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Health Information Technology, AAS

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Credit Hours Required: 68

Required Preliminary Courses

HHSC 1700 - Medical Terminology 3.00 Credit Hours *
ITCS 1010 - Computer & Information Processing Principles 4.00 Credit Hours *
BCOM 2050 - Business Communications 4.00 Credit Hours *

Semester 1

HITT 1102 - Introduction to Health Information Management & the Health Care Environment 3.00 Credit Hours
HITT 1103 - Legal Aspects of Health Information Management 3.00 Credit Hours
HITT 1104 - Health Information Statistics 4.00 Credit Hours
HITT 1740 - Body Systems 5.00 Credit Hours

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
HITT 1210 - Electronic Health Record for HIM 3.00 Credit Hours
HITT 1211 - Introduction to Health Informatics 2.00 Credit Hours

Group I Course

ENGL 1180 - Communications 1 4.00 Credit Hours
OR ENGL 1210 - Composition 1 3.00 Credit Hours

Group II Course: 2.00 - 6.00 credit hours

Any ASTR, BIOL, CHEM, ENVS, GEOL, MATH, NATS, PHSA, PHYS

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 2206 - Professional Practice Experience 3.00 Credit Hours

Group IV Course

PHIL 2100 - Introduction to Ethics 3.00 Credit Hours

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 2206 - Professional Practice Experience 3.00 Credit Hours

Group III Course

PSYC 1010 - Introductory Psychology 4.00 Credit Hours
OR SOCY 1010 - Principles of Sociology 4.00 Credit Hours

Group V Course: 2.00 - 3.00 credit hours

Any PHED Wellness course-2000 or above

Notes:

* Prerequisites needed to apply to the program.

Students must apply through the selective admission process and be accepted into the health information technology program before taking any HITT course.
A minimum of 18 credit hours of Arts & Sciences courses (Groups I-V) are needed as well as a minimum of 62 total credit hours for the associate degree.
It is strongly encouraged that you work with a counselor, academic advisor, or faculty/department coordinator to plan your schedule.
Students who plan to transfer to a university to continue with their education should take BIOL 2710 instead of HITT 1740 .
Students may take HITT 2206 either semester 3 or semester 4.

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