Health Information Management and Technology: Requirements for the Major

Interdisciplinary Major

Core Courses, (48 credits):

Required:

HIMT 300: Survey of Contemporary Computing (3 credits)

HIMT 310: Healthcare Systems and Organizations (3 credits)

HIMT 320: Survey of Information Technology in Healthcare (3 credits)

HIMT 330: Healthcare I: Teminology & Body Systems (3 credits)

HIMT 340: Ethical issues, Security Management and Compliance (3 credits)

HIMT 350: Statistics for Healthcare (3 credits)

HIMT 360: Healthcare II: Survey of Disease & Treatments (3 credits)

HIMT 370: Healthcare Systems: Analysis & Design (3 credits)

HIMT 380: Healthcare Billing, Coding and Reimbursement (3 credits)

HIMT 400: Healthcare Information and Technology - Data (3 credits)

HIMT 410: Healthcare Sytems: Implementation and Integration (3 credits)

HIMT 420: Healthcare Systems: Project Management (3 credits)

HIMT 430: Quality Assessment and Improvement (3 credits)

HIMT 440: Group Processes, Team Building and Leadership (3 credits)

HIMT 450: Healthcare Information and Technology - Standards (3 credits)

HIMT 490: Capstone (3 credits)

Area of Emphasis: Healthcare Management

Elective Courses, (12 credits):

Required:

HIMT 355: Principles of Management for HIMT Professionals (3 credits)

HIMT 365: Healthcare Economics (3 credits)

HIMT 415: Human Resource Management in Healthcare (3 credits)

HIMT 445: Application of Leadership & Management in Healthcare Technology (3 credits)

Area of Emphasis: Healthcare Technology

Elective Courses, (12 credits):

Required:

HIMT 345: Programming and Software Development (3 credits)

HIMT 375: Database Structures and Management Systems (3 credits)

HIMT 425: Data Warehousing and Mining (3 credits)

HIMT 435: Data Communications and Networks in Healthcare (3 credits)