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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Health Informatics & Information Management, Degree Completion, B.S.H.I.I.M. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Health Informatics & Information Management, Degree Completion, B.S.H.I.I.M.

College of Nursing and Health Professions >> Health Informatics and Information Management 

Admission Requirements

The online degree completion program allows earning a Bachelor of Science in HIIM through 100 percent online coursework. Students in the degree completion program will be required to complete one hundred twenty (120) credit hours to earn the BSHIIM. Students will be required to complete thirty (30) Health Informatics and Information Management credit hours of discipline-specific courses, plus complete the required number of credit hours in prerequisite and/or core courses required by the University. The average time for full-time students will be 1-2 years. Degree completion students must earn a total of 30 hours of credit from USI to satisfy requirements for a baccalaureate degree. Application deadline is due the following dates in the year the student desires admission to the program:

  • Spring entry: November 1
  • Fall entry: May 1

Admission to the program will be based on the following criteria:

  • Applicants must have an associate degree and a post-secondary grade point average from all transcripts of at least 2.75 or above based on a 4.0 scale.
  • Once in the program, students will have to maintain a minimum level of performance (no lower than a C grade) in each of the required HI courses to progress to the next semester of the program.

Additional Coursework for Degree Completion (30 credits)

(Grade of C or better)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ACCT 201 - Accounting Principles I
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
CIS 151 - Computer Applications in Business
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
ENG 201 - Rhetoric and Composition II: Literacy and the World

USI Core 39: Foundations-Rhetoric and Composition II.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
ENG 210 - Technical Writing

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring		 Credits: 3
KIN 192 - Concepts in Wellness and Fitness

USI Core 39: Foundations-Physical Activity and Wellness.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 1
HP 115 - Medical Terminology For The Health Professions
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 2
HP 211 - The Healthcare Delivery System
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
HP 356 - Ethics and Healthcare in a Pluralistic Society

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Moral and Ethical Reasoning; Embedded Experience-Diversity.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
HP 498 - Current Concepts in the Health Professions

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
IPH 401 - Interprofessional Perspectives on Global Health

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer		 Credits: 3
  • World Languages and Culture (BS) course Credits: 3

    • Required HIIM Courses (30 credits)

    (Grade of C or better required)

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    HP 302 - Biostatistics

    USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Scientific and Mathematical Reasoning.


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer    		 Credits: 3
    HA 431 - Healthcare Quality
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring    		 Credits: 3
    HI 301 - Health Informatics
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring    		 Credits: 3
    HI 302 - Enterprise Systems and Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring    		 Credits: 3
    HI 303 - Health Information Exchange (HIE) and Interoperability
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring    		 Credits: 3
    HI 304. - Social Media Monitoring in Health Care
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring    		 Credits: 3
    HI 401 - Project Management for Health Information Technology (HIT)
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring    		 Credits: 3
    HI 402 - Healthcare Data Management and Analytics
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring    		 Credits: 3
    HI 403 - Healthcare Coding
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring    		 Credits: 3
    HI 404 - Revenue Cycle Management
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring    		 Credits: 3
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