Health Informatics students are from a wide range of backgrounds, including medical/clinical, management information systems, kinesiology, integrated physiology, bio/chem-informatics, computer science, cybersecurity, biomedical engineering, and more.
A Flexible, Stackable Master's Program
The Health Informatics graduate program requires 30 credits of course work and/or research for the MS degree. Students who successfully complete the required 30 credits of course work will earn an MS in Health Informatics degree plus 3 graduate certificates (1 foundational certificate + 2 focus area certificates).
You'll begin with the 12-credit Foundations of Health Informatics certificate, then complete two of the three focus-area certificates, below. A custom plan of study for is formulated for each individual as they enter the program.
MS Requirements
- Health Informatics Graduate Foundations Courses (12 credits)
- Focus Areas (9-18 credits)
- Elective courses or Report option or Thesis option (6-10 credits)
Completion Options
Foundation Courses
- SAT 4650: Applied Computing in Python Programming (3 credits)
- SAT 5001: Introduction to Health Informatics (3 credits)
- SAT 5111: Security and Privacy (3 credits)
- SAT 5131: Systems Analysis and Design (3 credits)
Elective Courses
A maximum of two courses or six credits may be used for elective credit.
- Any SAT 5000 level course not taken from above
- UN 5550: Introduction to Data Science *
- MA 5790: Predictive Modeling *
- BA 5200: Information Systems Management *
- FW 5083: Programming Skills for Bioinformatics
- MA 5781: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
- KIP 4740: Epidemiology
- EET 4501: Applied Machine Learning
* Required courses to earn Graduate Certificate in Data Science