Medical Assisting (A45400), Associate of Applied Science

AAS Degree Requirements (72 Credit Hours)

Fall Semester (20 Credit Hours)

ACA 115	Success & Study Skills	1
BIO 163	Basic Anatomy & Physiology	5
MED 110	Orientation to Medical Assisting	1
MED 121	Medical Terminology I	3
MED 122	Medical Terminology II	3
MED 130	Administrative Office Procedures I	2
MED 140	Examining Room Procedures I	5

Spring Semester (18 Credit Hours)

CIS 110	Introduction to Computers	3
ENG 111	Writing and Inquiry	3
MED 118	Medical Law and Ethics	2
MED 150	Laboratory Procedures I	5
MED 240	Examining Room Procedures II	5

Summer Semester (6 Credit Hours)

MED 260	MED Clinical Practicum	5
MED 262	Clinical Perspectives	1

Fall Semester (17 Credit Hours)

ENG 112	Writing and Research in the Disciplines	3
MED 270	Symptomatology	3
OST 148	Medical Insurance and Billing	3

Select one of the following

ACC 115	College Accounting	4
	OR
ACC 120	Principles of Financial Accounting	4

Select one of the following:

BIO 110	Principles of Biology	4
	OR
BIO 111	General Biology I	4

Spring Semester (11 Credit Hours)

BUS 137	Principles of Management	3
MED 131	Administrative Office Procedures II	2
PSY 150	General Psychology	3
	Select one Humanities Elective	3

Humanities Elective:

ART 111	Art Appreciation	3
ART 114	Art History Survey I	3
ART 115	Art History Survey II	3
HUM 110	Technology and Society	3
HUM 115	Critical Thinking	3
HUM 122	Southern Culture	3
HUM 130	Myth in Human Culture	3
HUM 160	Introduction to Film	3
HUM 220	Human Values and Meaning	3
MUS 110	Music Appreciation	3

Developmental Requirements:

DMA 010	Operations With Integers	1
DMA 020	Fractions and Decimals	1
DMA 030	Proportion/Ratios/Rates/Percents	1
DRE 096	Integrated Reading and Writing I	3
DRE 097	Integrated Reading and Writing II	3
DRE 098	Integrated Reading and Writing III	3

NOTE: THE MEDICAL ASSISTING PROGRAM IS ACCREDITED BY THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION PRO- GRAMS (WWW.CAAHEP.ORG) UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF MEDICAL ASSISTING EDUCATION REVIEW BOARD (MAERB).