Total Quarter Credits: 56
First term course pre-requisite to all other courses
Courses are delivered in a hybrid format, except “*” indicates course is fully online, and “**” indicates course is fully on-ground
Length of Program: Ten (10) months, consisting of four (4) ten-week quarters. The first three terms each contain two 5-week modules. After the first module, the courses taught within each of the next 3 modules are independent of each other, and thus the sequence in which they are offered to students may vary. Certification review is always the last module, and Externship occupies the full, final term.
Maximum class section size for this program is fifty (50) students for on-line lecture and twenty-four students (24) in lab.
The Medical Assisting program is offered in a Hybrid delivery format, with didactic instruction occurring online, hands-on labs occurring on campus and final term externship occurring off campus. Online instruction is primarily asynchronous, with assignments and homework accessible 24 hours a day/seven days per week through the Learning Management System (LMS). Labs are scheduled 2-3 times per week. Students will need to reserve approximately 25-30 hours per week for educational activities and study.