Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 required at time of application for acceptance as declared major.
Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 required to apply to Rutgers for Major professional courses.
ENG 1030, all Rutgers prerequisite courses, Capstone and Major courses require grade of C or higher.
General Education 32
Foundations Requirements 13
GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).
ENG 1030:Requires a minimum grade of C or better.
MATH 1000: With qualifying placement test scores, this course may be substituted with an elective.
Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 19
Humanities 6
ENG 2403: GE Distribution course required of all students.
Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
| Fine Arts or Art History | 3 |
| Philosophy or Religion | 3 |
| Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit) | 3 |
| Music or Theatre | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Social Sciences 6
| HIST 1062 | WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS | 3 |
HIST 1062: GE Distribution course required of all students.
Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
| Psychology | 3 |
| Economics or ES 1010 World Geography | 3 |
| Political Science | 3 |
| Sociology or Anthropology | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Science and Mathematics 7
Additional Required Courses 14-16
Requires a grade of C or better.
Additional Required Courses 14-16
Rutgers prerequisite courses: Minimum grade of C required
Academic Major 61
Major courses below are taken at Rutgers University. All Major courses, Rutgers prerequisite and Capstone courses require a grade of C or better.
All major courses at Rutgers are online except coding courses
Major Required Courses 52
| BINF 3000 | Introduction to Healthcare | 1 |
| BINF 3010 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| BINF 3110 | Legal Aspects | 3 |
| BINF 3126 | Health Record Data Management I | 3 |
| BINF 3127 | Health Record Data Management II | 3 |
| BINF 3301 | Classification and Reimbursement Systems | 3 |
| BINF 3311 | Introduction to Coding | 3 |
| BINF 3411 | Disease Pathology I | 3 |
| BINF 3412 | Disease Pathology II | 3 |
BINF 4200
| Finance Concepts for HIM | 3 |
BINF 4220
| Guided Research and Statistics | 3 |
| BINF 4305 | Health Info Services Admin | 3 |
BINF 4310
| Performance Improvement W-E | 3 |
| BINF 4311 | Electronic Health Record | 3 |
| BINF 5000 | Essentials of Health Computer Science | 3 |
BINF 5520
| Health Analytics | 3 |
| IDST 3510 | Principles of Scientific Inquiry | 3 |
| IDST 4300 | Human Resource Mgmt. | 3 |
Minimum grade of C required in all major courses
Health Information Management Elective Options 6
Must select two courses from same track; minimum grade of C required
Medical Coding
BINF 4216
| Coding with ICD Part 1 | 3 |
BINF 4217
| Coding with ICD Part 2 | 3 |
BINF 4313
| Coding with CPT | 3 |
Healthcare Compliance
Information Analytics
BINF 4150
| Ethics in Healthcare | 3 |
BINF 5515
| Information Governance | 3 |
Health Informatics
Courses in this track also count toward Master's degree of same title
Health Info. Leadership
Choose two of the three courses below:
Courses in this track also count toward Master's degree of same title
Major Capstone 3
BINF 4619
| Management Affiliation | 3 |
Senior capstone at Rutgers/joint assessment using Kean University GE oral presentation and written presentation rubrics; minimum grade of C required
Free Electives 11-13
(50% at 3000-4000 Level)
BIO 1996 (Optional) Research Initiative for 1st Year Students (1 credit)
BIO 3291, BIO 3292 or BIO 3293 (Optional) Internships (1-3 credits)