WHAT GENERAL SKILL LEVELS (English and math) ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ENTRY-LEVEL COURSEWORK AND TO PROGRESS SATISFACTORILY?
Program Director, Professor Cori Burns feels that English skills are very important to success in the program. She is considering setting the Business 100 writing class as a prerequisite to MA 100, Introduction to Medical Assisting. A majority of the students are ESL students and their success is related to their English levels. From observations in the clinical classes, I would add that the ability to listen well in English is very important since much of the instruction during demonstrations involves listening and answering questions that Professor Burns tosses out to check on previous learned material. In addition, some arithmetic skills will be necessary.
