Career Studies Certificate
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Purpose: This curriculum is designed to prepare graduates to perform a variety of medical office functions. Examples include scheduling of appointments, maintaining health records, coding clinical data, completing health insurance forms, and carrying out billing and collections functions.
Program Objectives: Employment opportunities include positions in physicians’ offices, HMOs, managed care practices, urgent care centers, and in other health-related agencies.
Admission Requirements: Applicants must meet the requirements for admission to credit-level course-work established by the college. Students are waived from Math placement testing in this program. English placement testing is required.
Developmental Requirements: Students who do not place into college-level English on the placement test will be required to take developmental courses.
It is strongly recommended that developmental education requirements be completed as soon as possible.
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