The Health Informatics core curriculum integrates fundamental informatics and management concepts applied to the health care environment.

Prerequisite Courses

College Algebra, Statistics

Research Project

All health informatics students are required to complete an independent research project, which they will present to a faculty committee prior to graduation.

Required Courses

Review the Course Descriptions. 
BBME 7410Introduction to the US Health Care System for Biomedical Informatics3
BBME 7430Introduction to Health Informatics3
BBME 7440Health Information Technology3
BBME 8443Enterprise Information and Solutions Architecture for Strategic Healthcare Operations3
BBME 8571Decision Support in Health Care Systems for Biomedical Informatics3
BBME 8550Health Data Analytics3
BBME 8560Data Design and Analysis I3
BBME 8610Consumer Health Informatics3
BBME 8870Knowledge Representation in Biology and Medicine3
BBME 8090Thesis Research in Informatics4
Elective Courses (choose 3)
BBME 8435Information Security, Evaluation and Policy3
BBME 8437Data Warehousing and Data/Text Mining for Health Care3
BBME 8441Biomedical and Health Vocabularies and Ontologies3
BBME 8510Research Synthesis for Clinical Decision-Making: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis3
BBME 8910AI in Healthcare: From Design to Deployment and Oversight3

Example MSHI Plan of Study

First Year Fall (7 hours)

7410 Intro to US Health Care (3 hrs)
7430 Intro to Health Informatics (3 hrs)
8090 Thesis Research (1 hrs)
 

First Year Spring (6 hours)

Possible Electives (3 hrs: 8510, 8910)

Second Year Fall (6 hours)

7440 Health Information Technology (3 hrs)
Elective (8437, 8510, or 8910) (3 hrs)

Second Year Spring (6 hours)

8610 Consumer Health Informatics (3 hrs)
8870 Knowledge Representation in Bio & Med (3 hrs)
Elective (8435, 8441) 

Second Year Summer (1 hour)

8090 Thesis Research
Possible Electives (8510, 8910)

Third Year Fall (7 hours)

8443 Enterprise Information and Solutions… (3 hrs)
8571 Decision Support… (3 hrs)
8090 Thesis Research (1 hr)

Third Year Spring (7 hours)

8090 Thesis Research (1 hr)
Electives (8435, 8441, 8510, 8910)
Or remaining course from second year spring options