Stages of the study plan:

The study plan is divided into four years, as follows:

The First year: One introductory year (two semesters) introductory school in which science and general subjects are taught, in addition to the English language and programming principles. 

The second year: One year (two semesters) in which the basic specialization courses are taught, including practical application using specific software according to the course description.

The Third year: one year (two semesters) in which advanced specialization courses are taught, including practical application using specific software according to the course description.

The Fourth year: one year (two semesters) in which advanced courses are taught that include the graduation project in two phases: the first phase is in the first semester and the second phase is in the second semester, as well as practical training of 400 hours (50 working days) at the training headquarters, which must be carried out in the departments of computing or information technology, whether in a government or private sector.

 

Degree requirements:

The department awards a Bachelor of Science degree in the field of health information systems. Obtaining a bachelor’s degree in computer science requires the following: successful completion of at least four academic years, which are equivalent to 137 accredited study units in the field of health information systems. That is, the student successfully completes a number of units of study accredited from general education courses at the Almaarefa university, a number of units of study approved from compulsory courses in the College of Applied Sciences, and a number of units of study accredited from specialization courses in health information system.

Courses

Credits

MCST General Requirements

29

College General Requirements

11

IS Program Requirements

97

Al Maarefa University General Education Requirements

Credit Hours

Course Name

Course Code

NO

3

Computer Essentials

COMP 100

1
2

Islamic Culture

ISLM 101

2
2

Arabic Language I

ARAB 101

3
3

General Physics

PHYS 101

 
4
5

General English I

ENGL 101

5
2

Arabic Language II

ARAB 103

6
5

General English II

ENGL 102

7
2

Communication Skills

COMM 201

 
8
2

Economic System in Islam

ISLM 103

9
3

Introduction to Psychology

PSYC 201

10
29

10 courses

Total

Applied Sciences Health Science Major Requirements
NO Course Code Course Name Credit Hours
1 MATH101 Calculus-I 3
2 MATH 102 Calculus-II 3
3 MATH 251 Discrete Mathematics 3
4 ISLM 303 Contemporary Jurisprudential Technological Issues 2
  Total 4 courses 11
Information System Program Course Requirements
No Course Code Course Name Credit Hours
1

COMP 111

Computer Programming-I

3
2

BIOS 101

Biostatistics

3
3

BIOL101

  

General Biology

4
4

ENGL103

English for Health Sciences

3
5

BUSN 201

Introduction to Business 3
6

ANA 201

Anatomy

3
7

COMP 112

Computer Programming-II 3
8

HIS210

Introduction to Health Information Systems

3
9

PSHL201

Human Physiology

3
10

COMP 211

Data Structures

3
11

INFO 242

Information Systems Analysis and Design

3
12

COMP 225

Operating Systems 3
13

INFO 232

Database Systems

3
14

INFO 312

E-Business Programming

3
15

BUSN302

HR Management

3
16

INFO 351

Data Communications and Computer Networks

3
17

HIS340

Electronic Health Records

3
18

HIS 402

Health Information Management

 
3
19

INFO 342

Information Systems Implementation & Testing

3
20 HEAL361

Epidemiology

2
21

INFO 372

Information Systems Project Management

3
22

INFO331

Database Development

3
23

HIS410

E-Health and Telemedicine 3
24

ETHC 431

Ethics in Computing

2
25

HIS420

Medical Imaging 3
26

INFO 461

Decision Support Systems

3
27

INFO 496

  

Graduation Project I

3
28

INFO 491

Selected Topics in Information Systems

3
29

HIS481

Human Computer Interaction

3
30

INFO 482

Information Security

3
31

INFO 498

Graduation Project II

4
32

HIS495

Medical Coding and Classification Systems

3
33

INFO 490

Practical training

0
  Total 33

Courses

97