Medical Assisting (A45400), Associate of Applied Science

AAS Degree Requirements (72 Credit Hours)

Fall Semester (20 Credit Hours)

ACA115	Success & Study Skills	1
BIO163	Basic Anatomy & Physiology	5
MED110	Orientation to Medical Assisting	1
MED121	Medical Terminology I	3
MED122	Medical Terminology II	3
MED130	Administrative Office Procedures I	2
MED140	Examining Room Procedures I	5

Spring Semester (18 Credit Hours)

CIS110	Introduction to Computers	3
ENG111	Writing and Inquiry	3
MED118	Medical Law and Ethics	2
MED150	Laboratory Procedures I	5
MED240	Examining Room Procedures II	5

Summer Semester (6 Credit Hours)

MED260	MED Clinical Practicum	5
MED262	Clinical Perspectives	1

Fall Semester (17 Credit Hours)

ENG112	Writing and Research in the Disciplines	3
MED270	Symptomatology	3
OST148	Medical Insurance and Billing	3

Select one of the following

ACC115	College Accounting	4
	OR
ACC120	Principles of Financial Accounting	4

Select one of the following:

BIO110	Principles of Biology	4
	OR
BIO111	General Biology I	4

Spring Semester (11 Credit Hours)

BUS137	Principles of Management	3
MED131	Administrative Office Procedures II	2
PSY150	General Psychology	3
	Select one Humanities Elective	3

Humanities Elective:

ART111	Art Appreciation	3
ART114	Art History Survey I	3
ART115	Art History Survey II	3
HUM110	Technology and Society	3
HUM122	Southern Culture	3
HUM130	Myth in Human Culture	3
HUM160	Introduction to Film	3
MUS110	Music Appreciation	3

Developmental Requirements:

DMA010	Operations With Integers	1
DMA020	Fractions and Decimals	1
DMA030	Proportion/Ratios/Rates/Percents	1
DRE096	Integrated Reading and Writing I	3
DRE097	Integrated Reading and Writing II	3
DRE098	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).