Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Health Information Management, B.S.


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Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science
Total Credit Hours: 120-122
Career Opportunities: HIM systems management, data systems management, data quality management, information security

Freshman Year (28-30 credit hours)


Sophomore Year (29 credit hours)


Electives


Fine Arts (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum  list of Fine Arts courses in consultation with academic advisor.

English Literature (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum  list of Literature courses.

History (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum  list of History courses.

Natural Sciences (3 Credits)


Choose from:

Junior Year (31 credit hours)


Senior Year (32 credit hours)


Note:


† This program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).

A minimum grade of “C” must be earned in every course in the HIM curriculum. In order to enter the junior year in the curriculum, each student must have an overall grade point average of at least 2.5 as computed by the Registrar. In order to enter the junior year, each student must have completed every required course or its equivalent through the sophomore year with a minimum grade of “C”.

Students completing the HIM curriculum will have an automatic minor in Health Informatics.

The Health Information Management Program is conducted without discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, age, handicaps or national origin.

General Education Core Curriculum


English
(6 cr)
Mathematics
(6 cr)
Natural Sciences
(9 cr)
Social/Behavioral Sci
(6 cr)
ENGL 101 
ENGL 102  
MATH 103  or MATH 105 
and
STAT 214  
BIOL 110  
BIOL 220 
and
CHEM 101  or CHEM 123  
PSYC 110 
SOCI 241  
History
(3 cr)
Fine Arts
(3 cr)
Communication
(3 cr)
Literature
(3 cr)
Choose from the
Gen Ed Course List  
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Gen Ed Course List  
CMCN 100   Choose from the
Gen Ed Course List  

 

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