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ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS IN HEALTH SCIENCES

Thinking of a career in health? These online colleges and universities offer accredited associate degree programs in health sciences. Choose from health information technology, health science, paramedic science and more.
   
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Online Associate Degrees in Health Sciences

Online degrees in health sciences can have widespread applications, from teaching and educational positions to more hands-on careers like personal training and physical therapy, to administrative positions managing medical records and health care facilities. Environmental health workers make inspections to ensure that companies abide by health and safety regulations. Personal trainers work with individuals to keep them fit and healthy. Home care aides perform tasks for the elderly or disabled, a position which according to the US. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, is predicted to grow faster than average through 2014. Each of these careers could benefit from an online associate degree in heath sciences.

A background of health policy, legal and ethical rules concerning health sciences, and biology and chemistry are first in your education in health sciences. While earning an online associate degree in health sciences, consider your potential career. If you wish to work in environmental safety, learn how to test different materials for contamination, to analyze results, and how to develop public health policies. If you wish to become a teacher, you may be studying lesson plans, anatomy and nutrition.


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DeVry University
DeVry offers technology-based, career-oriented programs that prepare students for the constantly changing demands of today's businesses and industries. DeVry offers the following online associate's degree in health information technology:
  • Associate - Health Information Technology
    DeVry's Health Information Technology program prepares graduates to work with health information application and database systems. Aware of the importance of information security, accuracy and privacy, HIT professionals ensure that the design and use of information systems support patient safety. This associate degree program is designed to produce graduates able to: perform complex clinical coding tasks; support health care data analysis and management utilizing software applications; and use life sciences principles and information technology to implement and evaluate solutions to health care information technology problems.
Online students are provided with a comprehensive e-learning experience that enables them to master course content as thoroughly as if they had attended classes onsite. DeVry degree programs fit into your schedule via an online "campus" that is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week. DeVry University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association (NCA).

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American InterContinental University Online
  • Associate's (AABA) - Healthcare Administration
  • Associate's (AABA) - Medical Coding and Billing
American InterContinental University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Kaplan University
  • A.A.S. in Medical Assisting
  • A.A.S. in Medical Office Management
  • A.A.S. in Medical Transcription
Kaplan University is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Colorado Technical University Online
  • Associate's Degree in Medical Billing and Coding (ASMBC)
Colorado Tech Online is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Institutions of Higher Learning.

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Penn Foster Schools
  • Health Information Technology
    Earn your associate degree at home, online, and in your spare time. Start a career in one of the fastest growing occupations in the job market. The course teaches you the skills you need including: medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, legal aspects of health information, coding and abstraction of data and database management. You will need to have or have access to a computer to complete this program. Earn your ASB Degree in as little as two years, or take up to 18 months per semester if you wish.
  • Medical Assistant
  • Veterinary Technician
    Learn the animal nursing, surgery, and breeding knowledge you need to start a career at animal hospitals, veterinarians' offices, or clinics. With Penn Foster College's distance learning associate degree you can become a Veterinary Technician quickly and conveniently. Courses include: Animal Anatomy and Physiology; Medical Mathematics; Veterinary Office Management; and Animal Nutrition, Reproduction, Genetics, and Aging.
Penn Foster High School is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools, and by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). Penn Foster High School is affiliated with DANTES, which qualifies U.S. military personnel for tuition reimbursement. Many Penn Foster programs are approved for U.S. Armed Forces veterans training benefits.

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Community Colleges of Colorado
Online associate degree programs offered through the Community Colleges of Colorado consortium include:
  • A.A.S. in Emergency Management and Planning
  • A.A.S. in Occupational Safety
Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Fisher College
Fisher College, located in Boston, Massachusetts offers the Medical Coding Certificate Program completely online. Accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

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