Health Information Management and Informatics B.S./M.S. Combined Degree

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Bachelor of Science/Master of Science • HIMI BS/MS

This program provides students the opportunity to earn a BS degree in Health Information Management and an MS degree in Health Informatics and Information Management in a five-year period. Students in this program will take graduate courses which will satisfy undergraduate content and credit hour requirements. Four graduate courses in the graduate Health Informatics and Information Management degree will enhance the undergraduate degree with higher-level learning. Upon completion, a student will have 120 credits required for the BS degree, and will have earned 12 graduate credits toward their MS degree. Students can complete their MS degree in Health Informatics and Information by completing an additional 21 graduate credits.

Admissions requirements:

Apply for secondary admission after 30 credits (sophomore status)
Cumulative 3.0 GPA

Student may submit a graduation application to award the BS degree after completion of all undergraduate credits and MS courses: DATA610, DATA667, HCMG630, IAAS600.

Foundations of Excellence - 35 Credits

ACES 100 - Achieving Career and Education Success 3 Credits
BIOL 115 - Anatomy and Physiology with Human Disease I 4 Credits
BIOL 116 - Anatomy and Physiology with Human Disease II 4 Credits
BIOL 131 - Introduction to Human Disease 3 Credits
COMM 120 - Presentation Techniques 3 Credits
ENGL 109 - Composition 3 Credits
ENGL 110 - Advanced Composition 3 Credits
ENGL 311 - Professional Writing 3 Credits
MATH 120 - College Mathematics 3 Credits
SOSC 201 - Diversity in Society 3 Credits
STAT 219 - Introduction to Biostatistics 3 Credits

Foundations of Health Professions - 15 Credits

ACCT 200 - Accounting Basics for Managers 3 Credits
HLTH 101M - Introduction to Health Careers 0 Credits
CISP 111 - Requirements Planning and Development 3 Credits
HLTH 211 - Healthcare Management 3 Credits
HLTH 110 - Medical Terminology 3 Credits
HLTH 230 - Health Care Law and Ethics 3 Credits

Major - 51 Credits

CISP 247 - Database Design 3 Credits
HINT 110 - Introduction to HIM 3 Credits
HINT 201 - Health Information Technology 3 Credits
HINT 209 - Quality and Performance Improvement in Health Care 3 Credits
HINT 215 - Applied Statistics for Health Information 1 Credits
HINT 221 - ICD Coding 4 Credits
HINT 222 - Procedural CPT/HCPCS Coding 3 Credits
HLTH 250 - Health Care Reimbursement Management 3 Credits
HINT 297 - HIT Professional Practice Experience (Lecture) 2 Credits
HINT 297C - HIT Professional Practice Experience (Clinical) 2 Credits
HINT 335 - Coding and Revenue Cycle Management 2 Credits
HINT 340 - Privacy, Security, and Training in Health Information Management 3 Credits
HINT 350 - Clinical Information Systems 3 Credits
HINT 400 - Management Information Systems 3 Credits
HINT 420 - Data Analysis and Research in Health Information Management 3 Credits
HINT 475 - Enterprise Governance in Health Care 3 Credits
HINT 485 - Information Governance 3 Credits
HINT 496 - Health Information Management Capstone 4 Credits

Electives - 7 Credits

Open Elective 4 Credits
IAAS 221 - Security Foundations 3 Credits

Graduate Courses - 33 Credits

For 600-700 level course descriptions, please see the Graduate Catalog or search for them on the University website,

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DATA 610 - Essentials of Business Analytics 3 Credits
DATA 667 - Data Visualization and Communication 3 Credits
HCMG 630 - Health Care Organizations 3 Credits
HCMG 750 - Financial Management for Health Care 3 Credits
HINT 601 - HIIM Seminar 0 Credit
HINT 730 - Legal Aspects and Compliance 3 Credits
HINT 760 - Research Methods in HIM 3 Credits
HINT 775 - Health Information Governance 3 Credits
IAAS 600 - Information Security Planning 3 Credits
IAAS 675 - Health Care Safety 3 Credits
MGMT 653 - Leading Organizations 3 Credits
HINT 799 - Capstone Experience for HIIM 3 Credits

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