Health Information Technology Curriculum Guide

ST. CHARLES COMMUNITY COLLEGE

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE DEGREE

CURRICULUM GUIDE

FIRST YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER			SECOND SEMESTER
HIT 110	Medical Terminology	3	HIT 115	Pharmacology & Diag. Procedures	3
HIT 120/121	Health Care Data	3	HIT 125/126	Health Care Technologies	3
BIO 240/243	Anatomy & Physiology I #	4	HIT 128	Electronic Health Records	1
ENG 101	English Composition	3	HIT 150	Directed Practicum I	1
CPT 103	Microcomputer Applications	3	BIO 241/244	Anatomy & Physiology II	4
			SPE 101	Oral Communications	3
		16			15

SUMMER SESSION
ENG 102 or LIT	English Composition II or Any Literature	3
PSY 101	Intro to Psychology	3
		6

SECOND YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER			SECOND SEMESTER
HIT 200	Directed Practicum II	3	HIT 241	Health Care Statistics +	2
HIT 220/221	Nosology	3	HIT 243	Quality Management and Performance Improvement	3
HIT 238	Healthcare Legal & Ethical Issues	3	HIT 250	Directed Practicum III	3
BIO 265	Pathophysiology	3	HIT 260	Health Information Mgmt. Seminar	2
*HIS/POL	History or Government	3	HIT 270/271	CPT Coding	2
			HIT 280	Healthcare Billing & Reimbursement Issues	2
			SOC 101	Intro to Sociology	3
		15			17

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS: 69

#Prerequisite: High school biology with a C, or its equivalent, within the last 5 years.

* Choose one of the following courses to meet this requirement: HIS 101, 102, HIS 115, POL 101, POL 102.

+ Students must assess into MAT 121 or have earned a C or higher in MAT 098.

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