HIM 2360

  Medical Terminology

CRN 80027

Recognizing and understanding the vocabulary of the health care professions. Emphasis on medical prefixes, suffixes, and word roots as used in oral and written communications.

3 Credit Hours. 3 Lecture Contact Hours. 0 Lab Contact Hours.

This course has an enrollment period of six months.

Medical equipment with the note "Terminology"

Course Information

  • Structure:
    • 16 modules
    • Module assignments include readings, practice exercises, and learning checkpoints.
    • 16 non-proctored exams, including 1 final comprehensive exam
    • Students in this course may complete no more than two modules each week.
  • Instructor: Melissa Walston-Sanchez, M.H.I.M., RHIA 
  • Tuition: For current course tuition, visit the Correspondence Costs page.
Required Textbook

Required Course Materials:

  • Schroeder, C. L., Ehrlich, L., Schroeder Smith, K., & Ehrlich, A. (2023). Comprehensive
    medical terminology for health professions (1st ed.). Cengage Learning. ISBN-13: 978-
    0357512630
  • Cengage Learning. (2023). MindTap for comprehensive medical terminology for health professions (1st ed.) [Online learning platform]. Cengage Learning. ISBN-13: 978 0357512708

Used copies of the textbook may be available at significantly less expense. 

Please ensure you purchase the correct edition and ISBN for the required textbook. 

This course utilizes the Cengage Mindtap online learning platform.


Acquiring Course Materials

The course materials for this course are not available through the university bookstore. 

You may purchase the course materials through the vendor of your choice, such as Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, Hpb.com, or another alternate vendor.

Be sure to use the ISBN (provided above) in order to purchase the correct course materials.

The course contains further information regarding purchase of the Cengage MindTap online platform.

If you have difficulty purchasing these materials, please contact Extended Learning at corrstudy@txstate.edu.

NOTE:  Course materials for correspondence courses are not covered under BookSmart at TXST.  Correspondence course materials must be purchased separately from your regular university course materials.

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