2021-22 University Catalog

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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

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

Freshman Year

Fall

MATH 111 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 4
MIS 255 - Health Informatics Cpts & Prct Credit Hours: 3
SPE 111 - Public Speaking Credit Hours: 4
WRI 121 - English Composition Credit Hours: 4

Total: 15 Credit Hours

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

Total: 13 Credit Hours

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

Total: 14 Credit Hours

Sophomore Year

Fall

ACC 201 - Prin of Accounting I Credit Hours: 4
MATH 361 - Statistical Methods I Credit Hours: 4
MIS 118 - Intro to Programming in C# Credit Hours: 4
WRI 227 - Technical Report Writing Credit Hours: 4

Total: 16 Credit Hours

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

Total: 14 Credit Hours

Spring

ACC 203 - Prin of Managerial Acct Credit Hours: 4
BIO 103 - Intro to Human Anat & Phys Credit Hours: 4
MGT 335 - Project Management Credit Hours: 3
SOC 225 - Medical Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SPE 321 - Small Group/Team Comm Credit Hours: 3

Total: 17 Credit Hours

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

Total: 17 Credit Hours

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

Total: 15 Credit Hours

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
MIS 495 - Senior Project Selection Credit Hours: 1

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Senior Year

Fall

BUS 457 - Business Research Methods II Credit Hours: 3
MIS 345 - Health Care Info Systms Mgment Credit Hours: 3
MIS 445 - Legal/Eth/Soc Iss in HC Tech Credit Hours: 3
MIS 496 - Senior Project Management Credit Hours: 3
Elective Credit Hours: 3

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Winter

ANTH 452 - Globalization Credit Hours: 3
MIS 497 - Senior Project II Credit Hours: 3
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

Total: 16 Credit Hours

Spring

BUS 478 - Strategic Management Credit Hours: 3
MIS 446 - Data Mining Credit Hours: 3
MIS 498 - Senior Project III Credit Hours: 3
PSY 347 - Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
WRI 410 - Proposal & Grant Writing Credit Hours: 3

Total: 15 Credit Hours

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

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