Students learn various forms of written business communications and effective verbal communications including proper telephone skills.

This course is designed to prepare students to manage an office and provides office-related situations to include decision-making and critical thinking activities.

Students learn Quick Books software and basic bookkeeping and accounting skills such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and general ledger.

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This course emphasizes how to provide excellent customer service. Students will learn proper telephone skills, problem resolution skills and how to handle difficult situations.

Students will learn how to write technical papers, reports, directions, letters, and proposals and how to utilize these skills for a career in business in business or in the information technology field.

Students will be able to use math to solve real world business problems. They will apply their knowledge to solving problems in areas including: Markup/Markdown, Depreciation, Interest, (Simple and Compound) and Discounts.

Students will be exposed to issues that affect businesses in the United States and will be expected to apply the concepts to current business policies and practices in contemporary businesses.

This course is designed to teach students how to write a professional resume package and learn basic interviewing skills.

Students learn advanced interviewing skills, how to construct a portfolio of their work, and job-seeking skills.

Students learn group interviewing skills, making group presentations, and the basics of starting their own business.

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A study of the structure and function of the human body utilizing a system approach. Emphasis placed on the gross and microscopic anatomy as well as the physiology of the cell, skeletal system, muscular system, nervous system, cardiovascular, respiratory, urinary, reproductive, endocrine, digestive, lymphatic, special senses, and integumentary systems.

This course is designed to teach students to accurately spell, pronounce and define common medical terms related to major disease processes, diagnostic procedures, laboratory tests, abbreviations, drugs, and treatment modalities.

This course provides students with an understanding of healthcare delivery systems, the organization of healthcare delivery in hospitals, mental health and ambulatory care centers, home health agencies and nursing homes. Educational preparation and responsibilities of health care professionals. As well as, government regulations and licensure/regulatory agencies.

This course provides students with an understanding of health information department and record systems. Healthcare data sets, primary versus secondary records. The content and uses of hospital and physician clinic patient records. Documentation requirements and the evaluation of documentation completeness and quality. Record storage and retrieval systems (manual and electronic). Privacy, confidentiality, security, HIPAA requirements, release of information, and professional ethics.

Emphasis placed on the disease processes affecting the human body via an integrated approach to specific disease entities, including the study of causes, diagnosis and treatment of disease. Prerequisites: HIM110 and HIM121 or concurrent enrollment.

This course covers terminology for medication ordering, dosing, administration; National Drug Code (NDC) numbers; effective use of drug references; and classes of drugs as they relate to body functions. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of the action of drugs, including the absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs by the body. Prerequisites: HIM110 and HIM121.

Overview of commonly available software tools used in health care, including introduction to encoding tools and computer assisted coding software used in health care data processing today. Introduction to the electronic health record process and medical office database management software found in U.S. healthcare delivery. Prerequisites: Completion of six semester credits in software applications courses, or passing the school's computer proficiency exam; HIM 211 and HIM216 or concurrent enrollment.

This course introduces and teaches the tasks of a medical office assistant's career: How to perform administrative functions, records management, medical communications, telephone triage, preparing patients charts, scheduling appointments, and an introduction in to patient billing and processing insurance claims. Emphasis on a working knowledge of concepts, processes and procedures in the billing cycle from point of service to receipt of payment; recognize components of a compliance plan for physician office billing, filing of appeals, etc. Prerequisites: HIM211 and HIM216 or concurrent enrollment.

This course is an introduction to basic diagnostic coding and present students to the characteristics and conventions of ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM (International Classification of Diseases, 9th and 10th Edition, Clinical Modification), and other diagnosis coding systems or code sets (DSM-IV, ICD-0, etc.). Focus is placed on using diagnosis codes correctly and official coding guidelines; and includes extensive practice coding exercises. Prerequisites: HIM110, HIM121, HIM 131 or concurrent enrollment.

This course is an introduction to basic procedural coding and present students to the characteristics of CPT-4 (Current Procedural Terminology), HCPCS (Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure Coding System) Level II codes, ICD-9-CM Volume III, and ICD-10-PCS. Focus is placed on correct code assignment, and includes extensive practice coding exercises. Prerequisites: HIM110, HIM121, HIM 131 or concurrent enrollment.

This course is a continuation of basic diagnostic coding and the characteristics and conventions of ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM coding, including case studies using more complex code assignments with ICD-9-CM and PPS application examples for ICD coding (DRG, RUGS, HHRG, etc.). Compare contrast ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM code assignments and conventions; an introduction to Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) - includes a brief overview of its role in the health care delivery system as the basis for an electronic health record - outlining its relationship to the administrative code sets currently used for billing and statistical reporting; and includes definitions for crosswalks and maps used in the clinical coding process. Prerequisites: HIM211.

This course is a continuation of basic procedural coding and the characteristics and conventions of RBRVS, APCs, ASC examples used including professional fee billing examples in coding (Evaluation and Management services, surgical services, etc.); case studies and more complex code assignments using CPT and HCPCS Level II codes; and procedure coding for inpatients (ICD-9-CM Volume III or ICD-10-PCS - compares and contrasts the two systems at an introductory level). Prerequisites: HIM216.

This course covers federal, state, private health insurance plans including managed care systems, and third part payers; health plan claims processing and coding, health insurance terminology, billing for healthcare services using codes, reimbursement methodologies for professional services, and proper completion of the CMS-1500 billing form. Also covered are an overview of billing systems for hospitals, nursing homes, home health care, hospice, surgical centers, and rehabilitation centers including proper submission of UB-92 billing forms. Review of DRG and APC requirements. Legal and compliance issues related to reimbursement processing, and auditing and monitoring the coding process for regulatory compliance. Prerequisites: HIM221 and HIM226 or concurrent enrollment.

To provide the student with coding practices in a hospital, physician's office, clinic or other healthcare setting with directed projects common to a clinical coding specialist on the job. Students will practice with clinical code assignment and billing methodologies, including projects and cases that replicate typical coding tasks in a physician's office, hospital outpatient clinic, ambulatory surgery, and hospital acute care settings that employ coding professionals. This practicum will focus on building speed and accuracy using actual medical records. Prerequisites: HIM221 and HIM226 or concurrent enrollment.

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This course will explore WANs and remote connectivity, a variety of network operating systems, TCP/IP, and network troubleshooting. Students will also be introduced to maintaining and upgrading networks, ensuring network integrity and availability, network security, and network design considerations. The objective of this course is complete the knowledge necessary take the Network+ certification exam (an MCSA elective). Prerequisite: A+ certification or permission.

Students will install and maintain Linux servers, including installing patches and updates. Also, how to configure user accounts, file shares and printers; perform and verify backups; scheduling and documenting work. Prerequisite: A+ certification or permission.

Students learn how to design, plan, install, troubleshoot, configure, and support a Windows 2000 professional desktop client. Students will also be introduced to resource administration, system monitoring, desktop maintenance, network troubleshooting, and security. The objective of this course is to prepare the student to take the test for Windows 2000 Professional, exam 70-210 for MCSA certification. Prerequisite: A+ certification or permission.

Students learn how to design, plan, install, troubleshoot, configure, and support a Windows 2000 server for use in a local area network (LAN). Active directory and basic security on the system will also be covered. The objective of this course is to prepare the student to take the test for Windows 2000 Server, exam 70-215 for MCSA certification. Prerequisite: A+ certification or permission.

Students learn how to administer, support, and troubleshoot information systems that incorporate Microsoft Windows 2000. Skills included will be file and print resources, managing network infrastructure, troubleshooting servers and client computers, working with active directory and group policies, and managing remote access. The objective of this course is to prepare the student to take the test for managing a Windows 2000 Network Environment, exam 70-218 for MCSA certification. Prerequisite: A+ certification or permission.

Learn how to establish and maintain a security policy for any size company and how to perform risk identification of current practices. Verify physical security including preventing social engineering attacks. Perform intrusion detection, prevention & evidence gathering. Prerequisite: A+ certification or permission.

Plan and design Cisco based LANs/WANs. Implement and operate Cisco routers & switches. Troubleshoot various aspects of LANs, VLANs, & WANs. Have basic understanding of network communications. Evaluate routing proto-cols & rules for packet control. Prerequisite: A+ certification or permission.

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In this course students will learn beginning typing and ten-key skills. The objectives of this course are for students to learn how to type by touch and how to take a timed keyboarding test for accuracy and speed.

In this course students will learn how to improve their accuracy and typing speed. Students will also learn formatting for personal and business letters, memoranda, simple tabulation techniques, proofreading and editing.

This course covers the basics of computer hardware, software, networks, and the Internet. The objective of this course is to prepare the student to take the IC3 certification exam.

Students learn how to use Microsoft Word for basic and advanced word processing concepts. The objective of this course is to prepare students to take the MOS certification exam for Word.

Students learn Microsoft Excel and how to build business and financial applications for forecasting, budgeting, and basic bookkeeping. The objective of this course is to prepare students to take the MOS certification exam for Excel.

Learn Microsoft Publisher to create posters, newsletters, flyers and more, covering topics such as: page layout, command frames, table frames, WordArt, background pages and much more.

Students learn how to use and create data bases using Microsoft Access. The objective of this course is to prepare students to take the MOS certification exam for Access.

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This course includes the building and repairing of personal computer systems. Also included are hardware settings, routine maintenance, troubleshooting conflicts and problems, proper installations, configuring and upgrading systems on personal computer systems. This course also includes basic knowledge of networking concepts, printers, and other hardware devices. The objective of this course is to prepare the student to take the core hardware part of the A+ certification exam (an MCSA elective). Prerequisite: Completion of six semester credits in software applications courses, or passing the school's computer proficiency exam.

This course prepares students for essential operating system competencies. The student will learn basic knowledge of DOS, Windows 3.x, 95, 98, NT, 2000 and XP. The objective of this course is to prepare the student to take the operating systems part of the A+ certification. Prerequisite: Completion of six semester credits in software applications courses, or passing the school's computer proficiency exam.

This course is an introduction to computer networks. Students will learn about a variety of network standards, the OSI model, and network protocols. Students will also become knowledgeable about transmission basics, networking media, network topologies, and basic hardware. Prerequisite: Completion of six semester credits in software applications courses, or passing the school's computer proficiency exam.

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Students will use Photoshop to learn various graphical file types, conversions, file size, resolution and image properties, layers, vectors, how to create custom web page objects, custom buttons and backgrounds, and how to edit photos. This course also introduces students to audio and video for the Web, and how to integrate various multimedia elements into their own projects. Prerequisite: Completion of six semester credits in software applications courses, or passing the school's computer proficiency exam.

Students will learn to use Dreamweaver for quick HTML coding and remote site management. Students will also learn to edit HTML code by hand as well as how to set up and use cascading style sheets (CSS). Finally, students will learn to critique websites and implement effective designs to increase customer satisfaction and ease of use. Prerequisite: Completion of six semester credits in software applications courses, or passing the school's computer proficiency exam.

Students will learn how to do line-by-line coding using Javascript to create forms, validate input, handle events, and increase functionality for advanced web pages and e-commerce. Students will also use XML for more interactive pages and learn the basics of e-commerce. Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in WEB232 Web Site Development.

Students will learn second and third generation site design using multimedia and vector-based graphics. Students will also learn how to use development tools with a focus on high-end web design for e-commerce and interactive multimedia sites incorporating web "movies" and other advanced web graphics. Graduates will understand how to use multimedia tools such as sound, streaming media, digitized graphics, the uses of plug-ins and other browser enhancements. Students will build web pages utilizing cross-frame graphics manipulation to demonstrate their mastery of these concepts and tools. Prerequisite: WEB222 Web Site Design, WEB232 Web Site Development, WEB242 Internet Programming

This course teaches server-side web administration skills covering the gap between web mastery and web design. Students will learn the skills of setting up and maintaining web sites on the server side, including: How to properly set up a web site on a server, types of web server software, how to establish security access and permissions, how to set up email accounts, and other administrative tasks related to daily web site operations. Prerequisite: WEB222 Web Site Design, WEB232 Web Site Development, WEB242 Internet Programming

In this course students will learn to develop and manage complex, e-commerce sites utilizing server-side scripting and database administration via a team development approach. Principles of project management, building and maintaining client relations, teamwork, and problem solving are all emphasized. Student teams will build a commercial site using client specifications and input. Project teams will also learn to create and present marketing plans, sales presentations, and management tools for meeting project goals and deadlines. Prerequisite: WEB222 Web Site Design, WEB232 Web Site Development, WEB242 Internet Programming

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