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, and Health Information Management.  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.  Credit is not given for BHIS 460 if the student has credit for 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 Department 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): Junior standing or above 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
         Ethics and Legal Issues in Health Informatics
       3 hours.  Taught online only. A UIC netid is required. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.  
Online

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

BHIS            517
         Health Care Information Security
       3 hours.  Taught only online. 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 online only. A UIC netid is required. Prerequisite(s): BHIS 510 or HPA 510; and graduate standing and 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 
Online

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.  

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