Catalog 2014-2015

Health Information Management Technology

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 1101Composition 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 2105Macroeconomics

3

ECON 2106Microeconomics

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

* 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 1100Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3

MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3

MATH 1111College 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 1101Art Appreciation

3

ENGL 2130American Literature

3

ENGL 2310English Literature from the Beginnings to 1700

3

HUMN 1101Introduction to Humanities

3

MUSC 1101Music Appreciation

3

MUSC 2040History 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 1111Biology I

3

AND

BIOL 1111LBiology I Lab

1

BIOL 1112Biology II

3

AND

BIOL 1112LBiology II Lab

1

CHEM 1151Survey of Inorganic Chemistry

3

AND

CHEM 1151LSurvey of Inorganic Chemistry Lab

1

CHEM 1211Chemistry I

3

AND

CHEM 1211LChemistry I Lab

1

CHEM 1212Chemistry II

3

AND

CHEM 1212LChemistry II Lab

1

ENGL 1102Literature and Composition

3

MATH 1112College Trigonometry

3

MATH 1113Precalculus

3

MATH 1127Introduction to Statistics

3

PHYS 1110Conceptual Physics

3

AND

PHYS 1110LConceptual Physics Lab

1

SPCH 1101Public Speaking

3

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

College Requirement (3 Credits)

FSSE 1000First

3

Health Information Management Technology Core (16 Credits)

ALHS 1090Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences

2

BIOL 2113Anatomy and Physiology I

3

BIOL 2113LAnatomy and Physiology I Lab

1

BIOL 2114Anatomy and Physiology II

3

BIOL 2114LAnatomy and Physiology II Lab

1

COMP 1000Introduction to Computers

3

MAST 1120Human 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 1100Introduction to Health Information Technology

3

HIMT 1150Computer Applications in Healthcare

3

HIMT 1200Legal Aspects of Healthcare

3

HIMT 1250Health Record Content and Structure

2

HIMT 1350Pharmacotherapy

2

HIMT 1400Coding and Classification ICD Basic

4

HIMT 1410Coding and Classification ICD Advanced

3

HIMT 2150Healthcare Statistics

3

HIMT 2200Performance Improvement

3

HIMT 2300Healthcare Management

3

HIMT 2400Coding and Classification System - CPT/HCPCS

3

HIMT 2410Revenue Cycle Management

3

HIMT 2460Health Information Technology Practicum

3

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