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ADMISSIONS POLICY
Dear Prospective Applicant:

Thank you for your interest in our Health Information Technology Program at Edgecombe Community College. It is a two-year Associate of Applied Science degree program with courses available on-line, traditional face-to-face classroom, or via the NC Information Highway (teleconference). Students receive clinical training at one of our affiliated clinical sites.

In order to be considered for admission into the program, you will need to complete an admissions application, request all appropriate transcripts, and demonstrate readiness to take ENG 111, BIO 168, CIS 111 and MAT 140 (either by a placement test or prior course work). Testing is scheduled for the second Tuesday of every month at 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. For testing on our campus, you need to report to Student Services located on the first floor of the Rocky Mount Center. For students living at distance sites, you may submit placement test scores or college transcripts to me. After successful completion of this process, you will then be scheduled for an interview with a counselor and the department chairperson. You must also submit a completed physical exam form and three letters of reference.

I am enclosing additional information describing our program. To learn more about this exciting profession and educational opportunities you may visit Edgecombe Community College web site http://www.edgecombe.edu (Health Information link may be found in Academics, then Allied Health, then Health Information) and/or directly to our ECC HIT Program web site http://www.edgecombe.edu/academics/alldhlth/hit/hit.htm

The following Health Information professional web sites may be visited for additional HIM information: American for Health Information Management Association http://www.ahima.org

and the North Carolina Health Information Management Association http://www.nchima.org . For individual course descriptions, you may visit the web site of the North Carolina Community College System Common Course Library www.ncccs.cc.nc.us/CCL/index.html

If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me at smithb@edgecombe.edu

or (252)-446-0436 ext 332. I look forward to working with you.

Sincerely,

Barbara Baker Smith, M.Ed., NCC, LPC, Counselor

  • Submit completed college applications to the Admissions Office at the Rocky Mount Center. This application may be submitted online through our general ECC college web site: www.edgecombe.edu. PLEASE, ONLY SELECT ONE PROGRAM OF STUDY - either Associate of Applied Science Degree, Diploma, or Certificate.
  • NOTE: The HIT Certificate program is available ONLY to eligible persons are currently hospital coders and who have had two (2) years of full time coding experience already but with no formal coding education courses at the collegiate level.
  • Submit official high school (and college(s), if applicable) transcript(s) to the Admissions Office at the Rocky Mount Center; mailing address Edgecombe Community College 225 Tarboro St., Rocky Mount, NC 27801 Attn: Cathy Stephenson, HIT Admissions Counselor.
  • Placement test scores or current course work (per official transcripts) that indicate readiness for college level English (ENG 111), Biology (BIO 168) and Math (MAT 140). ECC uses the ACT ASSET placement test.
  • Applicants who place into developmental courses MUST complete those courses BEFORE being admitted to the program. Applicants who have taken college level english and/or math courses may receive transfer credit for these courses. An applicant may take the placement test 3 times per year. For more information about these courses, visit the web site for the North Carolina Community College Common Course Library: www.ncccs.cc.nc.us/CCL/index.html .
  • Interview with HIT counselor of ECC.
  • Submit three (3) letters of reference (employment related references). download a pdf of reference form
  • Submit a completed physical exam form signed by a licensed physician. This exam form must be within the last year.
  • Interview with Department Chairperson of Health Information Technology at ECC.
  • Receive letter of formal acceptance.

 

ACADEMIC STANDING POLICY:

A policy of "C" to progress in each major course is required. A minimum grade of "C" should be a goal set by each student for any biological science completed as a required course in the HIT curriculum due to the biological content within HIT major courses. A student may enter the HIT program 3 times.