Degrees & Programs
Montana Tech's degree is the first undergraduate program in Health Care Informatics in the United States and offers both Associate of Applied Science and Bachelor of Science levels. Additionally, we offer a graduate certificate, a Health Informatics Technology certificate, and a minor.
Bachelor of Science
Health Care Informatics Graduate Certificate Program
Health Informatics Technology Certificate
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Associate of Applied Science
HCI Minor
| Suggested Course Plan - Health Care Informatics | |
| Freshman Fall Semester | |
| CHMY 121 Intro to Chemistry | 3 |
| HIT 101 Intro to Health Care Informatics | 3 |
| BGEN 105 Intro to Business | 3 |
| M 121 College Algebra | 3 |
| PSYX 100 Intro to Psychology | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Freshman Spring Semester | |
| AHMS 144 Medical Terminology | 3 |
| WRIT 101 College Writing I | 3 |
| HIT 260 Workflow Process and Redsign | 3 |
| SOCI 101 Intro to Sociology | 3 |
| CAPP 158 MS Access | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Sophomore Fall Semester | |
| BIOH 201 Human Anatomy & Physiology I | 4 |
| HEE 215 Health Care Facility Procedures | 3 |
| HIT 230 Overview of Health Care Information Systems | 4 |
| CSCI 110 Programming with Visual Basic I | 3 |
| CSCI 110 Programming with Visual Basic I Lab | 0 |
| HCI 4946 Health Care Informatics Seminar | 2 |
| Total | 16 |
| Sophomore Spring Semester | |
| BIOH 211 Human Anatomy & Physiology II | 4 |
| BUS/CS 3xxx Business or CS Elective | 3 |
| CAPP 156 MS Excel | 3 |
| HCI 316 Health Care Ethics & Regulations | 3 |
| COMX 230 Presenting Technical Information | 3 |
| COMX 230 Presenting Technical Information Lab | 0 |
| Total | 16 |
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*Optional Exit Point with Associate of Applied Science - 62 Credits*
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| Junior Fall Semester | |
| HSS xxxx Humanities Elective (Suggest ECNS 230 - Principles of Micro & Macro) | 3 |
| HCI 310 Health Care Delivery in the US I | 3 |
| HCI 320 Information Systems Security | 3 |
| STAT 131 Introduction to Biostatistics | 3 |
| HIT 265 Electronic Health Record (EHR) in Medical Practice | 3 |
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Total
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15 |
| Junior Spring Semester | |
| BUS/CS 3xxx Business or Computer Science Elective | 3 |
| HCI 312 Health Care Delivery in the US II | 3 |
| COMX 317 Interpersonal Communication Theory & Practice | 3 |
| STAT 435 Statistical Computing & Exploratory Data Analysis | 3 |
| WRIT 322W Advanced Business Writing | 3 |
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Total
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15 |
| Senior Fall Semester | |
| BUS/CS 3xxx Business or Computer Science Elective | 3 |
| CSCI 321 Systems Design Process | 3 |
| CSCI 347 Data Mining | 3 |
| HCI 420 Public Health Informatics | 3 |
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Total
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12 |
| Senior Spring Semester | |
| HCI 4106 Project & Systems Management | 4 |
| HCI 4306 Health Care Informatics Practicum | 6 |
| HCI 4916 Health Care Informatics Internship | 6 |
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Total
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16 |
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For the Bachelor of Science degree, students may focus in either Computer Science or Business: In the CS focus, students need:
Computer Science Minor option available Business Minor option available HCI Minor option available |
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