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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 2110World Literature

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
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
Total Credit Hours:7
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 1151Computer Applications in Healthcare

4
HIMT 1200Legal Aspects of Healthcare

3
HIMT 1250Health Record Content and Structure

2
HIMT 1360Introduction to Pathopharmacotherapy

3
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:40

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

Total Credit Hours: 65-66