Catalog 2018-2019

Health Information Management Technology

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

Credential: Associate of Applied Science
Campus Location: Athens

Curriculum Outline

General Education

Total Credit Hours:15-16

Area I: Language Arts and Communications

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Area II: Social and Behavioral Sciences

Students must choose one of 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

Total Credit Hours:3

Area III: Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Students must choose one of the following courses:

MATH 1103Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3

MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Area IV: Humanities and Fine Arts

Students must choose one of 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

Total Credit Hours:3

General Education Elective

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

COMM 1500Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

3

ENGL 1102Literature and Composition

3

MATH 1112College Trigonometry

3

MATH 1113Precalculus

3

MATH 1127Introduction to Statistics

3

MATH 1131Calculus I

4

PHYS 1110Conceptual Physics

3

AND

PHYS 1110LConceptual Physics Lab

1

PORT 1001Elementary Portuguese I

4

PORT 1002Elementary Portuguese II

4

SPCH 1101Public Speaking

3

Total Credit Hours:3-4

College Requirement

FSSE 1000First Semester Seminar

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Health Information Management Technology Core

ALHS 1090Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences

2

BIOL 2100Survey of the Human Body

5

COMP 1000Introduction to Computers

3

MAST 1120Human Diseases

3

Total Credit Hours:13
Students may substitute BIOL 2113, BIOL 2113L, BIOL 2114, and BIOL 2114L for BIOL 2100.

Health Information Management Technology Major

HIMT 1100Introduction to Health Information Management 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 Management Technology Practicum

3

Total Credit Hours:38

Students must pass all courses with grades of C or higher.

Total Credit Hours: 69-70