# Medical Assisting (MA) courses

Orange Coast College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 6 courses

Source: https://catalog.cccd.edu/orange-coast/course-descriptions/credit-courses/ma/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### MA A150 — Medical Assisting Core

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **Prerequisite:** ALH A111 and BIOL A221; or ALH A111 and BIOL A220 and BIOL A225.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/orange-coast-college/schedule/fall-2026/ma.md)
- Grading Mode: Standard Letter

Introduction to Medical Assisting, Student Success, Safety in the Health Care Workplace, Intro to Computers and Electronic Health Records, Medical Office Emergencies, Ethics and Law, Psychology for the Medical Assistant, Basics of Patient Education, Communication/Multiculturalism in Healthcare, and Nutrition Basics for the Medical Assistant.

### MA A175 — Administrative Medical Assisting I

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **Corequisite:** MA A150.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/orange-coast-college/schedule/fall-2026/ma.md)
- Grading Mode: Standard Letter

Introduction to the role of the administrative medical assistant in health care delivery.

### MA A181 — Clinical Medical Assisting 1

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 72 lecture hours; 54 lab hours
- **Corequisite:** MA A150.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/orange-coast-college/schedule/fall-2026/ma.md)
- Grading Mode: Standard Letter

Theory and techniques in basic microbiology; performing blood and urine collection; CLIA waivered lab test performance; sterilization principals and assisting with minor surgery; medication preparation and administration, including parenteral medications; assisting with general and specialty physical examinations in an outpatient setting.

### MA A205 — Administrative Medical Assisting 2

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 90 lecture hours
- **Prerequisite:** MA A175.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/orange-coast-college/schedule/spring-2027/ma.md)
- Grading Mode: Standard Letter

Introduction to the skills required to perform medical office bookkeeping, accounting (accounts receivable and payable), payroll, and banking procedures. Insurance coding and claims preparation used in the medical office setting and facility management skills to facilitate the ability to engage in marketing and community service.

### MA A281 — Medical Assisting Clinical Experience

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 18 lecture hours; 162 other hours
- **Prerequisite:** MA A181.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/orange-coast-college/schedule/spring-2027/ma.md)
- Grading Mode: Standard Letter

Supervised clinical medical assisting experience in a medical office, clinic, or related outpatient facility.

### MA A289 — Clinical Medical Assisting II Specialty Procedures

- **Units:** 0.5
- **Hours:** 9 lecture hours
- **Prerequisite:** ALH A111 and MA A181.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/orange-coast-college/schedule/spring-2027/ma.md)
- Grading Mode: Standard Letter

Basic concepts of preparing patients for special diagnostic tests and techniques in the medical office including pulmonary function, and electrocardiography.