The Health Information Management Bachelor of Science is a 120 credit hour program. Students must earn a C- or higher in all courses and maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher to graduate.
Students are responsible for completing the degree requirements for their particular plan of study. Transfer students should consult an academic advisor regarding potential course exceptions and/or substitutions.
The plan of study is subject to revision. We encourage all students to meet with an academic advisor prior to registration each semester.
Some classes are only offered annually. Please work with your academic advisor to plan classes if you started in a spring semester.
Year 1
Fall (16 cr.)
- INFO-I 100 First Year Seminar (1 cr.)
- HIM-M 220 Healthcare Informatics for Decision Support (3 cr.)
- BIOL-N 211 Anatomy for Healthcare Management (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 108 Introduction to Health Information Management (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 120 Data Organization & Presentation in Healthcare Environment (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 330 Medical Terminology (3 cr.)
Spring (15 cr.)
- Core Communication (3 cr.)
- BIOL-N 207 Physiology for Healthcare Management (3 cr.)
- MATH-M 118 Finite Math (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 275 Cultural Competencies in Healthcare Communication (3 cr.)
- Social Science (INFO-I 270 or INFO-I 275) (3 cr.)
Year 2
Fall (15 cr.)
- HIM-M 200 Database Design for HIM (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 345 Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Information Release (3 cr.)
- PBHL-B 301 Biostatistics (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 325 Healthcare Information Requirements and Standards I (3 cr.)
- DSCI-D 210 Programming with Python 1 (3 cr.)
Spring (15 cr.)
- INFO-I 223 Data Fluency (3 cr.)
- DSCI-D 211 Programming for Python 2 (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 425 Quantitative Analysis of Health Information (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 345 Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Information Release (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 370 Health Information Management (3 cr.)
- Gen Ed Core Communication (3 cr.)
Year 3
Fall (15 cr.)
- HIM-M 350 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for HIM I (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 355 ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 475 Health Information Technology (3 cr.)
- Gen Ed Cultural Understanding (3 cr.)
- Elective (3 cr.)
Spring (15 cr.)
- HIM-M 351 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for HIM II (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 358 CPT Coding (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 400 Health Information Research and Analysis Methods (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 470 Healthcare Reimbursement Systems (3 cr.)
- INFO-B 406 Biomedical Informatics (3 cr.)
Year 4
Fall (14 cr.)
- HIM-M 443 Health Information Management Practicum (3 cr.)
- HIM-M 462 Healthcare Quality Improvement (3 cr.)
- Gen Ed Social Science (3 cr.)
- Gen Ed Arts and Humanities (3 cr.)
- NEWM-N 299 Career Readiness (2 cr.)
Spring (15 cr.)
- HIM-M 490 RHIA Exam Preparation (3 cr.)
- INFO-I 402 Informatics Project Management (3 cr.)
- INFO-I 421 Applications of Data Mining (3 cr.)
- Open Elective (6 cr.)
- Elective (3 cr.)
The final practicum requires students to present their supervising site project at a Capstone event held at the end of the fall and spring semester. Online students may choose to present in person or remotely by videoconferencing. During the event all students will interact “live” with faculty and answer questions.