HIIM Master Program
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Master of Health Informatics and Information Management Course Descriptions and Curriculum
Course descriptions
All course descriptions can be found in the School of Health Related Professions section of the current UMMC Catalog.
Curriculum
Note: This curriculum is effective for students enrolled in Fall 2026 or later.
First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Informatics (HI) Track | Health Information Management (HIM) Track | ||
| Fall | Hours | Fall | Hours |
| HI 602 Health Care Delivery and Policy | 3 | HI 600 Health Information Management | 3 |
| HI 632 Databases & Knowledge Management | 3 | HI 632 Databases & Knowledge Management | 3 |
| Total | 6 | Total | 6 |
| Spring | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| HI 655 Research Methods & Applied Statistics | 3 | HI 655 Research Design & Applied Statistics | 3 |
| HI 631 Health Informatics | 3 | HI 630 Health Information Systems | 3 |
| Total | 6 | Total | 6 |
| Summer | Hours | Summer | Hours |
| HI 608 Data Architecture, Analytics & Visualization | 3 | HI 608 Data Architecture, Analytics & Visualization | 3 |
| HI 634 Development of Electronic Health Information Systems | 3 | HI 634 Development of Electronic Health Information Systems | 3 |
| Total | 6 | Total | 6 |
Second Year | |||
| Health Informatics (HI) Track | Health Information Management (HIM) Track | ||
| Fall | Hours | Fall | Hours |
| HI 638 Clinical Vocabularies & Classification Systems | 3 | HI 641 Clinical Concepts & Coding for Reimbursement | 3 |
| HI 619 Health Information and Computer Science | 3 | HI 620 Performance Improvement Strategies | 3 |
| Total | 6 | Total | 6 |
| Spring | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| HI 614 Privacy and Security for Health Informatics | 3 | HI 645 Revenue Cycle Management and Compliance | 3 |
| HI 617 Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics | 3 | HI 618 Legal Aspects of Health Information Management | 3 |
| Total | 6 | Total | 6 |
| Summer | Hours | Summer | Hours |
| HI 604 Leadership Strategies in Health Infomatics | 3 | HI 612 Management and Leadership Principles for HIM | 3 |
| HI 698 Capstone in Health Informatics | 3 | HI 687 Seminar | 1 |
Students will choose one of the following capstones. HI 685 Professional Practice Experience or HI 686 Capstone ePortfolio | 2 | ||
| Total | 6 | Total | 6 |
| Total credit hours for degree | 36 | Total credit hours for degree and RHIA eligbility. | 36 |