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AHC 115 - Medical Terminology


Credit hours: 3

Prerequisites: Acceptable placement score or completion of all Reading Learning Support Competencies.

Course Description:
This course is a study of the language of the Health Sciences and medicine with emphasis on body systems, prefixes, suffixes, root terms, pronunciation and spelling. (3 lecture hours/week) Not part of a TN Transfer

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

  1. Analyze words structurally.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of the word elements with basic anatomy, physiology, and disease processes of the body.
  3. Demonstrate use of correct spelling.