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Medical Administrative Assistant - Diploma

Medical Information Technology

Developmental Courses as Needed

Courses Credit Notes
RDG 20/100 3-6  
ENC 90/ENG 100 2-5  
MAT 61 4  

General Education/Applied Academics Courses

Courses Credit Notes
BIO 135 Basic Anatomy and Physiology with Laboratory* 4 Prereq: ACT 16 (or equivalent) or C or higher in biology or chemistry course
ENG 101 Writing I 3  
GENERAL EDUCATION SUBTOTAL 7  

Technical or Support Courses

Courses Credit Notes
ACT 101 Fundamentals of Accounting I OR
ACC 201 Financial Accounting
3 ACC 201 Prereq: QR College Readiness or instructor consent
CIT 105 Introduction to Computers (preferred) OR
OST 105 Introduction to Information Systems
3 Prereq: RDG 20 or instructor consent
CIT 130 Productivity Software (preferred) OR
OST 240 Advanced Microsoft Applications
3 Prereq: CIT 105 or OST 105 or instructor consent
MIT 103 Medical Office Terminology (preferred) OR 
AHS 115 Medical Terminology OR 
CLA 131 Medical Terminology from Greek and Latin
3  
MIT 104 Medical Insurance 3 Prereq/Coreq: MIT 103 or AHS 115 or CLA 131
MIT 217 Medical Office Procedures 3 Prereq/Coreq: OST 110 or CIT 105 or OST 105 or instructor consent
MIT 227 Medical Office Software 3 Prereq: MIT 104 and 217
MIT 228 Electronic Medical Records   Prereq: MIT 217
Only offered in spring
MIT 230 Medical Information Management 3 Good first semester course
Prereq/Coreq: Digital literacy
OST 235 Business Communications Technology 3 Prereq: ENG 101
OST 110  Word Processing Applications 3 Prereq: RDG 20 and instructor consent (OST 101 equivalent skills)
Quantitative Reasoning 3 MAT 105 or higher-level QR course
Course Approved by Program Coordinator** 3  
MIT 295 MIT Capstone (Internship) OR
OST 295 Internship
3 Program coordinator consent
Only offered in spring
TECHNICAL OR SUPPORT COURSES SUBTOTAL 42  
TOTAL DIPLOMA CREDITS 49  

*Also fulfilled if students take BIO 137 and BIO 139.

**Course Approved by Program Coordinator suggestions: Any MIT course, BAS course, OST course, ACC course, CIT course, or AHS course.

Progression in the Medical Information Technology program is contingent upon achievement of a grade of "C" or better in each technical and general education course and maintenance of a 2.0 cumulative grade point average or better (on a 4.0 scale).

The Medical Information Technology program does not accept non-general education course older than five years from returning or transfer students without the consent of the program coordinator.

For a list of KCTCS general education classes in each category, go to https://catalog.kctcs.edu/academic-services/general-education-requirements/.

KCTCS Catalog:  Medical Administrative Assistant - Diploma