Medical Assisting

Credential:: Associate of Applied Science
Locations:: Springfield - Leffel Lane and Xenia
Semester Credit Hours:: 64
Total Tuition & Fees:: $10,944.12

Tuition is based on in-state, in-county rates. Totals do not include textbooks and other materials.

Overview

How can you apply your organizational skills and compassion into a career assisting patients? The medical assisting program equips you with the clinical and administrative skills you need to support physicians and outpatient providers, from taking vital signs and preparing patients for exams to managing records, scheduling and essential office tasks. As you move through hands-on labs, pharmacology, lab procedures and directed practice, you build the versatility expected of entry-level medical assistants.

Embedded Certificates Included

This program includes embedded certificates that are automatically awarded when requirements are met. If you prefer not to receive the credentials, contact Records and Registration.

Course Requirements

Year One

Fall
Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
BIO 1105	Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology	Credit Hours: 3
FYE 1101	College Success	Credit Hours: 1
MAS 1101	Introduction to Administrative and Clinical Medical Assisting	Credit Hours: 4
MST 1101	Introduction to Health Care	Credit Hours: 3
MST 1105	Medical Terminology	Credit Hours: 2
MST 1160	Phlebotomy	Credit Hours: 2
MST 1161	Phlebotomy Lab	Credit Hours: 1

Spring
Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
ENG 1111	English I	Credit Hours: 3
MAS 1105	Administrative Medical Assisting II	Credit Hours: 3
MAS 1106	Clinical Medical Assisting II	Credit Hours: 3
MAS 1115	Laboratory Procedures for the Medical Office	Credit Hours: 2
MAS 1112	Pharmacology for the Medical Office	Credit Hours: 3
MST 1171	Introduction to Electrocardiography	Credit Hours: 2

Summer
Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
PSY 1111	Introduction to Psychology	Credit Hours: 3
MAS 1117	Medical Assisting Directed Practice	Credit Hours: 2
MAS 1118	Clinical Perspectives Seminar	Credit Hours: 1
MAS 2100	Medical Assisting Certification Review	Credit Hours: 2

Year Two

Fall
Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
ITS 1105	Computer Concepts and Software Applications	Credit Hours: 3
PSY 2223	Lifespan Human Growth and Development	Credit Hours: 3
SOC 1110	Introduction to Sociology	Credit Hours: 3
--	Technical Elective*	Credit Hours: 3

Spring
Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
COM 1110	Interpersonal Communication I	Credit Hours: 3
MTH 1060	Business Mathematics	Credit Hours: 3
MST 1140	Human Disease	Credit Hours: 3
--	Technical Elective*	Credit Hours: 3

Footnotes

* Please choose from the following courses to meet the Technical Elective requirement.

BIO 1110 Basic Human Nutrition (2)

MGT 1060 Organizational Behavior (3)

MGT 1120 Principles of Management (3)

OAD 2301 CPT/ICD -10-PCS Coding (3)

OAD 2302 ICD-10-CM Coding (3)

SWK 1105 Chemical Dependency I (3)

SWK 2205 Chemical Dependency II (3)

SWK 2215 Chemical Dependency III (3)

The program schedule is designed for full-time students who have completed all prerequisites and who have no college preparatory recommendations. Many individuals, especially part-time students and those taking college preparatory requirements, will require additional semesters of study. In addition to the day program, offered at both the Springfield (fall semester start) and the Xenia (spring semester start) campuses, the Medical Assisting program is offered as a part-time evening option, at the Springfield campus, with the MAS coures for this option starting in spring term (January). Part-time evening students will still need to complete their unpaid, supervised Directed Practice clinical hours during the day. Students should consult their academic advisors for help in planning their schedules.

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