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Health Care Management Major

Health Care Informatics Specialization

The specialization in health care informatics provides a strong, generalist foundation in this rapidly, developing science. This specialization is designed to prepare students for entry into the health care informatics field and to enhance career advancement opportunities. The course sequence emphasizes a strong, basic background in information technology and provides students with the requisite skills needed to prepare them to work with health care informatics applications such as use of the electronic health record and telehealth. Students who complete the health care informatics specialization will be prepared to analyze, design and implement technology systems within a health care organization. The sequence may also be taken as a certificate.

Sequence of Required Courses

First Year

First Semester	Total Credits	15	Second Semester	Total Credits	15
	Core	3		Core	3
	Core	3		Core	3
	Core	3		Core	3
BUS 105	Basic Computer Technology	3	HCM 101	Intro to Health Systems	3
ACC 101	Principles of Accounting	3	MIS 110	Intro to Information Systems	3

Sophomore Year

First Semester	Total Credits	15	Second Semester	Total Credits	14
	Core	3		Core	3
	Core	3		Core	3
HP 110	Intro to HC Informatics	3	BUS 107	Essential Communications	3
BUS 207	Contemporary Economics	3	BUS 269	Principles of Marketing	3
BUS 208	Principles of Management	3	HP 120	Current Issues and Trends in HCI	2

Junior Year

First Semester	Total Credits	15	Second Semester	Total Credits	15
	Core	3		Core	3
	Core	3		Core	3
BUS 371	Financial Management	3	BUS 307	Management Science	3
BUS 352	Business Law	3	BUS 306	Organizational Behavior	3
MIS 200	Systems Analysis	3	HCM 371	HC Reimburse and Finance	3

Senior Year

First Semester	Total Credits	15	Second Semester	Total Credits	16
	Core	3		Core	3
BUS 360	Mgmt of Human Resources	3	MIS 432	Database Mgmt	3
HCM 403	Health Care Strategic Mgmt	3	HP 230	HC Informatics Intership	1
BUS 415	International Business	3	HCM 406	Current Iss. and Trends in HC	3
	Free elective	3		Free elective	3
				Free elective	3

Total required for graduation 120 credits

Health Care Management Course Descriptions (HCM)