Today’s healthcare professionals are in high demand. Our online Medical Assisting associate degree program will teach everything you need to know to start an exciting new career in healthcare or advance in your current career. And do it all in as little as 16 months!
Graduates of our Medical Assistant associate degree program will have the skills to apply the anatomy, physiology, pathology and pharmacology knowledge necessary to work in healthcare fields— including medical assisting, pharmacy technology, patient care, medical coding and medical billing. When you graduate, you be prepared to sit for nationally recognized industry certifications for medical assistant and medical billing and coding.
Medical Assisting Degree Program Outline
| Semester 1 Courses | Credit Hours |
| GE101 Success Strategies | 1 |
| HM110 Introduction to Patient Care | 2 |
| PY110 Workplace Psychology | 3 |
| HM101 Intro. to Health Info. Technology | 2 |
| MH101 Applied Business Math | 3 |
| HM140 Medical Terminology | 3 |
| Total: 14 | |
| Semester 2 Courses | Credit Hours |
| CS101 or CS102 Computer Applications | 3 |
| SC150 Anatomy and Physiology I | 1 |
| SC155 Anatomy and Physiology II | 3 |
| EN110 Business Communications | 3 |
| HM160 Medical Office and Records Management | 3 |
| HM165 Electronic Health Records | 1 |
| HM125 Billing for Reimbursement | 3 | Total: 17 |
| Semester 3 Courses | Credit Hours |
| SC160 Pathology and Disease Processes | 3 |
| EN200 Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| SC130 Health and Wellness | 3 |
| HM205 Laboratory Techniques | 3 |
| HM215 Clinical Skills | 3 |
| Total: 15 | |
| Semester 4 Courses | Credit Hours |
| HM245 Diagnostic Coding | 3 |
| HM270 Procedural Coding | 3 |
| GE200 Career Development Strategies | 2 |
| HM200 Pharmacology | 3 |
| HM290 Law and Ethics for the Healthcare Professional | 3 |
| Total: 14 |
