DEGREE PROGRAMS
SECTION 7
 
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH

Donald E. Ensley, Chairperson, 302-F Belk Building

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

Elizabeth Layman, Chairperson, 308-C Belk Building

BS IN HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

A minimum 2.5 GPA is required for admission to the professional phase (junior and senior levels) of the health information management curriculum. See health information management admission packet for specific admission information.  Majors must pass the following courses with a minimum grade of C:  ASIP 2112, 2212, 2213; or DSCI 2223; ASIP 2311, 2312; 3228 or MGMT 3202; ASIP 4500; BIOL 2130, 2131; ENGL 3880 or ITEC 3290; MATH 2228 or 2283 or PSYC 2101; MGMT 4242 or PSYC 3241; SPCH 2520; all HIMA and HPRO courses.  A student earning a D in any of these courses must petition the Department of Health Information Management for probationary continuation and will be required to repeat the course.  Minimum degree requirement is 123 s.h. of credit as follows:

1.
General education requirements (See Section 6, Undergraduate Studies, Requirements for Baccalaureate Degree Programs), including those listed below.
ECON 2113. Principles of Microeconomics (3) (F,S,SS) (GE:SO)
MATH 1065. College Algebra (3) (F,S,SS) (GE:MA) (P: Appropriate score on mathematics placement test)
PSYC 1000. Introductory Psychology (3) (F,S,SS) (GE:SO)
SPCH 2520. Business and Professional Communication (3) (F,S,SS) (GE:FA)
Recommended:
BIOL 1050, 1051. General Biology (3) (F,S,SS) (GE:SC)
SOCI 2110. Introduction to Sociology (3) (F,S,SS) (GE:SO)
42 s.h
2.
Health professions core.
HPRO 4350. Research Design (2) (WI) (P: BIOL 5850, 5851; or MATH 2228; or equivalent)
2 s.h.
3.
Health information management core.
HIMA 3013. Applied Medical Sciences I (3) (F) (P: HIMA major; BIOL 2130, 2131; SPCH 2520;  C: HIMA 3041)
HIMA 3018. Applied Medical Sciences II (3) (S) (P: HIMA 3013; C: HIMA 3046, 3048)
HIMA 3020. Health Care Delivery Systems (1) (F) (P: HIMA major; SPCH 2520; C: HIMA 3032)
HIMA 3022. Professionalism in Health Information Management (1) (F) (P: HIMA major)
HIMA 3025. Legal Aspects of Health Records (3) (WI) (S) (P: ENGL 3880 or ITEC 3290; HIMA 3013, 3020))
HIMA 3028. Health Care Reimbursement (1) (S) (P: HIMA 3020; C: HIMA 3048)
HIMA 3032. Record Documentation Systems (3) (F) (P: HIMA major; SPCH 2520; C: HIMA 3020)
HIMA 3038. Health Data Structures (1) (S) (P: HIMA 3013, 3032)
HIMA 3041. Diagnostic and Procedural Coding I (2) (F) (P: HIMA major; BIOL 2130, 2131; C: HIMA 3013)
HIMA 3046. Diagnostic and Procedural coding II (2) (S) (P: HIMA 3041; C: HIMA 3018)
HIMA 3048. Health Service Coding (1) (S) (C: HIMA 3018, 3028)
HIMA 3090. Professional Practice Experience I (1) (S) (P: ASIP 3228 or MGMT 3202; ASIP 4500; ENGL 3880 or ITEC 3290; HIMA 3022, 3032, 3041)
HIMA 4000. Professional Practice Experience II (1) (F) (P: HIMA 3090)
HIMA 4028. Topics in Health Information Management (1) (S) (P: HIMA 3038, 3041, 3048, 4000, 4050)
HIMA 4030. Quality Management in Health Care (2) (F) (P: HIMA 3018, 3025)
HIMA 4046. Clinical Issues (1) (S) (P: HIMA 3028, 3046)
HIMA 4050. Human Resource Management (2) (F) (P: ASIP 3228 or MGMT 3202; HIMA 3025; MGMT 4242 or PSYC 3241; C: HIMA 4052)
HIMA 4052. Management of Health Information Services Department (2) (WI) (F) (P: ASIP 2311, 2312; HIMA 3090; C: HIMA 4050)
HIMA 4055. Human Resource Management Seminar (1) (S)  (P: HIMA 4050; C: HIMA 4057)
HIMA 4057. Management of Health Information Services Department Seminar (1) (S) (P: HIMA 4052; C: HIMA 4055)
HIMA 4060. Concepts in Health Information Technology (4) (F) (P: ASIP 2112, 2212, 2213; or DSCI 2223; HIMA 3090)
HIMA 4065. Health Information Systems (2) (S) (P: HIMA 4060; C: HIMA 4075)
HIMA 4075. Biomedical Research Support (1) (S) (P: HIMA 4060; MATH 2228 or 2283 or PSYC 2101; C: HIMA 4065)
HIMA 4090. Capstone Professional Practice Experience (5) (S) (P: All required HIMA courses)
Choose 3 s.h. from:
HIMA 4081, 4082, 4083. Directed Independent Project (1,2,3) (F,S,SS) (P: HIMA major; consent of instructor)
48 s.h.
4.
Cognates.
ASIP 2112. Introduction to Information Processing Technology (3) (F,S,SS) and ASIP 2212, 2213. Basic Programming for Business Applications (3,0) (F,S) (P: ASIP 2112 or equivalent) or DSCI 2223. Introduction to Computers (3) (F,S,SS)
ASIP 2311, 2312. Financial Information Systems (3,0) (F,S)
ASIP 3228. Administrative Management (3) (F,S) or MGMT 3202. Fundamentals of Management (3) (F,S,SS) (P: ECON 2113)
ASIP 4500. Information Processing Systems Design (3) (F,S) (P: ASIP 2212, 2213, 2500; or equivalent)
BIOL 2130. Survey of Human Physiology and Anatomy (4) (F,S,SS) (P: BIOL 1050, 1051; or 1100, 1101)
BIOL 2131. Survey of Human Physiology and Anatomy Laboratory (1) (F,S,SS) (P/C: BIOL 2130)
ENGL 3880. Writing for Business and Industry (3) (WI) (F,S,SS) (P: ENGL 1200) or ITEC 3290. Technical Writing (3) (WI) (F,S,SS) (P: ENGL 1200)
MATH 2228. Elementary Statistical Methods I (3) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 1065 or equivalent) or MATH 2283. Statistics for Business (3) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 1065 or 1066 or equivalent) or PSYC 2101. Psychological Statistics (4) (F,S,SS) (P: MATH 1065 or equivalent or MATH 2127)
MGMT 4242. Organizational Behavior (3) (F,S) (P: MGMT 3202) or PSYC 3241. Personnel and Industrial Psychology (3) (F,S,SS) (P: PSYC 1000)
26-30 s.h.
5.
Electives to complete requirements for graduation.  
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