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College Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Health Information Technology, AAS (full-time)

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Degree & Certificate Requirements

You are strongly encouraged to work with a counselor, advisor, or faculty/department coordinator

⁺ Prerequisites needed to apply to the program.

Suggested full-time sequence:

Credit Hours Required: 67

Preliminary Courses

HHSC 1700 - Medical Terminology 3.00 Credit Hours (Critical Course )⁺
ITCS 1010 - Computer & Information Processing Principles 4.00 Credit Hours (Critical Course )⁺
BCOM 2050 - Business Communications 4.00 Credit Hours (Critical Course )⁺

Semester 1

HITT 1102 - Introduction to Health Information Management & the Health Care Environment 3.00 Credit Hours (Critical Course )
HITT 1103 - Legal Aspects of Health Information Management 3.00 Credit Hours
HITT 1105 - Health Information Statistics 3.00 Credit Hours (Critical Course )
HITT 1740 - Body Systems 5.00 Credit Hours
OR BIOL 2710 - Human Physiological Anatomy 6.00 Credit Hours (BIOL-2710 is recommended for students who plan to transfer to a university to continue with their education)

Semester 2

HITT 1201 - Pathophysiology & Pharmacology Applications in Health Information 3.00 Credit Hours
HITT 1209 - International Classification of Disease (ICD)-Beginning Coding 3.00 Credit Hours (Critical Course )
HITT 1210 - Electronic Health Record for HIM 3.00 Credit Hours
HITT 1211 - Introduction to Health Informatics 2.00 Credit Hours
GEN ED - Group I.A (AAS, ABA) Variable Credit Hours
GEN ED - Group II (AAS, ABA) Variable Credit Hours (Recommended Course BIOL 1400 or MATH 1340 )

Semester 3

HITT 2105 - Healthcare Reimbursement Systems 3.00 Credit Hours
HITT 2106 - CPT/HCPCS & Outpatient Coding 3.00 Credit Hours
HITT 2108 - International Classification of Disease (ICD)-Intermediate Coding 3.00 Credit Hours
HITT 2207 - Professional Practice Experience 3.00 Credit Hours (This course may be taken in Semester 3 or 4 but not both)
PHIL 2100 - Introduction to Ethics 3.00 Credit Hours (Required Course GEN ED Group IV)

Semester 4

HITT 2202 - Organizational Performance for Health Information Management Professionals 3.00 Credit Hours
HITT 2203 - Management for Health Information Management Professionals 3.00 Credit Hours
HITT 2204 - Health Information Technology Seminar 1.00 Credit Hours
HITT 2207 - Professional Practice Experience 3.00 Credit Hours (This course may be taken in Semester 3 or 4 but not both)
PSYC 1010 - Introductory Psychology 4.00 Credit Hours
OR SOCY 1010 - Principles of Sociology 4.00 Credit Hours (Required Course GEN ED Group III, select one)

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