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Health Information Management · B.S.

Health Information Management: four-year plan

A sample term-by-term path to the B.S. in Health Information Management.

How to read this plan

This is a sample path to the B.S. in Health Information Management in four years at about 15–16 credits per term. Your actual plan depends on placement, transfer credit, a chosen concentration, and when courses are offered — build it with your adviser and check it against your degree audit. Course numbers link to the catalog.

Year 1 · Fall 13 credits

  • UNIV 1000 First-Year Seminar (1 cr)
  • ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)
  • MATH 1200 College Algebra (3 cr)
  • HIM 1500 Introduction to Health Information Management (3 cr)
  • ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 1 · Spring 15 credits

  • ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
  • MATH 1600 Introductory Statistics (3 cr)
  • HIM 2100 Medical Terminology (3 cr)
  • ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
  • COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)

Year 2 · Fall 16 credits

  • Fine Arts elective (3 cr)
  • HIM 2200 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology (4 cr)
  • HIM 2500 Health Data Content and Structure (3 cr)
  • Humanities elective (3 cr)
  • Social Science elective (3 cr)

Year 2 · Spring 16 credits

  • HIM 3100 Coding and Classification Systems I (4 cr)
  • HIM 3200 Coding and Classification Systems II (4 cr)
  • Global Perspectives elective (3 cr)
  • PHIL 2300 Ethics (3 cr)
  • Wellness elective (2 cr)

Year 3 · Fall 13 credits

  • HIM 3400 Health Information Systems (3 cr)
  • HIM 3600 Health Law, Privacy, and Compliance (3 cr)
  • HIM 4900 HIM Professional Practice (4 cr)
  • Free elective (3 cr)

Year 3 · Spring 15 credits

  • Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
  • Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
  • Free elective (3 cr)
  • COOP 2000 Cooperative Education (recommended) (0 cr)
  • Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Fall 12 credits

  • Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
  • Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
  • Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
  • ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 4 · Spring 12 credits

  • Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
  • Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
  • ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
  • COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)

Fictional information

UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. This four-year plan and every course in it is invented.