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ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE LEGAL ASSISTANT
Offered at Hagerstown Campus

The objective of the Legal Assistant program is to prepare students with the knowledge, technical skills, and work habits
required for an entry-level position in the legal assisting field. Through specialized coursework, students are prepared to assist legal professionals. Students have an opportunity to apply classroom knowledge to actual work experience while serving a
legal externship. Graduates of the Legal Assistant program may be employed as paralegals, legal secretaries, administrative assistants, and title abstractors in law firms, private attorneys' offices, courthouses, government agencies, insurance companies, and legal departments of companies. Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will be awarded an Associate of Applied Science degree.

Graduates of this program may be required by the employer to prepare and file various court pleadings and non-court documents and instruments. Additionally, duties may include preparation of intraoffice memoranda of law, memoranda of points and authorities, appellate briefs, and other legal writing. The assistant also may

interview and screen clients, research
property titles, and engage in general legal
research including computer-assisted research. General office support functions may also be expected and required.

The length of the Legal Assistant program is seven quarters culminating in 97.5 quarter credit hours.

This program is represented to lead to multiple job opportunities and is not meant to lead to any particular outcome, including that specified in the program title. Although the College will assist the student with job placement, finding a job is the ultimate responsibility of the student. The College does not guarantee that any student will be placed.

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE ACCOUNTING
Offered at Hagerstown Campus

The objective of the Accounting program is to prepare students with the knowledge, technical skills, and work habits required for entry-level positions in the accounting field. A variety of specialized accounting subjects will provide students with a general understanding of the basic concepts of accounting as applied in business offices in both the public and private sectors as staff accountants and office management trainees in specialized areas such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll. Courses in written and oral communications, technological applications, and business organization help students to understand the broad scope and responsibilities of individuals working in the accounting field. Classroom instruction is reinforced through a business-related externship. Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will be awarded an Associate of Applied Science degree.

Graduates of this program may be involved in the preparation of reports and information for the internal and external users and decision makers of a business. These reports may include financial statements, income tax returns, payrolls, job costs, and other management reports.

In these duties, the graduate will demonstrate analytical and problem-solving skills; effective oral and written communication skills; and the attitudes and interpersonal skills required in the business world.

The length of the Accounting program is seven quarters culminating in 100 quarter credit hours.

This program is represented to lead to multiple job opportunities and is not meant to lead to any particular outcome, including that specified in the program title. Although the College will assist the student with job placement, finding a job is the ultimate responsibility of the student. The College does not guarantee that any student will be placed.

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE COMPUTER FORENSICS
Offered at Hagerstown Campus

The Computer Forensics program is designed to provide students with skills in the area of criminology, data recovery, computer operating systems, network security, encryption, cybercrime investigation, the collection and analysis of computer based evidence, ensuring the integrity of the chain of evidence, and preparing evidence for presentation in a court of law. Students will gain experience with professional investigative software and evidence gathering in the computer lab. Students must pass a criminal background check prior to the start of classes.

Graduates of this program will be qualified to obtain employment locally and nationally as a security coordinator, investigator, computer forensics specialist, intrusion detection analyst, network security analyst, security specialist, etc.

The length of the program is 7 quarters over a period of 21 months. Students must complete the program with a minimum of 103.5 quarter credit hours.

This program is represented to lead to multiple job opportunities and is not meant to lead to any particular outcome, including that specified in the program title. Although the School will assist the student with job placement, finding a job is the ultimate responsibility of the student. The School does not guarantee that any student will be placed in any particular job, or at all.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
MEDICAL ASSISTANT
Offered at Hagerstown and Fredrick Campuses

The objective of the Medical Assistant program is to prepare students with the knowledge, technical skills, and work habits required for an entry-level position in the medical assisting field. Curriculum will provide students with opportunities to develop multi-faceted competencies necessary in assisting the physician and other healthcare personnel in the examining room in clinics, home health agencies, long-term care facilities, physicians' offices, government health departments, or other medical facilities. Laboratory and clinical skills are emphasized. Students may apply their classroom knowledge to actual work experiences while on externship at the College-approved healthcare facility. Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will be awarded a Lower Division Certificate.

MEDICAL BILLING/CODING
Offered at Hagerstown Campus
The objective of the Medical Billing/Coding program is to prepare students with the knowledge, technical skills, and work habits required for an entry-level position as a billing and insurance specialist in either a
physician's office or institutional setting, or as a patient referral specialist, coder, or medical receptionist. The curriculum will provide students with the basic skills and
knowledge necessary to submit medical claims for reimbursement, process bills, operate computerized billing systems, and gain a working knowledge of various insurance plans. Emphasis is placed on quality of coding for reimbursement and statistical reporting. Students may receive hands-on training through externships in acute care hospitals, physicians' offices,
and long-term care facilities. Employment
opportunities may exist in healthcare facilities and physicians' offices. Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will be awarded a Lower Division Certificate.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST
Offered at Hagerstown Campus
The objective of the Medical Receptionist
program is to prepare students with the
knowledge, technical skills, and work habits required for an entry-level position in the field. Curriculum will provide students with the basic medical background and business skills required by individuals working in secretarial/clerical positions in clinics, government health departments, health maintenance organizations, hospital reception areas, physicians' offices, and psychiatric centers. Communication and public relations techniques are stressed, and classroom knowledge and skills are refined through an externship at a College-approved medical facility. Upon successful
completion of the program, graduates will
be awarded a Lower Division Certificate.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
DENTAL ASSISTANT
Offered at Frederick Campus
The objective of the Dental Assistant program is to prepare the students with the knowledge, the technical skills, and the work habits required for entry-level positions in the dental field. This program includes instruction in both the clinical (chair-side) and administrative aspects of dental assisting. Graduates may become Qualified/Expanded Function Dental Assistants by passing the Qualified Dental Assistant examination administered by the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners. Although the program is designed to prepare students to take various certification or licensing exams, the College cannot guarantee the student will pass those exams. In some cases, field experience may be necessary to be eligible to take or to successfully pass the exams. Students are eligible to sit for the State Board of Radiology Exam.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
PHLEBOTOMIST
Offered at Hagerstown Campus

The objective of the Phlebotomist program is to prepare students with the knowledge, technical skills, and work habits required for an entry-level position in clinics, drug treatment centers, freestanding surgical centers, and hospital areas. Students will be trained in the highly technical area of intravenous blood withdrawal. General medical and legal knowledge is provided in addition to an introduction to business skills. Classroom instruction is reinforced in the College's clinical laboratory and further refined through a hospital or laboratory externship. Upon completion of the program, graduates will be awarded a Lower Division Certificate.