Selective Admission Point Information
2009-2010
Health Information Technology

The Health Information Technology Program is a selective admission program. This means you must apply and be accepted into the program before can take any courses which begin with HITT except HITT 1305 and HITT1303. The application process begins in January of each year and continues until May 25th or after, until all seats are filled. You can begin taking the other courses in the curriculum before you are accepted, and as you can see below, completion of these courses will award you points toward acceptance. The top 20 students, according to the point system below, will be accepted into the program for the following fall semester. Applications can be requested from Charlotte Creason at ccre@tjc.edu or by phone at (903) 510-2669.

POINT SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE ADMISSION HIT 2009-2010

• Bachelor’s Degree – 1 point
• Associate’s Degree – 1 point
• Coding Credential – 1 point maximum

The following points will be awarded for each course grade listed below.

• Three (3) points for an “A”
• Two (2) points for a “B”
• One (1) point for a “C”
• ENGL 1301 Composition and Rhetoric
• SPCH 1321 Business and Professional Speaking
• Social Behavioral Science Elective
• Humanities/Fine Arts Elective
• BIOL 2401 Anatomy and Physiology I
• BIOL 2402 Anatomy and Physiology II
• HITT1305 Medical Terminology I
• HITT1303 Medical Terminology II
• BCIS 1405 Business Information Systems
  or COSC 1300 Introduction to Computing
• POFM 1400 Medical Coding Basics
• POFM 1327 Medical Insurance