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EDGECOMBE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CURRICULUM BY SEMESTERS
(STARTING FALL 2001)

You must apply for and be formally admitted to the HIT program to take any courses in the shaded areas.

X Coding Certificate (18 SHr) requires 2 yrs FT coding work experience; # Coding Diploma (48 SHr)

First Year

Course

Class

Lab

Clinical

CredHr

Fall Semester          
ACA 111 College Student Success

1

0

0

1

BIO 168 # Anatomy & Physiology I

3

3

0

4

CIS 111 or

(CIS 110 ) *

Basic PC Literacy

(Introduction to Computer )

1

(2)

2

(2)

0

(0)

2

(3)

MED 121 X # Medical Terminology I

3

0

0

3

HIT 110 Orientation to Health Info Technology

2

0

0

2

HIT 114 # Record Systems & Standards

2

3

0

3

HIT 122 # Directed Practice I

0.

0

3

1

* (rec for pursuing 4 yr
degree later)

TOTALS

12(13)

8

3

16(17)

Spring Semester          
BIO 169 # Anatomy & Physiology II

3

3

0

4

ENG 111 # Expository Writing

3

0

0

3

ENG 111A # Expository Writing Lab

0

2

0

1

MAT 140 Survey of Mathematics

3

0

0

3

MED 122 X # Medical Terminology II

3

0

0

3

HIT 112 # Health Law & Ethics

3

0

0

3

 

TOTALS

15

5

0

17

Summer Semester          
Fine Arts Elective Humanities/Fine Arts -(see catalog)

3

0

0

3

HIT 212 X # Coding/Classification I

3

3

0

4

HIT 220 Computers in Health Care

1

2

0

2

HIT 226 # Principles of Disease

3

0

0

3

 

TOTALS

10

5

0

12

Fall Semester          
Major Elective

OST 248** X

HIT 191***

 

Diagnostic Coding in Med Office OR

Selected Topics in HIT

 

1

(0)

 

2

(2)

 

0

(0)

 

2

(1)

ENG 114 s Professional Research & Reporting

3

0

0

3

HIT 210 Health Care Statistics

3

2

0

4

HIT 214 X # Coding/Classification II

3

3

0

4

HIT 222 # Directed Practice III

0

0

6

2

PSY 150 General Psychology

3

0

0

3

 

TOTALS

13

7

6

18(17)

Spring Semester          
Major Elective- 4SH

OST 247** X #

CIS 120 ***

CIS 152***

BIO 175 ***

 

CPT Coding in Med Office

Spreadsheet I OR

Database Concepts & Apps OR

General Microbiology

 

1

(2)

(2)

(2)

 

2

(2)

(2)

(2)

 

0

(0)

(0)

(0)

 

2

(3)

(3)

(3)

HIT 216 Quality Management

2

2

0

3

HIT 218 Management

3

0

0

3

HIT 224 # Directed Practice IV

1

0

6

3

HIT 280 Professional Issues

2

0

0

2

 

TOTALS

9(10)

4

6

13(14)

TOTALS

75 (76)