Admission Requirements: Students must be admitted to NVCC and have designated Annandale as their home campus, have a high school diploma or GED including one unit of high school level science (preferably biology or chemistry), have obtained a score of 81 or better on the reading section of the English placement test, and have obtained a score of 85 or better on the writing section of the English placement test. Evidence of good physical and mental health must be demonstrated by submission of a physical exam form. CPR-A certification is required at time of clinical experience.

One Year				1st Semester	2nd Semester
	AST	140	Introduction to Windows	1
	ENG	111	College Composition I	3
	HIT	111	Medical Terminology 1	3
	HIT	149	Intro. to Medical Practice Mgt.	2
	HIT	151	Reimbursement Issues in Medical
			Practice Management	2
	NAS	150	Human Biology	4
	HIT	115	Ambulatory Coding and Classification		3
	HIT	143	Managing Electronic Billing in a
			Medical Practice		2
	HIT	196	On-Site Training		2
	HIT	260	Pharmacology for HIT		2
	IST	117	Intro. to Microcomputer Software		3
		Total Credits/Semester		15	12

Total credits for the Medical Practice Management Career Studies Certificate = 27.

These Medical Practice Management CSC course requirements were approved April 2001 and supersede the listings in the printed 2001-02 College Catalog.

All first-time students must take a one-credit Student Development (STD) course prior to enrolling in their 16th credit at NVCC.