Health Info Services Certificates

Transcription Specialist Certificate

Offered at the SPC Reese Center
The following one-year curriculum is designed to prepare
graduates for entry-level positions as a transcription specialist
for a health care facility record department. The curriculum
awards the Certificate of Proficiency.
This is a TSI-waived certificate. Students declaring this
major are not subject to the TSI regulations unless they enroll
in a course outside the prescribed curriculum.

Certificate of Proficiency

PREREQUISITE COURSES*
COSC 1401 Intro. to Computer & Info. Sciences
or ITSC 1401 Introduction to Computers** ...............4
HITT 1305 Medical Terminology I** ...............................3
Total Semester Hours ...............................7

FIRST SEMESTER
ENGL 1301 Composition I ...............................................3
HITT 1249 Pharmacology ................................................2
HITT 1253 Legal and Ethical Aspects
of Health Information ..................................................2
HITT 1301 Health Data Content and Structure .............3
MRMT 1307 Medical Transcription I. ..............................3
Total Semester Hours .............................13

SECOND SEMESTER
HITT 2239 Health Information Org. and Supervision
or HRPO 1311 Human Relations ............................. 2/3
HITT 2331 Medical Terminology II .................................3
MDCA 1302 Human Disease/Pathophysiology ................3
MRMT 2433 Medical Transcription II ..............................4
Total Semester Hours ....................... 12/13

* Although not a requirement for this certificate, students
are strongly encouraged to take HUDV 1100 during the
first semester of enrollment.
** Tech Prep related courses that may be articulated with
high school.