Office Administration – Medical Office (D25370M)

Diploma

Fully Online Option Available

This program is designed to prepare students to provide administrative support in a medical office setting. The program is open to new students as well as those currently working in the medical field who want to hone their administrative skills. It will also serve as a source of trained support staff for employers. This program provides students the opportunity to earn Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certifications as part of their coursework.

Students may be required to take developmental courses in Math and/or English as a result of high school GPA or pre-enrollment placement tests. Therefore, the student may need more than the minimum number of semester hours listed for graduation. Consult a program advisor for more information.

Fall Session 1 (10 Credits)

course	class	lab	credit
ACA 115 Success and Study Skills or ACA 122 College Transfer Success	0	2	1
CIS 110 Intro to Computers	2	2	3
OST 136 Word Processing	2	2	3
OST 141 Med Office Terms I	3	0	3

Fall Session 2 (9 Credits)

course	class	lab	credit
OST 134 Text Entry & Formatting	2	2	3
OST 148 Med Ins & Billing	3	0	3
BUS 137 Principles of Management	3	0	3

Spring Session 1 (9 Credits)

course	class	credit
ENG 110 Freshman Composition or ENG 111 Writing and Inquiry	3	3
OST 149 Medical Legal Issues	3	3
OST 164 Office Editing	3	3

Spring Session 2 (9 Credits)

course	class	lab	credit
BUS 270 Professional Development	3	0	3
OST 243 Med Office Simulation	2	2	3
OST 289 Office Admin Capstone	2	2	3

Summer Term (4 Credits)

course	class	lab	Clinic	work Exp.	credit
WBL 111 Work-Based Learning I	0	0	0	10	1

**3 Credits must be selected from the list of Social/Behavioral Science Elective at the bottom of the page

**3 Credits must be selected from the list of Humanities Elective at the bottom of the page

**Humanities Electives

The following listings for Humanities Electives apply to Associate in Applied Science degree-seeking students. These electives should be carefully selected with the faculty advisor to ensure proper credit. Some programs of study have specific courses that meet the humanities elective requirement. ASL, foreign language, and public speaking courses cannot count as the sole humanities course in an associate in applied science program.

ART 111 Art Appreciation
ART 114 Art History Survey I
ART 115 Art History Survey II
DRA 111 Theatre Appreciation
DRA 112 Literature of the Theatre
DRA 211 Theatre History I
ENG 231 American Literature I
ENG 232 American Literature II
ENG 241 British Literature I
ENG 242 British Literature II
ENG 262 World Literature II
HUM 123 Appalachian Culture
HUM 160 Introduction to film
MUS 110 Music Appreciation
PHI 210 History of Philosophy
PHI 240 Introduction to Ethics
REL 110 World Religions
REL 211 Intro to Old Testament
REL 212 Intro to New Testament
REL 221 Religion in America

**Social/Behavioral Science Electives

The following listing for Social/Behavioral Science Electives applies to Associate in Applied Science degree-seeking students. These electives should be carefully selected with the faculty advisor to ensure proper credit. Some programs of study have specific courses that meet the social/behavioral science elective requirement.

ANT 210 General Anthropology
ECO 251 Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 252 Principles of Macroeconomics
GEO 111 World Regional Geography
HIS 111 World Civilizations I
HIS 112 World Civilizations II
HIS 131 American History I
HIS 132 American History II
POL 120 American Government
POL 130 State and Local Government
PSY 150 General Psychology
PSY 237 Social Psychology
PSY 241 Developmental Psychology
PSY 281 Abnormal Psychology
SOC 210 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 213 Sociology of the Family
SOC 220 Social Problems

Total Semester Credit Hours in Program: 41