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The Schools of Nursing and Pharmacy operate on both the Oxford and Jackson campuses. The Schools of Dentistry, Health Related Professionals and Medicine, and the Health Sciences Graduate School, are based in Jackson only. (Additional healthcare programs are available through the School of Applied Sciences on the Oxford campus.) Other than these exceptions, the schools above are on the Oxford campus.

B.S. in Health Information Mgmt (2 +2)

Description

The B.S. in health 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: 61

General Education Requirements

See the 'General Education/Core Curriculum' for the School of Liberal Arts.

Course Requirements

The B.S. in health information management degree is a two-phase program. The first phase consists of 61 semester hours on the Oxford campus with a 2.0 minimum GPA. The second phase is in a professional program such as the health information management program offered at The University of Mississippi Medical Center. The courses to be completed at the Oxford campus which are specific prerequisites for the program at UMMC only are as follows:


Course                                   Semester Hours
English composition (Engl 101 and either
   Engl 102 or Liba 102)                       6
College algebra (Math 121)                     3
Bisc 102, 103, 104                             7
Bisc 206, 207                                  8
Psy 201                                        3
Fine arts                                      3
Social or behavioral science                   3
Spch 102 or 105                                3
Humanities (history, literature, foreign
  languages, journalism, philosophy, religion) 6
Csci 191 or 192                                3
Electives (such as business communication,
  management, computer science and psychology) 13
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