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Medical Assistant Studies

Allied Health

Diploma (W)

The Medical Assistant Program will prepare competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) domains. The Medical Assistant Program will provide instruction in medical assistant courses using a variety of methods, with emphasis on practical application of administration and clinical skills.

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

  1. Exhibit effective communication, independent judgment, and critical thinking in performance of medical assisting, according to the profession's standards of practice.
  2. Demonstrate professional patterns of behavior consistent with the profession's code of ethics.
  3. Demonstrate clinical and administrative competence by performing a full range of medical assistant procedures.

Graduation Requirements

General Education

ENG 101Composition I

3
MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning

3
SOC 213Ethical Issues in Healthcare

3
SSC 100First Year Seminar

1

Program/Major Concentration

BIO 100Medical Terminology

3
MEA 100Intro to Medical Assisting

3
MEA 125Medical Office Procedures

3
MEA 150Medical Lab Procedures I

4
MEA 151Medical Lab Procedures II

4
MEA 170Pharmacology for Medical Assistant

3
MEA 270Medical Assistant Seminar

2
MEA 290Medical Assistant Internship

4

Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)

Semester 1

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1
MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning

3
BIO 100Medical Terminology

3
MEA 100Intro to Medical Assisting

3
MEA 150Medical Lab Procedures I

4

Semester 2

ENG 101Composition I

3
MEA 125Medical Office Procedures

3
MEA 151Medical Lab Procedures II

4
MEA 170Pharmacology for Medical Assistant

3

Semester 3

SOC 213Ethical Issues in Healthcare

3
MEA 270Medical Assistant Seminar

2
MEA 290Medical Assistant Internship

4

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 36 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).

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