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MASS COMMUNICATIONS MEDICAL OFFICE
AS DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE AS DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE

This degree or certifi cate is designed to train students to meet ADMINISTRATIVE MEDICAL ASSISTANT
the need for qualifi ed public relations and other communications This degree or certifi cate is designed to prepare the student
professionals through instruction in nonfi ction writing, media for employment as an administrative medical assistant in a
production, media theory and media literacy. Students must physician’s offi ce or clinic including performing administra-
complete all required core courses, and choose other courses tive duties, communicating eff ectively with patients, applying
from the additional courses listed to total 24 units. Program HIPAA rules, and educating patients regarding offi ce policies.
Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this program, students Students must complete all core courses to a total of 28 units.
will be able to analyze and diff erentiate the primary infl uences Program Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this pro-
of dominant mass media on major cultural practices and social gram students will be able to schedule appointments, perform
and political institutions; research and explain the historical medical offi ce duties, handle fi nancial matters including medi-
infl uences of dominant communication technologies on society, cal insurance collection, manage electronic health records and
culture and human behavior. other ancillary medical records, and to complete the insurance
REQUIRED COURSES: MCOMM/JOURN 101; JOURN 102, 103 or and reimbursement process. The required internship in the
104, 107; ENGL 101, 102 or 104. medical offi ce of a physician’s clinic provides the student with
the administrative experience necessary to enter the workforce.
A minimum of three units from the following courses: CABOT
206, 208; CS/IS 123; JOURN 106; MEDIA 101, 111. REQUIRED COURSES: MOA 180, 182, 183, 185; HIT 182, 184, 193;
A minimum of three units from the following courses: ECON BIOL 114; BUSAD 204, 50 (3 units).
101; ENGL 105, 106, 109, 110, 111, 116, 122, 123, 125, 127, 128; HIST MEDICAL CODING ASSISTANT
140, 141; POL S 101.
This degree or certifi cate is designed to prepare the student
MATHEMATICS for a position as a medical coder in an acute care hospital, clinic
AA DEGREE or physician’s offi ce, long-term care facility, and other health
care settings. Program Learning Outcomes: Upon completion
This program prepares students for study in STEM fi elds requir- of this program students gain competencies in the application
ing the skills to solve applications using derivatives, integrals,
diff erential equations, and linear algebra. Students are also of biomedical knowledge and legal, ethical, and medical stan-
dards, the communication and analysis of statistical data and in
prepared to transfer to baccalaureate degree programs in math-
ematics. Students must complete all core courses to a total of 25 planning and implementation of clinical informational and data
systems. Coders ensure that valid codes are applied to medical
units. Program Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this
program, students will be able to solve applications in math and diagnoses and procedures per coding classifi cation guidelines.
They facilitate reimbursement, analyze patient outcomes, and
science using derivatives, integrals, diff erential equations and
linear algebra; evaluate limits, derivatives and integrals; solve a medical research. Due to the breadth of this multidiscipline
program, required by the industry, and AHIMA accreditation,
variety of rudimentary and second order diff erential equations;
and analyze, synthesize and evaluate theorems in Linear Algebra. a higher number of units is required for this program.
REQUIRED COURSES: MOA 180, 182, 183; HIT 182, 184, 194, 193,
REQUIRED COURSES: MATH 103, 104, 105, 107, 108.
195, 196; BIOL 114; BUSAD 50.
MEDIA - SEE CINEMATOGRAPHY AND EDITING
VISUAL ARTS - MEDIA ARTS
AA DEGREE

Program Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this pro-
gram, students will demonstrate an eff ective ability to work as
a member of a team to achieve the challenges of technical and
conceptual goals of the project from origination to the comple-
tion of the high quality fi nal deliverable media productions;
demonstrate mastery of conceptual editing techniques to support
storytelling and solving story problems through the use of edit-
ing dialogue, sound design, music, and sound eff ects to complete
the creation of the master for fi nal deliverables; and demonstrate
an understanding of composition, fi lm language and lighting
techniques to support the creative vision of the director. Students
must complete all required courses for a total of 20 units.
REQUIRED COURSES: ENGL 112 or JOURN 102 or MEDIA 120;
MCOMM 101; MEDIA 101, 107, 110 and 112, 290.

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