Four Year Plan of Study in Health Information Management

* plus 45 hours minimum in General Education courses. These general education courses (taken primarily in the freshman and sophomore years) provide the foundation for the students' college education. Some prerequisite courses required for the major, may also be taken as General Education (inner core) electives. For elective choices in each category, see the ISU Undergraduate Catalog.

If a transfer student has completed an Associate of Arts Degree or an Associate of Science Degree or the Illinois Articulation Initiative Agreement at an approved college in Illinois, he/she will have met ISU's General Education requirement. For information on the Illinois Articulation Initiative, see the ISU Undergraduate Catalog.

For more information, please contact the Department Academic Advisor.

Year 1 (28 hrs.)

ENG 101 Composition & Critical Inquiry (3 hrs)
COM 110 Communication & Critical Inquiry (3 hrs)
HSC 105 Medical Terminology (3 hrs)
ECO 105 Principles of Economics (4 hrs) or
ECO 103 (3 hrs)
General Education Inner Core Electives (9 hrs)
General Education Middle Core Elective (6 hrs)

Year 2 (30 hrs.)

KNR 181 Human Anatomy & Physiology I (3 hrs)
KNR 182 Human Anatomy & Physiology II (3 hrs)
HSC 204.02 Health Data Analysis: EH & HIM (3 hrs)
General Education Electives (18 hrs)
Elective (3 hrs)

Year 3 (33 hrs)

Fall

HSC 201 Pathophysiology I (3 hrs)
HSC 210 Introduction to Health Information Management (3 hrs)
MQM 220 Business Organization & Management (3 hrs)
ENG 249 Technical Writing I (3 hrs) or ENG 145.13 Language and Composition II: Writing for Business and Government Organizations (3 hrs)
Elective (3 hrs)

Year 3 (continued)

Spring

HSC 200 Health Information Technology (3 hrs)
HSC 202 Pathophysiology II (3 hrs)
HSC 212 Classification & Indexing Systems (3 hrs)
HSC 230 Legal Aspects of Health Information (3 hrs)
MQM 323 Human Resources Management ( 3hrs)

Summer

HSC 298.03 Clinical Professional Practice (3 hrs)

Year 4 (28 hrs)

Fall

HSC 213 Advanced Applications of Classification & Index Systems (3 hrs)
HSC 300 Health Information Systems (3 hrs)
HSC 346 Hospital Budgeting Procedures (3 hrs)
HSC 345 Quality Management in Health Care (3 hrs)
Elective (3 hrs)

Spring

HSC 214 Alternative Classification Systems (3 hrs)
HSC 310 Health Information Management Seminar (1 hr)
HSC 320 Org. & Mgt. of Health Information Services (3 hrs)
HSC 340 Trends in Health Care Delivery (3 hrs)
HSC 398.03 Management Professional Practice (3 hrs)