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Health Informatics

The Master of Science in Health Informatics degree integrates health care, health information technology, informatics, and many other fields. Our students learn to analyze and protect patient data, and to improve the quality of medical care and make it more efficient.

Our 36-credit-hour program equips students to examine how patients use their health care information, and to the build the tools that make it easier to manage unstructured data and extract useful information. By learning how to appropriately utilize natural language processing and other tools, our graduates can improve clinical decision support, electronic health records management, and patient privacy.

You’ll complete your health informatics master’s degree with either a thesis or a project, which provides a practical solution to a health information problem.

Degree Requirements

The master’s degree is 36 credit hours. It includes a health informatics core of seven courses, a professional or thesis track of three courses, and two electives.

Select electives that reflect your particular focus, whether it’s data science, programming languages, or health information security. The right classes can help you acquire skills to develop home health software, or to specialize in clinical research informatics or become proficient in implementing health care information systems.

Health Informatics Core

Professional Track

Thesis Track

Approved Electives

Other elective courses are possible upon approval of the program director. Some elective courses may have prerequisites. Students should check with the instructor before enrolling.


Last updated: 3/2024