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Health Information Technology Curriculum Outline

Associate of Applied Science Degree Program (Major Code: HI13)
Credit Required for Graduation: 64 semester credit hours
Credits
General Education 15
Area I: Language Arts and Communications 3
*  ENGL 1101 Composition and Rhetoric 3
Area II: Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
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
Area III: Mathematics and Natural Sciences 3
Students must choose from the following courses:
*  MATH 1100 Quantitative Skills and Reasoning 3
*  MATH 1101 Mathematical Modeling 3
*  MATH 1111 College Algebra 3
Area IV: Humanities and Fine Arts 3
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
General Education Electives 3
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
   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
 
Health Information Technology Core 16
*  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
 
Health Information Technology Major 33
*  HIMT 1100 Introduction to Health Information Technology 3
*  HIMT 1150 Computer Applications in Healthcare 2
*  HIMT 1200 Legal Aspects of Healthcare 2
*  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 2
*  HIMT 2200 Performance Improvement 2
*  HIMT 2300 Healthcare Management 3
*  HIMT 2400 Coding and Classification System - CPT/HCPCS 3
*  HIMT 2410 Revenue Cycle Management 2
*  HIMT 2460 Health Information Technology Practicum 3

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