Office Administration - Administrative Medical Assistant, AAS

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Program Code: AASMA
ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCE DEGREE

The medical office is an ever-changing and growing field. This program leads to positions in doctors’ and dentists’ offices, hospital records and administrative offices, clinics, nursing homes, insurance offices, pharmaceutical firms and many allied areas including health organizations. Successful students will obtain skills in keyboarding, appointment scheduling, medical billing, records management, medical transcription, public relations and communications skills leading to positions as front office medical assistants, medical records technicians, medical transcriptionists and medical billers, to name a few.

Suggested Course Sequence

First Year

1st Semester - 16 Semester Hours

OA 115 - Intermediate Keyboarding and Document Formatting 4 credits *
OA 130 - Time and Project Management 1 credit
OA 135 - Office Principles and Practices 4 credits
BIO 160 - Anatomy and Physiology for Health Care Professionals 4 credits **
ENG 101 - English Composition I 3 credits

2nd Semester - 16 Semester Hours

OA 157 - Word Processing and Spreadsheets 4 credits
OA 161 - Office Technology 4 credits
OA 225 - Business Communications 4 credits
OA 262 - Records and Database Management 4 credits

Second Year

1st Semester - 16 Semester Hours

OA 200A - Office Administration Internship I 3 credits ***
OA 280A - Medical Terminology 2 credits
OA 280B - Medical Transcription 2 credits
OA 282 - Pharmacology for Medical Assistants 2 credits
OA 289 - Medical Billing and Coding 4 credits
ACCT 189 - College Accounting 3 credits

2nd Semester - 18 Semester Hours

OA 200B - Office Administration Internship II 3 credits ***
OA 257 - Advanced Applications and Integration 4 credits
OA 285 - Medical Office Procedures 4 credits
PS 101 - Introduction to Political Science 3 credits
BUS 158 - Business Math 4 credits ****

Total Credit Hours/Total Contact Hours = 66/66

* OA 110 - Beginning Keyboarding or equivalent is a prerequisite.
** Students have option of taking BIO 271 and BIO 272 to replace BIO 160 .
*** Can also be taken in summer semester. An application is required; inquire in Room 200, A. J. Theisen Building for application process and deadlines.
**** or MTH 102 or higher.

NOTE: Upon successful completion of the required courses, all graduation competencies will be satisfied. Completion of entire Office Administration program constitutes one GA competency.