Pre-requisite Courses:

• Medical Terminology  ( 3 credits)
• Anatomy and Physiology I (3 credits)
• Anatomy and Physiology I Lab (1 credit)
• Database Management** (3 credits)

First Year Term 1

• Anatomy and Physiology II (3 credits)
• Anatomy and Physiology II Lab (1 credit)
• Introduction to Health Information Management (Web enhanced) (2 credits)
• Healthcare Delivery Systems (Online) (3 credits)
• Pathophysiology (Web enhanced) (3 credits)

First Year Term 2

• Health Data Concepts (Web enhanced) (3 credits)
• Health Data Concepts Lab (1 Credit)
• Beginning Coding ( 4 credits)

First Year Term 3

• Professional Practice I (2 credits)
• Health Insurance Billing Introduction (2 Credits)

Second Year Term 1

• Health Law and Ethics (Online) (2 credits)
• Intermediate Coding (3 credits)
• Health Information Systems (Web enhanced) (3 credits)
• Health Statistics (Online) (2 credits)
• Supervision and Organizational Life (Online) (2 credits)

Second Year Term 2

• Advanced Coding (3 credits)
• Professional Practice II (2 credits)
• Performance Improvement (Online) (2 credits)
• Electronic Health Records (Web enhanced) (2 credits)
• Transition Seminar (1 credit)

General Education Courses required for the AS Degree

• Elementary Algebra or higher (0 to 3 credits)
• Composition I (3 credits)
• Introduction to Speech Communication (3 credits)
• Humanities/Fine Arts (3 credits)
• Social/Behavioral Science (3 credits)

**Successful completion of the basic student technology literacy test or passing CGS 1060C is required to earn this degree.

Students need to be able to produce documents and utilize Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access applications for this program.

Professional Practice Experiences (PPE)

The Health Information Management Program curriculum requires two clinical site classes which are called Professional Practice Experiences or PPEs. Students are placed in local healthcare facilities for a period of 64 hours, this is usually 1 day a week for the semester. The student will be given assignments that will allow the student to apply concepts and theory learned in the classroom as well as critical thinking skills to real work environments. Students produce an assignment workbook and are evaluated by the clinical site supervisor the student works with during the semester, these are the only pass or fail courses.

There are two PPEs, one the first year and one the second year. The first year students focus on operational and functional work while the second year student will expand their understanding of operations and expand into management concepts and applications.