The certificate, the project, and the logged hours are yours either way.

Career offices, faculty, and compliance staff

We'll come to you. Tell us the pathway and paperwork your institution requires and we'll complete it. Syllabus, learning objectives, contact hours, instructor bios, insurance and affiliation documents are ready on request.

Email us to set it up

Who it's for

No background required

If you're curious and can give up 90 minutes once, you're qualified. That is the whole commitment.

  • Computer science, software engineering, and data science students
  • Community college students planning to transfer
  • Art, film, music, business, and communications students — most of these classes aren't technical
  • Biology, chemistry, public health, and pre-pharmacy students
  • Career-office staff and faculty who'd like to sit in — you're welcome too

Get the dates

One list. We email you when a class is on.

There is nothing to enroll in — add your name once and we'll let you know each time a class is scheduled. Show up to the ones you want, ignore the rest. Nothing else, ever. Want it to count for credit? Tick the box and we'll start the conversation with your school.

We use your email only to send you class information. No marketing, no sharing with anyone else.

Bringing a group?

  • Career offices and student clubs — we'll run a 90-minute class on your campus
  • Faculty — any of these fits inside a single lecture slot
  • Ask in the form, or email da.p@986pharmacy.com

Questions

Good to know

Is it really free?

Yes. This is community outreach, not a paid program. No tuition, no materials fee, no obligation of any kind.

Do I have to attend them all?

No — and there is no order. Every class is a standalone 90 minutes with no prerequisites and no homework. Come to one, come to ten, come to the same one twice. Nothing builds on anything else.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. Most of these classes have nothing to do with programming — video, audio, design, spreadsheets, and research are for everybody. The few build-focused classes go easier if you've seen a little Python, but we pair people up so nobody is stuck.

Do I need my own software or a subscription?

No. Everything we use in class is either free or provided for the session. Bring a laptop if you have one; if you don't, tell us in the form and we'll sort it out.

Can I get school credit for this?

That's exactly what we set up. Your school awards the credit, so we go to the two offices that decide — career or placement, and compliance — agree on the pathway, complete their paperwork, and give them attendance records, learning objectives, contact hours, your project, and a signed evaluation. Tick the box on the sign-up form and we'll take it from there. Many schools already have a pathway in place for exactly this.

What can I actually put on my résumé?

Every class gives you a dated certificate with contact hours, and the build classes give you a finished project to link. We hand you the exact wording to use. Attend six and we'll write you a signed letter listing every topic and hour — and we verify it for any employer who calls.

Is this a recruiting pipeline?

The classes stand on their own — attend and never hear from us again if you like. That said, we do hire interns, and students who come to classes are welcome to apply.

Will there be a certificate?

Yes — a certificate of attendance for each class you come to, and the hands-on classes send you home with something for your portfolio.

When is the next one?

We schedule classes regularly around the academic calendar. Add your name above and you'll get an email each time one is on, with the topic, the date, and how to join.

Do you work with patient data?

Never in class. Every pharmacy exercise uses synthetic data — part of what we teach is precisely why real pharmacy data can't leave a compliant environment.