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Dec 05, 2024
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2024-2025 Catalog
Medical Office Administration Specialization, AAS
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Medical office administrative assistants are multi-skilled individuals essential in providing clerical support for the running of an efficient and profitable medical practice. They ensure quality, accuracy, accessibility and security in both paper and electronic systems. Because they work in the health care field, medical office administrative assistants also need specialized knowledge about the types of various classification systems to code and categorize patient information for insurance reimbursement purposes, for databases and registries and to maintain patients’ medical histories.
The Medical Office Administration Specialization certificates and degree require a grade of “C” or better in all courses and a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
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General Education Courses: 10 Credits
Communications: 3 Credits
Select any course under the Communications General Education Course Options (for AAS Degrees) on General Education Course Options EXCEPT for SPT 110 and SPT 120.
Discipline Studies: 7 Credits
Select one course from the Physical and Biological Sciences and one course from either the Arts and Humanities or Social and Behavioral Sciences lists on General Education Course Options .
Core Requirements: 12 Credits
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