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2005-2006
Health
Information Technology
Associate in Applied Science
Degree
Curriculum code 1244
Special Admission Requirements
The health information technology program has special admission requirements
and limited enrollment. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that all
admission requirements are met and all documents and scores are submitted on
time. Only complete application files will be reviewed for admission. Please
carefully review the admission requirements.
Required Courses
(69 credit hours)
The following suggested schedule is based on full-time enrollment. BIO-115,
MRT-110,
MTH-109
must be completed no longer than five years prior to the program admission
deadline. Students must earn a
"C" or better in all required MRT courses.
For information about prerequisites and
corequisites, please see the course descriptions that are linked from each
course. Suggested
Part-Time Schedule
First Semester
8 Credit Hours
|
Course
|
Credit
Hours
|
Title
|
Notes
|
|
BIO-115 |
5
|
Anatomy
and Physiology |
BIO-180
and BIO-181
can meet this requirement |
|
MRT-110 |
3
|
Medical
Terminology |
|
| Total:
8 |
Second
Semester
8 Credit Hours
|
Course
|
Credit
Hours
|
Title
|
Notes
|
|
MRT-130 |
1
|
Computer
in Allied Health |
|
|
MRT-111 |
4
|
Health
Information Management |
|
| COM-101 |
3 |
Composition I |
|
| Total:
8 |
Third
Semester
3 Credit Hours
|
Course
|
Credit
Hours
|
Title
|
Notes
|
|
MRT-120 |
3
|
Body
Structure and Pharmacology |
|
| Total:
3 |
Fourth
Semester
6 Credit Hours
|
Course
|
Credit
Hours
|
Title
|
Notes
|
|
MRT-117 |
2
|
Introduction
to ICD-9-CM |
|
|
MRT-118 |
2
|
Introduction
to CPT |
|
|
MTH-109 |
2
|
Math
for Allied Health |
MTH-098,
135,
139
or higher can meet this requirement |
| Total:
6 |
Fifth
Semester
8 Credit Hours
|
Course
|
Credit
Hours
|
Title
|
Notes
|
|
MRT-112 |
4
|
Clinical
Classification Systems |
|
|
MRT-119 |
1
|
Insurance
Reimbursement Procedures |
|
|
MRT-114 |
3
|
Health
Care Computer Applications |
|
| Total:
8 |
Sixth
Semester
5 Credit Hours
|
Course
|
Credit
Hours
|
Title
|
Notes
|
|
MRT-115 |
2
|
Clinical
Practicum I |
|
|
___-___ |
3
|
Social/Behavioral
Sciences Choose
from: ANT,
ECO,
GEO,
HIS,
PSC,
PSY,
SOC,
SSC
|
|
| Total:
5 |
Seventh
Semester
6 Credit Hours
|
Course
|
Credit
Hours
|
Title
|
Notes
|
|
MRT-116 |
2
|
Clinical
Practicum II |
|
|
MRT-210 |
4
|
Introduction
to Pathophysiology |
|
| Total:
6 |
Eighth
Semester
6 Credit Hours
|
Course
|
Credit
Hours
|
Title
|
Notes
|
|
MRT-212 |
3
|
Medical
Reimbursement Systems |
|
|
PSY-201 |
3
|
Human
Relations in Organizations |
|
| Total:
6 |
Ninth
Semester
3 Credit Hours
|
Course
|
Credit
Hours
|
Title
|
Notes
|
|
COM-103 |
3 |
Speech Fundamentals |
|
| Total:
3 |
Tenth
Semester
6 Credit Hours
|
Course
|
Credit
Hours
|
Title
|
Notes
|
|
MRT-211 |
4
|
Health
Statistics and Data Analysis |
|
|
MRT-215 |
2
|
Clinical
Practicum III |
|
| Total:
6 |
Eleventh
Semester
10 Credit Hours
|
Course
|
Credit
Hours
|
Title
|
Notes
|
|
MRT-213 |
3
|
Supervisory
Techniques |
|
|
MRT-216 |
5
|
Clinical
Practicum IV |
|
|
MRT-218 |
2
|
Quality
Management |
|
| Total:
10 |
Graduation Requirements
Official high school transcript with date of
graduation or a GED certificate; minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0;
successful completion of all course requirements and the minimum number of
credit hours for the specific degree; minimum of 15 semester hours completed at
Moraine Valley; constitution requirement; a "C" grade or better in
COM-101 and a "C" grade or better in
COM-102 if
COM-102 is required for this program; successful completion of minimum level
of competency in Mathematics; submission of graduation petition to the Records Office by
published deadlines. (See college catalog
for details.)
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