Almoosa College - Nursing | In Collaboration with MGH Institute of Health Professions

Curriculum and Courses

Curriculum Framework

Course Code Course Title Required or Elective Credit Hours

Lec Lab / CI Total
College or Department
1st Year – Semester 1 (Level 1)
ENGL 101 Communication Skills I Required 0 4 Lab 4 College
ENGL 102 English Language Structures I Required 3 1 Lab 4 College
ENGL 103 English Reading and Vocabulary I Required 4 0 4 College
COMP 101 Introduction to Computing and Information Technology Required 1 1 Lab 2 College
BIOL 101 Introductory Biology Required 2 1 Lab 3 College
10 7 17
1st Year – Semester 2 (Level 2)
ENGL 111 Communication Skills II Required 0 2 Lab 2 College
ENGL 112 English Language Structures II Required 0 2 Lab 2 College
ENGL 113 English Reading and Vocabulary II Required 0 2 Lab 2 College
ISLM 101 Islamic Studies Required 2 0 2 College
BIOS 201 Biostatistics Required 2 1 Lab 3 College
HMI 101 Medical Terminology Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 102 Health Professions Careers Required 2 0 2 Department
9 7 16

Course Code Course Title Required or Elective Credit Hours

Lec Lab / CI Total
College or Department
2nd Year – Semester 1 (Level 3)
NURS 101 Anatomy and Physiology I Required 3 1 Lab 4 Department
HMI 201 Healthcare Delivery Systems Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 202 Essentials of Healthcare Informatics Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 203 Coding and Classification of Diseases Required 3 0 3 Department
ISLM 202 Islamic Culture II Required 2 0 0 College
14 1 13
2nd Year – Semester 2 (Level 4)
HMI 211 Introduction to Health Information Systems Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 212 Healthcare Accounting Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 213 Fundamentals of Health Information Management Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 214 Mobile Health Required 2 1 Lab 3 Department
HMI 215 Data Communication and Network Fundamentals Required 3 0 3 Department
14 1 15

Course Code Course Title Required or Elective Credit Hours

Lec Lab / CI Total
College or Department
3rd Year – Semester 1 (Level 5)
Elective course Elective 2 0 2 Department
NURS 323 Epidemiology and Population-Based Healthcare Required 2 1 Lab 3 Department
HMI 301 Health Databases Required 2 1 Lab 3 Department
HMI 302 Privacy and Security in Health Informatics Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 303 Healthcare Law and Ethics Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 304 Healthcare Marketing Required 3 0 3 Department
15 2 17
3rd Year – Semester 2 (Level 6)
HMI 311 Healthcare Data Analytics Required 2 1 Lab 3 Department
HMI 312 Electronic Health Record Configuration Required 2 1 Lab 3 Department
HMI 313 System Analysis and Design Required 2 1 Lab 3 Department
HMI 314 Healthcare Economics and Policy Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 315 Human Resources Management in Healthcare Required 3 0 3 Department
12 3 15

Course Code Course Title Required or Elective Credit Hours

Lec Lab / CI Total
College or Department
4th Year – Semester 1 (Level 7)
HMI 401 Healthcare Decision Analysis Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 402 Health Data Standards and Interoperability Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 403 Healthcare Finance Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 404 Leadership and Management of Health Systems Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 405 Healthcare Research Design and Method Required 2 0 2 Department
Elective course Elective 2 0 2 Department
17 0 17
4th Year – Semester 2 (Level 8)
HMI 411 Consumer Health Informatics Required 2 0 2 Department
HMI 412 Health Insurance and Reimbursement Required 2 0 2 Department
HMI 413 Quality Improvement in Healthcare Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 414 Project Management in Health Information Technology Required 3 0 3 Department
HMI 415 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Healthcare Required 2 0 2 Department
HMI 416 Health Informatics Research Project Required 2 2 Lab 4 Department
14 2 16

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours

Lec Lab / CI Total
College or Department
Elective Courses
HMI 450 Economics for Managers 2 0 2 Department
HMI 451 Emergency Basic Life Support 1 1 Lab 2 Department
HMI 452 Crisis Management 2 0 2 Department
HMI 453 Infection control 2 0 2 Department
HMI 454 Patient safety 2 0 2 Department
HMI 450 Economics for Managers 2 0 2 Department