HIMT103 HEALTH INFORMATICS MANAGEMENT PRACTICUM EXPERIENCE I 16/66/0/82/3.0 This course involves activities associated with an affiliated health care facility where students are

allowed to complete a project to build knowledge and skills, including health information practices, procedures and administration. Prerequisites: HITT205, HIMT101, HIMT102

IGOV101 WESTERN CIVILIZATION I 48/0/0/48/3.0

This course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the development of early

civilizations from Neolithic times to 1715. Early and contemporary Western cultures are compared and contrasted, as are major religious, social, and political reforms. Other topics include the religious influence of Judaism and the Bible, the rise and fall of ancient Greece, and the transformation of Rome from a republic to an empire. The Crusades, the origins of feudalism, and the evolution of Christianity are examined, as is the evolution of the European economy during Westward expansion. The Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment period are also discussed. Prerequisites: None

HITT385 CODING AND REIMBURSEMENT METHODOLOGIES 48/0/0/48/3.0 This course emphasizes case studies using more complex code assignments with ICD-9-CM, ICD-10 Code

sets, CPT4 and HCPCS Level II coding system. The course also focuses on clinical documentation improvement and the uses of coded data and health information in reimbursement and payment system appropriate to healthcare and managed care settings. Students will learn how to analyze source documents to properly code and process required information for billing and subsequent reimbursement, as well as maintain a charge master, and evaluate fraudulent billing practices. Prerequisite: HPRS 101, SCIT 103, SCIT 203, HITT 201, HITT 211, HITT 221

IGOV102 WESTERN CIVILIZATION II 48/0/0/48/3.0

This course provides students with a comprehensive overview of concepts, people, and events that shaped Western culture from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Topics include: the rise of Eastern and Western Europe; the Enlightenment-era philosophies; the impact of the French Revolution on political, social, and economic world order; and the effects of the industrial revolution on Western society. Unification era politics; various methods of imperial indoctrination; and major political, economic, and social reforms are explored, along with the root causes and strategies that affected the outcomes of WWI and WWII. Social, economic, and political changes that occurred in the twentieth century are also examined. Prerequisites: None

HITT121 HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION AND SUPERVISION 48/0/0/48/3.0

This course covers supervisory skills for the new supervisor. Students will learn about organization and supervision of human, financial and physical resources. Students will also learn basic management principles of planning, organizing, coordinating and controlling. The course also focuses on customer service, human resource requirements relative to recruitment, training motivation and evaluation as well as cultural diversity. Prerequisite: HPRS101

HITT220 HEALTH CARE STATISTICS 48/0/0/48/3.0

This course introduces the student to basic allied health statistics and analysis. Students will learn how to collect data, calculate key healthcare statistics, and prepare reports, including analysis. Students will also compute common Health Information Management Department Statistics. Emphasis on skill sets will include hospital statistics, birth and death rate statistics, determining effective methods to use to test validity and reliability, sill development in computation and calculation of health data.

Prerequisite: HPRS 101, HITT 205

POFT328 PUBLIC SPEAKING AND PRESENTATIONS 48/0/0/48/3.0

The Public Speaking and Presentations course requires the student to develop skills in speech composition, speech delivery and effective listening. The student will develop and refine presentation skills focusing on compiling, organizing and outlining the research material in preparation for the assignments. The ability to respond to questions and challenges during presentation situations will also be cultivated. The student will gain skills in the following proficiencies as part of successful completion of this course: clear and logical thinking; including the ability to analyze, synthesize, evaluate, and interpret information and ideas. Prerequisites: None

HITT122 QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT 48/0/0/48/3.0

This course studies quality standards and methodologies in the health information management environment. Topics include licensing, accreditation, compilation and presentation of data in statistical formats, quality management and performance improvement functions, utilization management, risk management, medical staff data quality issues, approaches to assessing patient safety issues and implementation of quality management and reporting through electronic systems.

Prerequisites: HITT121, HITT216

IGOV341 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 48/0/0/48/3.0

In this course the student will explore how the founders created a democracy based upon the ideals of liberty, equality, and self-government. The student discover how the government is structured and how it operates, and examine the three branches of the United States government that create a system of checks and balances. The learner will be able to carry out the following activities: distinguish between civil rights and civil liberties, and explain how these rights and liberties are achieved through politics; evaluate how citizens participate in public affairs during elections and through intermediaries such as political parties, interest groups, and the media; analyze the ways Americans think politically, and describe the effect their opinions have on government; differentiate the divisions of political power among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government; describe the various ways that the public interacts with the government; summarize how the policies of the United States reflect the nature of its political system and its people, and why they tend to be piecemeal and reactive; compare and contrast the structures of the federal, state, and local governments. Prerequisites: None

ECNG301 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS 48/0/0/48/3.0