Admission Requirements for Limited Enrollment AAS degree.
This is a limited enrollment program with specific admission requirements. This program begins in the Fall semester only. Priority in admission will be given to legal residents of the Oakton Community College District until February 1. Non-resident applicants will be considered, but admission will depend upon spaces available after in-district priority is given.

Minimum Requirements are:

• High school graduation or GED
• One year of high school or appropriate college courses as follows:
  Biology (with laboratory) or BIO 101
  Mathematics or MAT 047
• Interview with and consent of HIT faculty.
• Satisfactory health as demonstrated and certified by current physical examination.
• Entry level competency for EGL 101 as demonstrated by coursework or assessment.
• Those admitted to the program will be required to submit proof of medical insurance coverage.

College level reading and entry level competency for EGL 101 as demonstrated by
coursework or assessment. If applicants do not have EGL 101 or equivalent,
completion of Oakton English assessment tests are required. (Both WSAT and DRP
tests must be taken.)

Other Requirements:

• Satisfactory health as demonstrated and certified by current physical examination.
• Meet Essential Skills which include physical, communicative/cognitive,
  emotional/psychological criteria.
• Interview with and consent of HIT Faculty.
• Those admitted to the program will be required to submit proof of medical insurance coverage.

Health Career curricula are governed by specific objectives, rules and regulations formulated by the College, accrediting bodies and participating clinical facilities. Students should familiarize themselves with these standards. Students should also be aware that failure to maintain satisfactory progress in technical courses may significantly delay completion of the curriculum or may result in a request for the student to withdraw from the curriculum. Each student’s right to participation in the clinical portion of the curriculum is also contingent upon compliance with the rules of the clinical facility. The clinical facility has sole discretion to determine when its rules have been violated.

Some of the courses in this program have prerequisites. The sample schedule below takes into account these prerequisites. To learn which courses have prerequisites, see course descriptions in the Oakton catalog.

Special Notes:

Must be available during day on Wednesdays and Fridays to fulfill practicum requirements.

Curriculum qualifies students to take American Health Information Management Exam.

Clinical placement may require health assessment, immunizations, substance abuse testing, criminal background check, specific skill certification, and health insurance at additional cost to student.

BIO 101 is strongly recommended to be taken before BIO 131 or the summer before
admission to the program.

Courses are required to be taken in the following semester sequence.
A minimum grade of C is required in all HIT and BIO courses.

Fall
- HIT 104 Medical Terminology
- HIT 121 Fundamentals of Health Information Management
- HIT 191 Healthcare Communication Systems
- HIT 192 Managing Healthcare Information
- HIT 193 Electronic Health Records
- EGL 101 Composition I
(Prerequisite for EGL 101 is entry-level competence for EGL 101 as demonstrated by the Writing Skills Assessment Test.)
- BIO 131 Human Anatomy and Physiology I
(Prerequisite for BIO 131 is BIO 101 or one year of high school biology or equivalent. CHM 101 or CHM 105 recommended.)