Medical Assisting Certificate/Area of Specialization (3550)
The medical assisting certificate program prepares competent, responsible, and caring entry-level medical assistants through education, practice, and community experiences in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession. In addition, the program fosters professionalism, ethics, person growth and development, and lifelong learning.
Courses
- ENGL 0111 — Fundamentals of College Literacy 4 Credits
- ENGL 1110 — English Composition I (A) (OT36) 3 Credits
- ENGL 1111 — English Composition I (B) (OT36) 4 Credits
- HLTH 1215 — Medical Terminology for Health Professions (CTAG, TAG) 3 Credits
- HLTH 1238 — Structure, Function, Disease, and Therapeutics of the Human Body 4 Credits
- HLTH 1600 — Basic Pharmacology 2 Credits
- MATH 0745 — Essential Skills for Algebra 2 Credits
- MATH 0850 — Beginning Algebra 3 Credits
- MDAS 1110 — Administrative Procedures for the Medical Office 3 Credits
- MDAS 1150 — Medical Office Insurance and Reimbursements 3 Credits
- MDAS 1210 — Basic Patient Skills 2 Credits
- MDAS 1220 — Specialty Medical Assisting 3 Credits
- MDAS 1250 — Medical Office Surgical Procedures 2 Credits
- MDAS 1300 — Physician Office Laboratory 3 Credits
- MDAS 1700 — Medical Assisting Practicum 3 Credits
- MDAS 1800 — Medical Assisting Seminar 1 Credit