B.S. in Health Information Administration - Plan of Study
Below is the plan of study for students beginning in the fall of 2013. Students who began prior to the fall of 2013 should review their plan of study found on the top right hand side of this page. Students are responsible for completing the degree requirements for their particular plan of study. Transfer students should consult a School of Informatics and Computing academic advisor regarding potential course exceptions and/or substitutions. We encourage all students to meet with an academic advisor prior to registration each semester.
The HIA degree consists of 120 credit hours. All courses must be completed with a C or better to count towards degree completion. The professional program may be completed fully online and students may start the professional program in either the fall or spring semester.
Pre-HIA Core (62 cr.)HIA Pre-requisite Requirements (29 cr.)
- INFO I100 First Year Experience (1 cr.)
- HIA M110 Computer Concepts for Health Information (3 cr.)
- HIA M210 Data Organization & Presentation in Healthcare Environment (3 cr.)
- HIA M300 Database Design for HIA (3 cr.)
- HIA M220 Healthcare Decision Support (3 cr.)
- BUS X100 Intro to Business Administration (3 cr.)
- BUS L203 Commercial Law (3 cr.)
- HIA M270 Foundations & Principles of Health Information Management (2 cr.)
- HIA M330 Medical Terminology (3 cr)
- HIA M275 Effective Communication for the Healthcare Environment (3 cr.)
- NEWM N299 Directed Study (2 cr.)
NOTE: BIOL N212 Human Biology 1 (3 cr.) and BIOL N214 Human Biology 2 (3 cr.) are required but may be applied under the Life and Physical Sciences General Education Core requirements below. The BIOL N213 and BIOL N215 labs are OPTIONAL.
General Education Core Requirements (30 cr.)
Foundational Intellectual SkillsStudents must take 15 credit hours related to Foundational Intellectual Skills. This includes 6 credits related to Core Communication skills, 6 credits in Analytical Reasoning, and 3 credits related to Cultural Understanding. The most recent list of approved classes can be found here:http://go.iupui.edu/gened.
Intellectual Breadth and AdaptivenessStudents must also take 15 credit hours related to Intellectual Breadth and Adaptiveness. This helps to foster the “ways of knowing” that are characteristic of particular fields ranging from science and the social sciences through humanities and arts. This includes 6 credits in the Life and Physical Sciences, and 9 credits distributed across the Arts/Humanities and the Social Sciences. The most recent list of approved classes can be found here:http://go.iupui.edu/gened.
General Electives (3 cr.)The School of Informatics and Computing will not accept physical education activity courses, musical instrument or voice lesson courses towards elective credit. Students may use any other college level course credit (transferable to IUPUI) towards electives.
Notes:- This plan of study is subject to revision. Please consult a HIA academic advisor each semester prior to registration.
- The pre-requisite courses total 62 credit hours and must be successfully completed prior to beginning the HIA Professional Program.
- Prerequiste courses must be completed prior to taking the stated course.
- All courses require a minimum grade of a C to be considered as successfully completed and to apply towards graduation.
Professional program courses are open only to those junior and senior-level students who have successfully completed all pre-Health Information Administration courses and have received a letter of acceptance to the program.
Professional core courses are sequential and must be completed in the order specified during the third and fourth years of study.
First Fall Semester (14 cr.)- HIA M325 Healthcare Information Requirements and Standards I (3 cr.)
- HIA M326 Lab for M325 (1 cr.)
- HIA M350 Medical Science for Health Information I (3 cr.)
- HIA M355 ICD-9-CM Coding (3 cr.)
- HIA M356 Lab for M355 (1 cr.)
- HIA M370 Health Information Management (3 cr.)
- HIA M322 Hospital Organization and Management (3 cr.)
- HIA M327 Healthcare Information Requirements and Standards II (3 cr.)
- HIA M328 Lab for HIA M327 (1 cr.)
- HIA M445 Medicine and the Law (1 cr.)
- HIA M450 Medical Science for Health Information II (3 cr.)
- HIA M455 CPT Coding (3 cr.)
- HIA M456 Lab for M455 (1 cr.)
- HIA M461 Release of Information (1 cr.)
- HIA M315 Quantitative Methods and Research (2 cr.)
- HIA M375 Health Information Technology (3 cr.)
- HIA M420 Healthcare Planning and Information Systems (3 cr.)
- HIA M443 Professional Practicum in Health Information Administration I (4 cr.)
- HIA M462 Healthcare Quality Improvement (2 cr.)
- HIA M400 Health Information Storage/Retrieval (3 cr.)
- HIA M444 Professional Practicum in Health Information Administration II (4 cr.)
- HIA M470 Healthcare Reimbursement Systems (3 cr.)
- HIA M490 Directed Study (1 cr.)
- HIA M499 Health Information Administration Capstone Experience (3 cr.)
- This plan of study is subject to revision. Please consult a HIA academic advisor each semester prior to registration.
- All courses require a minimum grade of a C to be considered as successfully completed and to apply towards graduation.
- The HIA Bachelor of Science degree in total equals 120 credit hours.
- The Professional Program courses total 58 credit hours and may be fully completed via online education on a full time or part time basis.
Last updated: 02/14/2014