NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Biomedical &Hlth Info Sciences

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 460 and BHIS 461 and BHIS 480.  

BHIS            437
         Health Care Data
       3 hours. Meets 20-Oct-08 - 05-Dec-08. Taught online only. A UIC netid is required. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and consent of the instructor. Instructor Approval Required 
Online

BHIS            460
         Introduction to Health Informatics
       1 hours.  Taught online. 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 200 or the equivalent.  

BHIS            461
         Information Systems for Health Information Management
       2 hours.  Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): IDS 200 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. Meets 20-Oct-08 - 05-Dec-08. 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 
Online

BHIS            505
         Ethics and Legal Issues in Health Informatics
       3 hours. Meets 20-Oct-08 - 05-Dec-08. Taught online only. A UIC netid is required. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Instructor Approval Required 
Online

BHIS            510
         Health Care Information Systems
       4 hours. Meets 25-Aug-08 - 17-Oct-08. 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            515
         Management of Health Care Communication Systems
       4 hours. Meets 25-Aug-08 - 17-Oct-08. Same as HPA 520. 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            528
         Consumer Health Informatics
       3 hours. Meets 25-Aug-08 - 17-Oct-08. Prerequisite(s): BHIS 510 and BHIS 527 or consent of the instructor. Recommended background: BHIS 505. Restricted to Health Informatics.  
Online

BHIS            538
         Health Care I.T. Administration
       3 hours. Meets 25-Aug-08 - 17-Oct-08. Prerequisite(s): BHIS 510 and BHIS 511 and BHIS 537 or consent of the instructor. Restricted to Health Informatics.  
Online

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. Instructor Approval Required 

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
         Thesis 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): BHIS 499 and BHIS 500 and BHIS 595 and consent of the instructor. Instructor Approval Required