Academic Catalog

Health Information Management Technology Associate of Applied Science Degree

HI13

The Health Information Technology program is a sequence of courses designed to provide students with the technical knowledge and skills necessary to process, maintain, analyze, and report health information data according to legal, accreditation, licensure and certification standards for reimbursement, facility planning, marketing, risk management, utilization management, quality assessment and research; program graduates will develop leadership skills necessary to serve in a functional supervisory role in various components of the health information system.

Curriculum

General Education Core (15 Credits)

Area I: Language Arts/Communication (3 Credits)

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

Area II: Social/Behavioral Sciences (Choose ONE course below.) (3 Credits)

ECON 1101Principles of Economics

3
ECON 2105Principles of Macroeconomics

3
ECON 2106Principles of Microeconomics

3
HIST 1111World History I

3
HIST 1112World History II

3
HIST 2111U.S. History I

3
HIST 2112U.S. History II

3
POLS 1101American Government

3
PSYC 1101Introductory Psychology

3
SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3

Area III: Natural Sciences/Mathematics (3 Credits)

MATH 1127Introduction to Statistics

3

Area IV: Humanities/Fine Arts (Choose ONE course below.) (3 Credits)

ARTS 1101Art Appreciation

3
ENGL 2130American Literature

3
HUMN 1101Introduction to Humanities

3
MUSC 1101Music Appreciation

3
RELG 1101World Religions

3

Elective: General Education (Choose ONE course option below). (3 Credits)

Any course from Area I, II, III, or IV, OR

ENGL 1102Literature and Composition

3
SPCH 1101Public Speaking

3
 
BIOL 1111Biology I

3
And
BIOL 1111LBiology Lab I

1
 
BIOL 1112Biology II

3
And
BIOL 1112LBiology Lab II

1
 
CHEM 1211Chemistry I

3
And
CHEM 1211LChemistry Lab 1

1
 
CHEM 1212Chemistry II

3
And
CHEM 1212LChemistry Lab II

1
 
MATH 1113Precalculus

3
MATH 1127Introduction to Statistics

3
MATH 1131Calculus

4
MATH 1132Calculus II

4
 
PHYS 1110Conceptual Physics

3
And
PHYS 1110LConceptual Physics Lab

1
 
PHYS 1111Introductory Physics I

3
And
PHYS 1111LIntroductory Physics Lab I

1
 
PHYS 1112Introductory Physics II

3
And
PHYS 1112LIntroductory Physics Lab II

1

Occupational Courses (49 Credits)

Required Courses:

ALHS 1090MedTerm/Allied Health Sciences

2
 
BIOL 2113Anatomy and Physiology I

3
And
BIOL 2113LAnatomy & Physiology Lab

1
 
BIOL 2114Anatomy and Physiology II

3
And
BIOL 2114LAnatomy & Physiology Lab II

1
 
HIMT 1100Intro to Helth Information Tec

3
HIMT 1151Computer Applications in Healthcare

4
HIMT 1200Legal Aspects of Healthcare

3
HIMT 1250Health Record Content & Struct

2
HIMT 1360Introduction to Pathopharmacotherapy

3
HIMT 2150Healthcare Statistics

3
HIMT 2200Performance Improvement

3
HIMT 2300Healthcare Management

3
HIMT 2460Health Info Tech Practicum

3

Specializations (Choose ONE)

Data Analytics Specialization

HIMT 2375Healthcare Coding

3
HIMT 2600Introduction to Data Management

5
CIST 1220Structured Query Language (SQL

4
BUSN 2370Healthcare Coding

3

Revenue Cycle Specialization

HIMT 1400Coding and Classific ICD Basic

4
HIMT 1410Coding And Classif ICD Advance

3
HIMT 2400Coding & Classif CPT/HCPCS

3
HIMT 2410Revenue Cycle Management

3

Total Credit Hours: 64