Medical Assisting (A45400), Associate of Applied Science

AAS Degree Requirements (72 Credit Hours)

Fall Semester (20 Credit Hours)

ACA115	Success & Study Skills	1.00
BIO163	Basic Anatomy & Physiology	5.00
MED110	Orientation to Medical Assisting	1.00
MED121	Medical Terminology I	3.00
MED122	Medical Terminology II	3.00
MED130	Administrative Office Procedures I	2.00
MED140	Examining Room Procedures I	5.00

Spring Semester (18 Credit Hours)

CIS110	Introduction to Computers	3.00
ENG111	Writing and Inquiry	3.00
MED118	Medical Law and Ethics	2.00
MED150	Laboratory Procedures I	5.00
MED240	Examining Room Procedures II	5.00

Summer Semester (6 Credit Hours)

MED260	MED Clinical Practicum	5.00
MED262	Clinical Perspectives	1.00

Fall Semester (17 Credit Hours)

ENG112	Writing and Research in the Disciplines	3.00
MED270	Symptomatology	3.00
OST148	Medical Insurance and Billing	3.00

Select one of the following

ACC115	College Accounting	4.00
	OR
ACC120	Principles of Financial Accounting	4.00

Select one of the following:

BIO110	Principles of Biology	4.00
	OR
BIO111	General Biology I	4.00

Spring Semester (11 Credit Hours)

BUS137	Principles of Management	3.00
MED131	Administrative Office Procedures II	2.00
PSY150	General Psychology	3.00
	Select one Humanities Elective	3

Humanities Elective:

ART111	Art Appreciation	3.00
ART114	Art History Survey I	3.00
ART115	Art History Survey II	3.00
HUM110	Technology and Society	3.00
HUM122	Southern Culture	3.00
HUM130	Myth in Human Culture	3.00
HUM160	Introduction to Film	3.00
MUS110	Music Appreciation	3.00

Developmental Requirements:

	ENG-111
	Take One Set
	Set 1 DRE-097
	Set 2 ENG-002
	State Corequisites Take ENG-011

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).