Health Info & Info Mgmt (2+2) (BS)
Description
The B.S. in health informatics and information management (a 2+2 program with the University of Mississippi Medical Center) prepares a graduate to work in a variety of medical/clinical settings in the area of collecting, storing, retrieving, and interpreting health care information.
Minimum Total Credit Hours: 117
Course Requirements
The B.S. in health informatics and information management degree is a two-phase program. The first phase consists of 60 semester hours with a 2.5 minimum GPA. The second phase is in a professional program such as the health informatics and information management program offered at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, but this program is primarily online. Students must meet minimum criteria and apply by May 15 of the year they desire entry, and admission is competitive. For more information about UMMC admissions, visit the UMMC catalog.
Courses to be completed at the Oxford campus, which are specific prerequisites for the program at UMMC only, are as follows:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| WRIT 1010 | First-Year Writing I | 3 |
| WRIT 1020 | First-Year Writing II | 3 |
| or LIBA 1020 | First Year Seminar | |
| MATH 1210 | College Algebra (or higher) | 3 |
| BISC 2060 | Human Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 |
| BISC 2070 | Human Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 |
| SPCH 1020 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 |
| or SPCH 1050 | Business and Professional Speech | |
| Select nine hours of Humanities & Fine Arts | 9 | |
| Select six hours of Social or Behavioral Science | 6 | |
| ACCY 2010 | Introduction to Accounting Principles I | 3 |
| CSCI 1001 | Office Applications | 3 |
| or CSCI 1002 | Computing Applications | |
| Select 18 hours of Electives | 18 | |
| Total Hours | 59 | |