AAS Degree Plan

Degree Program for the Associate of Applied Science (Tech Prep)

In order to complete all degree requirements in a two-year period, we recommend that the following plan be followed:

First Year

First Semester
Credit

BIOL
HITT
HITT
ITSC
KINE

2401
1305
1401
1401

Anatomy and Physiology I
Medical Terminology (TP)
Health Data Content & Structure
Introduction to Computers
Physical Activity

SEMESTER TOTAL

4
3
4
4
1

16
Second Semester
Credit

BIOL
ENGL
HITT
HITT

HITT

2402
1301
1345
1353

1355

Anatomy and Physiology II
Composition & Rhetoric I
Health Care Delivery Systems
Legal & Ethical Aspects of
Health Information
Health Care Statistics

SEMESTER TOTAL

4
3
3
3

3

16
Third Semester
Credit
Elective
Elective

Social/Behavioral Sciences
Humanities/Fine Arts

SEMESTER TOTAL

3
3

6

Second Year

First Semester
Credit

HITT
HPRS
HITT
MRMT
SPCH

1166
2301
1441
1211

Practicum
Pathophysiology
Coding & Classification Systems
Computers in Health Care

Elective

SEMESTER TOTAL

1
3
4
2
3

13
Second Semester
Credit

HITT

HITT

HITT
HITT

2339

2343

1342
2435

Health Information Organization & Supervision
Quality Assessment & Performance Improvement
Ambulatory Coding
Coding & Reimbursement Methods

SEMESTER TOTAL

3

3

3
4

13
Third Semester
Credit
HITT
HITT
2249
2460

RHIT Competency Review
Clinical

SEMESTER TOTAL

2
4

6

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