2021 - 2022 Catalog
Course Descriptions for MDCA
Course Number: MDCA 1313 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, CVC, ECC
Prerequisite Recommended: GED or High School Diploma and admission to program.
Course Description: A study and practical application of a medical vocabulary system. Includes structure, recognition, analysis, definition, spelling, pronunciation, and combination of medical terms from prefixes, suffixes, roots, and combining forms. (3 Lec.)
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, CVC, ECC
Course Title: Medical Terminology
This is a WECM Course Number.Prerequisite Recommended: GED or High School Diploma and admission to program.
Course Description: A study and practical application of a medical vocabulary system. Includes structure, recognition, analysis, definition, spelling, pronunciation, and combination of medical terms from prefixes, suffixes, roots, and combining forms. (3 Lec.)
Course Number: MDCA 1409 (4 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, CVC, ECC
Course Description: Emphasis on normal human anatomy and physiology of cells, tissues, organs, and systems with overview of common pathophysiology. (4 Lec.)
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, CVC, ECC
Course Title: Anatomy and Physiology for Medical Assistants
This is a WECM Course Number.Course Description: Emphasis on normal human anatomy and physiology of cells, tissues, organs, and systems with overview of common pathophysiology. (4 Lec.)
ACGM (Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual) Courses
WECM (Workforce Education Course Manual) Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for general academic transfer among community, state, and technical colleges in Texas; and state public four-year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.
WECM (Workforce Education Course Manual) Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four-year colleges and universities.