Five Year Bachelor's and Master's Program
A fast track to future success
Earn both a bachelor’s and master’s in five years and get an accelerated start to your future career
- B.S. Informatics + M.S. Bioinformatics
- B.S. Informatics + M.S. Health Informatics
- B.S. Informatics + M.S. Human-Computer Interaction
- B.S. Media Arts & Science + M.S. Human-Computer Interaction
Informatics and computing professionals are in constant demand within an ever-evolving and growing field. As a result, employers are seeking graduates with the highest qualifications and skill sets to emerge as tomorrow’s technology leaders. With these needs in mind, the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI offers four, five-year BS+MS degree programs for top-achieving and motivated students.
These forward-thinking programs combine our very best degree offerings in an accelerated format designed to prepare highly-skilled, marketable and successful graduates. Alumni of our BS+MS programs will be well-equipped not only for success in the computing and information technology fields, but also the healthcare, science, business, interactive media and design industries, among others. Key benefits of our five-year BS+MS degree programs include:
- Save time and tuition
- Stand out in the job market with advanced skills and education
- Increased lifetime earning potential
Programs and Degrees
B.S. InformaticsUse your passion for making a difference through computing to develop high-tech, innovative solutions that change how people use and access information and technology. Informatics is for big picture thinkers who can go beyond just hardware and software to uniquely integrate principles of information systems and design, computing, psychology and sociology. Specialize your education and career path with master’s degree in one of the following programs:
- M.S. Health Informatics:
Focus your career on the dynamic field of healthcare systems and information technologies. Health Informatics professionals analyze and protect patient data, increase healthcare efficiencies, transform clinical systems, help shape policies and produce higher quality patient care. - M.S. Bioinformatics:
Combine informatics and computing with biology and genetics to make an important impact on science, research and medicine. Bioinformaticists utilize computational languages and mathematics to collect and analyze biological data towards the discovery of new advances in health and medicine. - M.S. Human-Computer Interaction:
Apply the latest research and principles of design, psychology, business, engineering and computing to create innovative and user-friendly technology. Human-Computer Interaction centers on the user experience to create new software designs, interactive applications and other technologies that are intuitive, functional and easy to use.
Empower your creativity and love of technology to develop and design interactive technologies, software, applications, graphics and other media arts that integrate best practices in usability and user-design. Build a career-launching portfolio that includes dynamic websites and apps, games and software, cutting-edge video and audio, and 3D animations.
Last updated: 02/14/2014