2024-2025 Catalog

Business Healthcare Technology (BHT2) Diploma

Campus Availability and Advisement:

  • This program is also available 100% online. For online advisement, contact any of the above.

Program Description:

The Business Healthcare Technology program is designed to prepare graduates for employment in a variety of positions in today's technology-driven workplaces. The Business Healthcare Technology program provides learning opportunities, which introduce, develop, and reinforce academic and occupational knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. The program emphasizes the use of software and technology. Students are also introduced to accounting fundamentals, electronic communications, internet research, electronic file management, and healthcare regulation and compliance. The program includes instruction in effective communication skills and terminology that encompasses office management and executive assistant qualification and technology innovations for the office. Additionally, the program provides opportunities to upgrade present knowledge and skills or to retrain in the area of administrative technology. Graduates of the program receive a Business Healthcare Technology Diploma.

Note: All occupational curriculum within this program must be completed with a “C” or better in order to graduate from the program.

Basic Skills Courses

EMPL 1000Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development

2

OR

PSYC 1010Basic Psychology

3

 

MATH 1011Business Math

3

OR

MATH 1012Foundations of Mathematics

3

 

ENGL 1005Applied Technical Communication

3

OR

ENGL 1010Fundamentals of English I

3

Occupational Curriculum

BUSN 1440Document Production

4

BUSN 2190Business Document Proofreading and Editing

3

BUSN 1015Introduction to Healthcare Reimbursement

3

BUSN 2375Healthcare Coding

3

BUSN 2340Healthcare Administrative Procedures

4

XXXX xxxxOccupational Guided Electives (Must See Advisor)

7

 

COMP 1000Introduction to Computer Literacy

3

OR

BUSN 1000Computers in Healthcare

3

OR

HIMT 1151Computer Applications in Healthcare

4

 

BUSN 2350Electronic Health Records

3

OR

HIMT 1250Health Record Content and Structure

2

 

BUSN 1800Introduction to Healthcare Accounting

3

OR

BUSN 2200Office Accounting

4

OR

ACCT 1100Financial Accounting I

4

 

BUSN 1010Medical Terminology, Anatomy, and Diseases for Business

6

Or All Of The Following Three Requirements

 

MAST 1120Human Diseases

3

 

AND

 

BUSN 2300Medical Terminology

2

OR

ALHS 1090Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences

2

 

AND

 

BUSN 2310Anatomy and Terminology for the Medical Administrative Assistant

3

OR

OR

ALHS 1011Structure and Function of the Human Body

5

Total Credit Hours: 46 Minimum Credit Hours for Graduation