Medical Secretary One-Year Certificate

 PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL

The following assumes the student enters the program college-ready and has
completed AOT 101/ AOT 102/AOT 109 or ability to test out/challenge. 
Eligibility for MATH 106 and ENGL& 101 Recommended:  Students purchase a USB
storage drive.
 

Major Courses

 

Course

No.

Course Title

Credits

CA 100 Introduction to Microcomputers 4
AOT 117 Office Orientation 3
AOT 172 Word Processing I 5
AOT 1952* Supervised Employment 6
HIT 147 Medical Terminology 5
HIT 118 Legal Aspects of the Medical Office III 3
HIT 155 Introduction to Medical Coding 5

 

 

Subtotal

31
 

General Education

 
ENGL& 101 English Composition I 5
MATH 106+ MATH 106 or above 5
PSYC& 100 General Psychology 5
Speech (select 3-5 credits)  
CMST 101 Speech Essentials or

3

CMST& 220 Public Speaking or 5
CMST 103 Workplace Communication or 3
CMST 110 Communication Behavior or 3
CMST& 210 Interpersonal Communication or 5
CMST 260 Multicultural Communications 5

 

 

Subtotal

18-20

 

 

Total Credits Required

49-51

*AOT 1952 -need to be specific to the intended degree/certificate.
Prior to Supervised Employment in a hospital setting:  Required immunizations and
WSP background check must be on file.  Degree completion requires keyboarding
speed of 30 wpm and 10-key speed of 100 cpm.  To achieve these speeds,
 AOT 109 may be taken three times for credit.