Program Overview
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Offered in conjunction with the Rutgers School of Health Professions.
The Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management BSHIM degree program is designed to provide knowledge and skills for health information professionals, including information policies, planning, budgeting, quality assurance, liaison to medical professions, statistical analysis, regulatory compliance, code diagnoses, and management. The content is based on the accreditation standards of the Commission on Accreditation of Health Informatics and Information Management Education CAHIIM so that the graduate can pass the national registry examination as a Registered Health Information Administrator RHIA.
The Bachelor Science in Health Information Management degree program is a joint degree program with Rutgers School of Health Professions and Thomas Edison State University. Rutgers provides Health Information Management professional credits while Thomas Edison State University provides general education and two general management courses
For complete credit information, please visit http://shrp.rutgers.edu/dept/informatics/HIM/index.html.
The program consists of 124 total semester hour credits with at least 12 being taken at Thomas Edison State University, thus constituting a residency requirement. The 124 total credits are comprised of the following:
- 60 credits in general education; and
- 64 area of study credits and elective credits in Health Information Management completed at Rutgers.
Admission to Program
Prospective students must apply through Rutgers School of Health Professions, observing the application deadlines of March 1 for the fall semester and July 1 for the spring semester. Note that Dietetics is only offered once per year, with an application deadline of March 1. Applications may be obtained by calling 973 972-5454 or by emailing shrpadm@shrp.rutgers.edu.
For information contact Program Director Barbara Manger at 973 972-4356 or visit https://shp.rutgers.edu/health-informatics/bachelor-of-science-health-information-management/. Once students are admitted, they are assigned an academic advisor from Rutgers, who will work with them on planning their academic programs.
Credit Distribution
Courses in the General Education Requirements are listed as a guide. Other courses may satisfy the areas and can be viewed on our website under General Education Courses.
I. General Education Requirements (60 Credits)
A. Intellectual and Practical Skills (15 Credits)
B. Civic and Global Leadership (9 Credits)
| SOC-101 | Our Changing World An Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| ETH-230 | Ethics in the Digital Age | 3 |
| POS-110 | American Government | 3 |
C. Knowledge of Human Cultures (9 Credits)
D. Understanding the Physical and Natural World (8 Credits)
| BIO-211 | Anatomy and Physiology I with Lab | 4 |
| BIO-212 | Anatomy and Physiology II with Lab | 4 |
E. Mathematics (3 Credits)
For all TESU course options that will satisfy this area of the degree, go to Mathematics Courses.
F. General Education Electives (16 Credits)
For all TESU course options that will satisfy this area of the degree, go to General Education Electives – Select from any course listed in A, B, C, D or E.
To identify which of these courses is Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), go to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Courses.
II. Area of Study Completed Entirely through Rutgers