HIM at Temple University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate HIM coursework.

• HIM 3106Pathophysiologyopens 7 courses (3 directly)
• HIM 3203Electronic Health Record Systemsopens 5 courses (2 directly)
• HIM 8016Principles and Practices of Health Informatics Researchopens 4 courses (1.5 directly)
• HIM 3208International Classification of Diseasesopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• HIM 3216Clinical Procedures and Pharmacologyopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• HIM 5212Application Development in Public Healthopens 3 courses (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate HIM work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 50 HIM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 15 more HIM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on HIM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in HIM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at HIM 4206

  1. HIM 1101Medical Terminology
  2. HIM 3106Pathophysiology
  3. HIM 3216Clinical Procedures and Pharmacology
  4. HIM 4105Current Procedural Terminology Coding
  5. HIM 4113Healthcare Reimbursement Systems
  6. HIM 4206Intermediate Coding

• 5 courses deep, ending at HIM 4298

  1. HIM 1101Medical Terminology
  2. HIM 3106Pathophysiology
  3. HIM 3208International Classification of Diseases

• 5 courses deep, ending at HIM 9999

  1. HIM 5101Fundamentals of Health Informatics
  2. HIM 5212Application Development in Public Health
  3. HIM 9994Health Informatics Preliminary Examinations

• 4 courses deep, ending at HIM 4202

  1. HIM 2215Health Information Management IT Fundamentals
  2. HIM 3203Electronic Health Record Systems
  3. HIM 4104Health Information Management Operations Management

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HIM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HIM yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

HIM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Temple campus feed.