Medical
Secretary
Associate in Applied
Science
The
two-year Medical Secretary major prepares students to perform secretarial 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 MSU-Bottineau are linked to pages providing additional
information about the courses such as prerequisites, course objectives,
semesters offered, etc.
|
Course
Number
|
Course
Title
|
Credits
|
Semester
|
Campus
|
|
*ASC
087
|
College
Writing Preparation
|
3
|
Fall,
Spring
|
MSU-B
|
|
BOTE
217
|
Records
Management
|
3
|
Fall, Spring
|
MSU-B
|
|
AH
171
|
Medical
Terminology
|
3
|
Fall,
Spring, Summer
|
MSU-B
|
|
Elective
|
|
3
|
Fall,
Spring, Summer
|
MSU-B
|
|
CSCI 101
|
Introduction to Computers |
3
|
Spring |
MSU-B
|
|
BIOL
115
|
Human
Structure & Function
|
4
|
Fall,
Spring
|
MSU-B
|
|
ENGL
110
|
College
Composition I
|
3
|
Fall,
Spring, Summer
|
MSU-B
|
|
HPER
210
|
First
Aid/CPR
|
2
|
Fall,
Summer
|
MSU-B
|
|
AH
231
|
Healthcare
Law & Ethics
|
1
|
Fall,
Spring
|
MSU-B
|
|
BOTE
147
|
Word
Processing
|
3
|
Fall,
Spring
|
MSU-B
|
|
AH
134
|
Medical
Disorders
|
3
|
Fall,
Spring, Summer
|
MSU-B
|
|
PSYC
111
|
Introduction
to Psychology
|
3
|
Fall,
Spring
|
MSU-B
|
|
HPER
100
|
Wellness
Elective
|
2
|
Fall,
Spring
|
MSU-B
|
|
BOTE
108
|
Business
Math
|
3
|
Fall,
Spring
|
MSU-B
|
|
COMM
110
|
Fundamentals
of Public Speaking
|
3
|
Fall,
Spring, Summer
|
ACCESS
|
|
AH
138
|
Medical Coding - CPT
|
2
|
Fall,
Spring, Summer
|
MSU-B
|
|
BOTE
209
|
Office
Management
|
3
|
Fall,
Spring
|
MSU-B
|
|
BOTE
210
|
Business
Communications
|
3
|
Fall, Spring
|
MSU-B
|
|
AH
139
|
Medical Coding - ICD -9
|
2
|
Fall,
Spring, Summer
|
MSU-B
|
|
AH
222
|
Medical
Transcription I
|
3
|
Fall,
Spring, Summer
|
MSU-B
|
|
AH
266
|
Laboratory
& Diagnostic Procedures
|
2
|
Fall,
Spring
|
MSU-B
|
|
BADM
202
|
Principles
of Management
|
3
|
Fall,
Spring
|
ACCESS
|
|
BOTE
297
|
Cooperative
Education
|
1-6
|
Fall,
Spring, Summer
|
MSU-B
|
|
PSYC
100
|
Human
Relations in Organizations
|
3
|
Fall,
Spring
|
MSU-B
|
|
PHRM 215
|
Introduction to
Pharmacology |
3
|
Fall, Spring, Summer |
MSU-B
|
* Waived by scoring high enough on the ACT
**
Need Advisor's Approval.
|
