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The two-year Medical Administrative Assistant major prepares students to perform clerical tasks assigned by physicians, hospital and health service administrators, and other health professionals. Instructional components include business and medical communications, principles of health services operations, public relations, filing systems and records management, conference and meeting recording, report preparations, office equipment and procedures, office supervisory skills, medical terminology, medical, legal and business procedures, and professional standards and legal requirement.
Curriculum:
The program curriculum is listed below. Complete the health courses in this order: AH 171, AH 134, AH 138, AH 139, PHRM 215, AH 222. Courses offered by Dakota College at Bottineau are linked to pages providing additional information about the courses such as prerequisites, course objectives, semesters offered, etc.
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| *ASC 087 | College Writing Preparation | 3 | Fall, Spring, Summer | DCB |
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| AH 287 | Computer Applications in Healthcare | 2 | Fall, Spring, Summer | DCB |
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| AH 171 | Medical Terminology | 3 | Fall, Spring, Summer | DCB |
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| **Technology Elective | BOTE 247, CIS 104 | 3 | Fall, Spring | DCB |
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| CSCI 101 | Introduction to Computers | 3 | Fall, Spring, Summer | DCB |
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| BIOL 115 | Human Structure & Function | 4 | Fall, Spring | DCB |
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| ENGL 110 | College Composition I | 3 | Fall, Spring, Summer | DCB |
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| HPER 210 | First Aid/CPR | 2 | Fall, Spring, Summer | DCB |
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| AH 231 | Healthcare Law & Ethics | 1 | Fall, Spring, Summer | DCB |
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| BOTE 147 | Word Processing | 3 | Fall, Spring | DCB |
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| AH 134 | Medical Disorders | 3 | Fall, Spring, Summer | DCB |
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| ACCT 200 | Elements of Accounting I | 4 | Fall, Spring | DCB |
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| **Wellness Elective | HPER 100 | 1 | Fall, Spring, Summer | DCB |
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| BOTE 108 | Business Math | 3 | Fall, Spring | DCB |
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| COMM 110 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 | Fall, Spring, Summer | DCB |
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| AH 138 | Medical Coding - CPT | 2 | Fall, Spring, Summer | DCB |
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| BOTE 209 | Office Management | 3 | Fall, Spring | DCB |
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| BOTE 210 | Business Communications | 3 | Fall, Spring | DCB |
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| AH 139 | Medical Coding ICD-9 | 2 | Fall, Spring | DCB |
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| AH 222 | Medical Transcription I | 3 | Fall, Spring, Summer | DCB |
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| AH 266 | Laboratory & Diagnostic Procedures | 2 | Fall, Spring, Summer | DCB |
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| BADM 202 | Principles of Management | 3 | Fall | DCB |
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| AH 297 | Cooperative Education | 1-6 | Fall, Spring | DCB |
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| PSYC 100 | Human Relations in Organizations | 3 | Fall, Spring | DCB |
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| PHRM 215 | Introduction to Pharmacology | 3 | Fall, Spring, Summer | DCB |
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| AH 137 | Clinical Specialties | 2 | Spring | DCB |
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*Waived by scoring high enough on ACT.
**Contact your advisor to see which classes will work for these electives.
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Melissa Coleman melissa.coleman@dakotacollege.edu 701-228-5642 |
