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Bachelor of Science in Health Information Administration

Bachelor of Science in Health Information Administration

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Degree Requirements

Prior to entering the program, students must complete at least 68 credit hours of the following minimum prerequisites. Students should consult with their academic advisors for appropriate courses and semester sequence in order to complete prerequisites. Prerequisites may be taken at any accredited college or university.

The code G indicates a course that meets the schools general-education requirements.
* indicates courses which must be completed prior to entering the Professional Program

Oral Communications (G) *	3 cr.
Written Communications (G) *	6 cr.
Human Anatomy (G) *	4-5 cr.
Human Physiology (G) *	4-5 cr.
Microbiology *	3-4 cr.
Medical Terminology	2 cr.
Information Technology *	13 cr.
Social/Behavioral Sciences (G) *	3 cr.
Business *	6 cr.
Analytical Skills/Quantitative Methods (G) *	6 cr.
Professional Ethics *	3 cr.
Humanities (G)	3 cr.
Accounting *	4 cr.
Organization/Management *	6 cr.	(3 hours must be completed)
Electives *	5-8 cr.	(2 5 hours must be completed)

Suggested Program of Study

The following is a suggested two-year plan of prerequisites. Variations of this schedule can be made. Students should check with their advisors to make sure all requirements are met.

Freshman
Fall
Oral Communications	3 cr.
Introduction to Informatics	4 cr.
Introduction to Business Administration	3 cr.
Math (Algebra or Finite)	3 cr.
Basic Accounting Skills	1 cr.
Total	14 cr.
Spring
English Composition I	3 cr.
Anatomy	4-5 cr.
Basic Tools of Informatics	3 cr.
Social/Behavioral Science Elective	3 cr.
Humanities Elective	3 cr.
Total	16-17 cr.
Sophomore
Fall
Written Communications Elective	3 cr.
Physiology	4-5 cr.
Information Technology Elective	3 cr.
Foundations of Accounting	3 cr.
Organization/Management Elective	3 cr.
Total	16-17 cr.
Spring
Information Technology Elective	3 cr.
Business Legal Aspects Elective	3 cr.
Statistics Elective	3 cr.
Professional Ethics Elective	3 cr.
Microbiology Elective	3-4 cr.
Total	15-16 cr.

Additional required prerequisite courses, including Organization/Management, Medical Terminology and general electives, may be taken during summer sessions or (to a limited extent) concurrent with the professional program courses in the junior year.

Courses in the professional program are sequential and, therefore, must be taken in the order specified by the program faculty. A minimum grade of C (2.00) is required in each professional course.

Junior
Semester I
M315 Quantitative Methods and Research	2 cr.
M322 Hospital Organization/Management	3 cr.
M325 Healthcare Information Requirements/Standards	3 cr.
M350 Medical Science for Health Information I	3 cr.
Organization/Management Elective (Choose from prerequisite list)	3 cr.
Total	14 cr.
Semester II
M355 ICD-9-CM Coding	3 cr.
M420 Health Planning/Information Systems	3 cr.
M445 Medicine and the Law	2 cr.
M450 Medical Science for Health Information II	3 cr.
M490 Directed Study	1 cr.
Total	12 cr.
Senior
Semester I
M380 Seminar in Health Information Administration	1 cr.
M400 Health Information Storage and Retrieval	2 cr.
M455 CPT Coding (P: M355)	3 cr.
M460 Long Term Care	1 cr.
M461 Release of Information	1 cr.
M462 Healthcare Quality Improvement	1 cr.
M441 Professional Practice Experience I	6 cr.
Total	15 cr.
Semester II
M470 Healthcare Reimbursement Systems (P: M315M355 & M455)	3 cr.
M490 Directed Study	1 cr.
M499 Capstone Experience	3 cr.
M442 Professional Practice Experience II (P: M441)	6 cr.
Total	14 cr.
Summer Session I
M459 Clinical in Health Information Administration	4 cr.

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