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2001-2002 Catalog

Business
Office Systems Specialist
(Medical Office Systems Specialization) (6387)

College Credit Certificate

This college credit certificate is designed to provide individuals with the skills needed to qualify for positions such as insurance processing clerk, medical receptionist and information clerk, medical office assistant, medical transcriptionist, medical office staff assistant, and medical secretary.

Required Courses

The following is a list of courses required for this program presented in a recommended sequence of completion. The sequence is only a suggested guide, and there is no requirement to follow the sequence precisely. Students in this program may register for any course as long as the student has met any prerequisites for that course.

Course Number and Title
Credits
OST 1100 Keyboarding/Introduction to Word Processing
3
OST 1581 Professional Development in the Work Environment
3
CGS 1570 Microcomputer Applications
3
OR
CGS 1060 Introductory Computer Concepts
OR  
CGS 1100 Microcomputer Applications for Business and Economics (4 cr.)  
OST 1336 Fundamentals of Business Communications
3
HSC 1531 Medical Terminology
3
OST 1384 Introduction to Customer Service
3
OST 2771 Word Processing for Windows I
3
OST 1464 Computers in the Medical Office
3
OST 1611 Introduction to Medical Transcription
3
OST 1943 Internship
3
Total Credit Hours
30