Health Information Management Technology

Accreditation

Mission Statement

Work Environment

Nature of the Work

Employment

Earnings

Student Learning Outcomes

Essential Functions

Program Expenses

Admission Requirements

Health Information Management Technology Degree Program (Major Code: HI13)

Health Information Coding Diploma Program (Major Code: HI12)

Health Information Management Technology Degree Program (Major Code: HI13)

Credit Required for Graduation: 72 semester credit hours

Curriculum Outline

General Education (15 Credits)

Area I: Language Arts and Communications (3 Credits)

ENGL 1101

Composition and Rhetoric

3

* Students must pass above courses with a grade of C or higher.

Area II: Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 Credits)

Students must choose from the following courses:

ECON 2105	Macroeconomics	3
ECON 2106	Microeconomics	3
HIST 1111	World History I	3
HIST 1112	World History II	3
HIST 2111	U.S. History I	3
HIST 2112	U.S. History II	3
POLS 1101	American Government	3
PSYC 1101	Introductory Psychology	3
SOCI 1101	Introduction to Sociology	3

* Students must pass above courses with a grade of C or higher.

Area III: Mathematics and Natural Sciences (3 Credits)

Students must choose from the following courses:

MATH 1100	Quantitative Skills and Reasoning	3
MATH 1101	Mathematical Modeling	3
MATH 1111	College Algebra	3

* Students must pass above courses with a grade of C or higher.

Area IV: Humanities and Fine Arts (3 Credits)

Students must choose from the following courses:

ARTS 1101	Art Appreciation	3
ENGL 2130	American Literature	3
ENGL 2310	English Literature from the Beginnings to 1700	3
HUMN 1101	Introduction to Humanities	3
MUSC 1101	Music Appreciation	3
MUSC 2040	History of Popular Music	3

* Students must pass above courses with a grade of C or higher.

General Education Electives (3 Credits)

Students may choose a course from Area II, Area III, Area IV, or from the following list:

BIOL 1111	Biology I	3
	AND
BIOL 1111L	Biology I Lab	1
BIOL 1112	Biology II	3
	AND
BIOL 1112L	Biology II Lab	1
CHEM 1151	Survey of Inorganic Chemistry	3
	AND
CHEM 1151L	Survey of Inorganic Chemistry Lab	1
CHEM 1211	Chemistry I	3
	AND
CHEM 1211L	Chemistry I Lab	1
CHEM 1212	Chemistry II	3
	AND
CHEM 1212L	Chemistry II Lab	1
ENGL 1102	Literature and Composition	3
MATH 1112	College Trigonometry	3
MATH 1113	Precalculus	3
MATH 1127	Introduction to Statistics	3
PHYS 1110	Conceptual Physics	3
	AND
PHYS 1110L	Conceptual Physics Lab	1
SPCH 1101	Public Speaking	3

* Students must pass above courses with a grade of C or higher.

College Requirement (3 Credits)

FSSE 1000

First

3

Health Information Management Technology Core (16 Credits)

ALHS 1090	Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences	2
BIOL 2113	Anatomy and Physiology I	3
BIOL 2113L	Anatomy and Physiology I Lab	1
BIOL 2114	Anatomy and Physiology II	3
BIOL 2114L	Anatomy and Physiology II Lab	1
COMP 1000	Introduction to Computers	3
MAST 1120	Human Pathological Conditions in the Medical Office	3

* Students must pass above courses with a grade of C or higher.

Health Information Management Technology Major (38 Credits)

HIMT 1100	Introduction to Health Information Technology	3
HIMT 1150	Computer Applications in Healthcare	3
HIMT 1200	Legal Aspects of Healthcare	3
HIMT 1250	Health Record Content and Structure	2
HIMT 1350	Pharmacotherapy	2
HIMT 1400	Coding and Classification ICD Basic	4
HIMT 1410	Coding and Classification ICD Advanced	3
HIMT 2150	Healthcare Statistics	3
HIMT 2200	Performance Improvement	3
HIMT 2300	Healthcare Management	3
HIMT 2400	Coding and Classification System - CPT/HCPCS	3
HIMT 2410	Revenue Cycle Management	3
HIMT 2460	Health Information Technology Practicum	3

* Students must pass above courses with a grade of C or higher.