Introduces fundamental concepts of accounting. Topics include: accounting equation, debits, credits, journalizing, posting and proving ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash control, and payroll.

Introduces the basic concepts of the complete accounting cycle and provides the student with the necessary skills to maintain a set of books for a sole proprietorship. Topics include accounting vocabulary and concepts, the accounting cycle and accounting for a personal service business, the accounting cycle and accounting for a merchandising enterprise, and cash control. Laboratory work demonstrates theory presented in class.

Emphasizes essential skills required for the business office. Topics include: office protocol, time management, telecommunications and telephone techniques, office equipment, office mail, references, records management, and travel and meeting arrangements.

This course focuses on applying knowledges and skills learned in all prior courses taken in the program.  Topics include: communications skills, telecommunication skills, records management skills, office equipment/supplies, and integrated programs/applications.  Serves as a capstone course.

Provides an overview of electronic communications as used in an office setting.  Topics include: email fundamentals and management, using the Internet, system user security, and wireless/mobile computing and emerging technologies.

Provides instruction in the use of electronic spreadsheet software in business applications. Students become proficient in creating and modifying spreadsheets in a business environment and in printing files that meet business standards. Topics include: spreadsheet concepts, data entry, and modification, analyzing data, charts and graphs, formatting data and content and managing workbooks.

This course provides a study of creating, modifying and delivering presentations.  Topics include: creating a presentation, formatting content, collaborating with others, managing a presentation, creating output and delivering a presentation.

Introduces the elements of medical terminology. Emphasis is placed on building familiarity with medical words through knowledge of roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Topics include: word origins (roots, prefixes, and suffixes), word building, abbreviations and symbols, terminology related to the human anatomy, reading medical orders and reports, and terminology specific to the student’s field of study.

Emphasizes essential skills required for the medical office.  Introduces the knowledge and skills of procedures for billing purposes.  Introduces the basic concept of medical administrative assisting and its relationship to the other health fields.  Emphasizes medical ethics, legal aspects of medicine, and the medical administrative assistant's role as an agent of the physician.  Provides the student with knowledge and the essentials of professional behavior.  Topics include: introduction to medical administrative assisting, medical law, ethics, patient relations/human relations, physician-patient-assistant relationship, medical office in litigation, medical records management, scheduling appointments, pegboard or computerized accounting, health insurance, transcription of medical documents, and billing/collection.

Provides an introduction to medical coding skills and applications of international coding standards for billing of health care services. Provides the knowledge and skills to apply coding of procedures for billing purposes. Provides an introduction to medical coding as it relates to health insurance. Topics include: International classification of diseases, code book formats: guidelines and conventions; coding techniques; formats of the ICD-9 and CPT manuals; health insurance; billing and collections.

Provides clear, succinct, and basic information about common medical conditions. Taking each body system, the disease condition is highlighted following a logical formation consisting of: description, etiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic procedures, treatment, prognosis and prevention. Topics include: introduction to disease and diseases of body systems.