NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Biomedical & Health Info Sci

Location: 250 AHSB; Phone: (312) 996-7337.

BHIS     405            Medical Sciences and Human Pathophysiology
         0 TO 4 hours.
        Credit is not given for BHIS 405 if the student has credit for AHS 420 or HIM 313 or HIM 314. Students who require a medical terminology component register for 4 hours and participate in both laboratory and lecture-discussion; all others register for 3 hours and attend lecture-discussion only. Restricted to students who require this course for graduation. Students outside these restrictions may be admitted with consent of the instructor. Restricted to Biomedical Visual, Health Information Management, Med Lab Sci- Career Mobil Opt, and Medical Laboratory Sciences.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Laboratory and one Lecture-Discussion. 

BHIS     410            Health Data Structures and Management
         3 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): BHIS 400 and BHIS 480.   

BHIS     460            Introduction to Health Informatics
         1 hours.
        Same as PMPR 460. Credit is not given for BHIS 460/PMPR 460 if the student has credit for BHIS 400 or NUSC 218 or IPHS 420. Taught online with some essential classroom lectures. Students must have an active UIC NetID with valid password and access to a computer and the Internet. Prerequisite(s): Students should demonstrate basic computing skills including knowledge of an office productivity suite (MS Office or other), electronic mail, and Internet browsers. Recommended background: IDS 100 or the equivalent.   Online

BHIS     461            Information Systems for Health Information Management
         2 hours.
        Credit is not given for BHIS 461 if the student has credit for BHIS 400. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): IDS 100 and credit or concurrent registration in BHIS 460.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Laboratory and one Lecture-Discussion. 

BHIS     480            Management and Business Practices
         3 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): Advanced undergraduate or graduate standing in the School of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences or consent of the instructor.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture-Discussion and one Lecture. 

BHIS     499            Information Sources in Biomedical & Health Information Sciences
         1 hours.
        Assignments require the use of a computer with Internet access. Prerequisite(s): Senior and junior undergraduate or graduate standing required; or consent of the instructor. Restricted to Biomedical Visual, Health Informatics, and Health Information Management.  Instructor Approval Required 

BHIS     504            Methods in Qualitative Inquiry
         3 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): BHIS 500 and BHIS 510 or consent of the instructor. Restricted to Biomedical Visual, and Health Informatics.  Instructor Approval Required 

BHIS     505            Legal and Social Issues in Health Informatics
         3 hours.
           Online

BHIS     510            Health Care Information Systems I
         4 hours.
        Same as HPA 510. Taught only online. A UIC netid is required. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.  Instructor Approval Required Online

BHIS     517            Health Care Information Security
         3 hours.
        Taught only on-line. A UIC netid is required. Prerequisite(s): BHIS 437 and BHIS 510 or consent of the instructor. Restricted to Health Informatics.  Instructor Approval Required Online

BHIS     520            Health Information Systems Analysis and Design
         4 hours.
        Same as HPA 531. Taught only online. A UIC netid is required. Prerequisite(s): BHIS 510 or HPA 510 or consent of the instructor.  Instructor Approval Required Online

BHIS     527            Knowledge Management in Healthcare Organizations
         3 hours.
        Extensive computer use required. May be offered online, using synchronous and asynchronous discussion, in conjunction with seminar format. Prerequisite(s): Grade of B or better in BHIS 510; and consent of the instructor.  Instructor Approval Required 

BHIS     537            Health Care I.T. Vendor Management
         3 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): BHIS 510 or consent of the instructor. Restricted to Health Informatics.  Instructor Approval Required 

BHIS     546            Leadership Development in Health Informatics
         3 hours.
        Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Restricted to Health Informatics.  Instructor Approval Required 

BHIS     580            Practicum in Biomedical and Health Information Sciences
         3 TO 12 hours.
        May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.  Instructor Approval Required 

BHIS     594            Special Topics in Biomedical and Health Information Sciences
         1 TO 3 hours.
        May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.   

BHIS     596            Independent Study
         1 TO 4 hours.
        May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.  Instructor Approval Required 

BHIS     597            Project Research in Biomedical and Health Information Sciences
         0 TO 5 hours.
        Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): BHIS 499, 500 and 595; and consent of the instructor.  Instructor Approval Required 

BHIS     598            Research in Biomedical and Health Information Sciences
         0 TO 16 hours.
        Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Foundation courses in research and statistics, or consent of the instructor.  Instructor Approval Required