A QUICK INTRO
Career opportunities abound for graduates of this program, which prepares you to handle a wide variety of healthcare responsibilities ranging from scheduling appointments to performing blood pressure tests.
WHAT YOU STUDY
Course work includes instruction in scheduling appointments, coding and processing insurance accounts, billing, collections, medical transcription, computer operations; assisting with examinations/treatments, performing routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, supervised medication administration; and ethical/legal issues associated with patient care.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Employment opportunities include physicians’ offices, health maintenance organizations, health departments, and hospitals.
A CLOSER LOOK
Check out this video to learn about the program and the perks of working in this field.
COURSE INFORMATION
Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.
FALL SEMESTER 1
| Prefix | No. | Title | Credit |
| ACA | 111 | College Student Success | 1 |
| BIO | 163 | Basic Anatomy and Physiology I | 5 |
| ENG | 111 | Writing & Inquiry | 3 |
| MED | 110 | Orientation to Medical Assisting | 1 |
| MED | 118 | Medical Law and Ethics | 2 |
| MED | 121 | Medical Terminology I | 3 |
| MED | 130 | Administrative Office Procedures I | 2 |
| MED | 131 | Administrative Office Procedures II | 2 |
| Totals | 19 |
SPRING SEMESTER 1
| MAT | 143 | Quantitative Literacy | 3 |
| MED | 122 | Medical Terminology II | 3 |
| MED | 140 | Exam Room Procedures I | 5 |
| MED | 150 | Laboratory Procedures I | 5 |
| Totals | 16 |
SUMMER SEMESTER
| ENG | 114 | Professional Research & Reporting | 3 |
| MED | 270 | Symptomatology | 3 |
| MED | 276 | Patient Education | 2 |
| Totals | 8 |
FALL SEMESTER 2
| MED | 232 | Medical Insurance Coding | 2 |
| MED | 240 | Exam Room Procedures II | 5 |
| MED | 272 | Drug Therapy | 3 |
| NUT | 110 | Introduction to Nutrition | 3 |
| Totals | 13 |
SPRING SEMESTER 2
| MED | 260 | MED Clinical Practicum | 5 |
| MED | 262 | Clinical Perspectives | 1 |
| MED | 264 | Medical Assisting Overview | 2 |
| PSY | 150 | General Psychology | 3 |
| HUM | 115 | Critical Thinking | 3 |
| Totals | 14 |
Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.
FALL SEMESTER 1
| Prefix | No. | Title | Credit |
| MED | 110 | Orientation to Medical Assisting | 1 |
| MED | 118 | Medical Law and Ethics | 2 |
| MED | 121 | Medical Terminology I | 3 |
| MED | 122 | Medical Terminology II | 3 |
| MED | 130 | Administrative Office Procedures I | 2 |
| MED | 131 | Administrative Office Procedures II | 2 |
| Totals | 13 |
This certificate is also offered to high school students through the Career & College Promise initiative.
