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2024-2025 University Catalog

Health Informatics, BS

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Health Informatics is a rapidly developing scientific field that utilizes computer technology to improve the quality and safety of patient care. This program incorporates the sub disciplines of clinical and computational informatics, emphasizing the integration of computer science and the impact of clinical outcomes.

Curriculum

This map shows required courses for the degree and recommended terms to take each course (the term sequence is subject to change depending on transfer courses, AP/IB/CLEP credit, and course availability).

Degree Required courses and recommended terms during which they should be taken:

Freshman Year

Fall

MATH 111Z - Precalculus I: Functions Credit Hours: 4
MIS 255 - Health Informatics Cpts & Prct Credit Hours: 3
COM 111Z - Public Speaking Credit Hours: 4
WRI 121Z - Composition I Credit Hours: 4

Winter

BIO 200 - Medical Terminology Credit Hours: 2
ECO 201 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
MIS 102 - Spreadsheet Software Lab Credit Hours: 1
MIS 145 - Intro to PC Hardware/Software Credit Hours: 4
Humanities Elective Credit Hours: 3

Spring

BUS 317 - Health Care Management Credit Hours: 3
ECO 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
MIS 251 - Networking I Credit Hours: 4
MIS 275 - Intro to Relational Databases Credit Hours: 4

Sophomore Year

Fall

BA 211Z - Principles of Financial Accounting Credit Hours: 4
MATH 361 - Statistical Methods I Credit Hours: 4
MIS 118 - Intro to Programming in C# Credit Hours: 4
WRI 227Z - Technical Writing Credit Hours: 4

Winter

BUS 223 - Marketing I Credit Hours: 3
or
BUS 337 - Prin of Health Care Marketing Credit Hours: 3
MATH 362 - Statistical Methods II Credit Hours: 4
MIS 218 - Intermediate Programming in C# Credit Hours: 4
MIS 357 - Info & Comm Systs in Hlth Care Credit Hours: 3

Spring

BA 213Z - Principles of Managerial Accounting Credit Hours: 4
BIO 103 - Intro to Human Anat & Phys Credit Hours: 4
MGT 335 - Project Management Credit Hours: 4
SOC 225 - Medical Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SPE 321 - Small Group/Team Comm Credit Hours: 3

Junior Year

Fall

ACC 325 - Finance Credit Hours: 4
BUS 313 - Health Care Systems & Policy Credit Hours: 3
BUS 356 - Business Presentations Credit Hours: 4
MIS 311 - Intro to Systems Analysis Credit Hours: 3
General Elective Credit Hours: 3

Winter

MIS 312 - Systems Analysis I Credit Hours: 4
MIS 334 - Business Analytics Credit Hours: 4
MIS 341 - Relational Database Design I Credit Hours: 4
General Elective Credit Hours: 3

Spring

BUS 316 - Total Quality Health Care Credit Hours: 3
MIS 322 - Systems Analysis II Credit Hours: 4
MIS 344 - Business Intelligence Credit Hours: 3
MIS 442 - Adv Database App Programming Credit Hours: 4

Senior Year

Fall

BUS 457 - Business Research Methods II Credit Hours: 3
MIS 345 - Health Care Info Systms Mgment Credit Hours: 3
MIS 480 - Capstone Experience Credit Hours: 4
Elective Credit Hours: 3

Winter

ANTH 452 - Globalization Credit Hours: 3
MIS 480 - Capstone Experience Credit Hours: 4
PHIL 305 - Medical Ethics Credit Hours: 3
or
PHIL 331 - Ethics in the Professions Credit Hours: 3
or
PHIL 342 - Business Ethics Credit Hours: 3
STAT 414 - Stat Methods in Epidemiology Credit Hours: 4
Humanities Elective Credit Hours: 3

Spring

BUS 478 - Strategic Management Credit Hours: 3
MIS 446 - Data Mining Credit Hours: 3
MIS 480 - Capstone Experience Credit Hours: 4
PSY 347 - Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
WRI 410 - Proposal & Grant Writing Credit Hours: 3

Total for a B.S. in Health Informatics: 182 Credit Hours

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