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Health Care Assistant Certificate

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Program Purpose: The Health Care Assistant technical certificate of credit is designed for students preparing to enter diploma level Health Sciences and School of Nursing programs: Practical Nursing, Patient Care Technician, Medical Assistant, Dental Assisting and the Paramedicine Diploma.  The program also offers students the opportunity to complete a variety of occupational options.

The coursework in the following TCC curriculum may have prerequisite courses that must be completed prior to enrolling in the TCC courses.  All TCCs offered at the college require a minimum of appropriate certificate/diploma placement test scores OR completion of any required learning support courses through the diploma exit point.

 
 

 

Certificate Requirements

Basic Skills (General Core) Courses - Area I

Language Arts/Communication (Choose One)

ENGL 1010Fundamentals of English I

3
ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

Basic Skills (General Core) Courses - Area II

Social/Behavioral Sciences (Choose One)
PSYC 1010Basic Psychology

3
PSYC 1101Introductory Psychology

3

Basic Skills (General Core) Courses - Area III

Natural Sciences/Mathematics (Choose One)
MATH 1012Foundations of Mathematics

3
MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3
MATH 1103Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3
MATH 1111College Algebra

3

Required Occupational Courses

COMP 1000Introduction to Computer Literacy

3
ALHS 1090Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences

2
ALHS 1011Structure and Function of the Human Body

5
or
BIOL 2113Anatomy and Physiology I

3
BIOL 2113LAnatomy and Physiology Lab I

1
BIOL 2114Anatomy and Physiology II

3
BIOL 2114LAnatomy and Physiology Lab II

1

Occupational Electives

Students must complete 11 -17 credit hours
NAST 2100Nurse Aide Accelerated

7
COMP 1500Information Literacy and Communication Skills for the Workplace

3
ALHS 1040Introduction to Health Care

3
ALHS 1060Diet & Nutrition for Allied Health

2
ALHS 1140Health Care Communication

3
ALHS 1550Pharmacology for Health Care

3
MAST 1060Medical Office Procedures

4
MAST 1120Human Diseases

3
PCTA 1100Patient Care Technician

6

Total Credit Hours: 30-36