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College Catalog

MED Medical Assisting

Courses are listed by course discipline prefix, number, course title, credit hours, and, in parentheses, the number of lecture, laboratory and/or work experience/clinical hours, and the semester the course is offered. Local and state prerequisites and corequisites are identified by superscript L for localL and S for stateS. The symbol “AND” indicates the course will be offered “As Needs Demand.”

UGETC represents the Universal General Education Transfer Component as described in the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA).

Prefix Number Title Hours Semester
MED 120 Survey of Med Terminology 2 (2-0) Fall, Spring, Summer

Prerequisite: None

Corequisite: None

This course introduces the vocabulary, abbreviations, and symbols used in the language of medicine. Emphasis is placed on building medical terms using prefixes, suffixes, and word roots. Upon completion, students should be able to pronounce, spell, and define accepted medical terms.(1997 SU)

Prefix Number Title Hours Semester
MED 121 Medical Terminology I 3 (3-0) Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: ENG-002L or BSP-4002L

Corequisite: None

This course introduces prefixes, suffixes, and word roots used in the language of medicine. Topics include medical vocabulary and the terms that relate to the anatomy, physiology, pathological conditions, and treatment of selected systems. Upon completion, students should be able to pronounce, spell, and define medical terms as related to selected body systems and their pathological disorders.(1997 SU)

Prefix Number Title Hours Semester
MED 122 Medical Terminology II 3 (3-0) Spring

Prerequisite: MED-121S

Corequisite: None

This course is the second in a series of medical terminology courses. Topics include medical vocabulary and the terms that relate to the anatomy, physiology, pathological conditions, and treatment of selected systems. Upon completion, students should be able to pronounce, spell, and define medical terms as related to selected body systems and their pathological disorders.(1997 SU)