Credential: Graduate Certificate
Field of Study: Health Informatics
Program Overview
Students who want to explore Biomedical and Health Informatics without – or before – committing to a Master’s, can take a series of four or five courses that provide an overview and grounding in the fundamentals with practical applications in research, clinical care and population health. If you choose to continue to a Master’s program within our department, all courses are transferable.
Graduate Policies
For graduate policies and procedures, please review the School of Graduate Studies section of the General Bulletin.
Program Requirements
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| PQHS 416 | Computing in Biomedical Health Informatics | 3 |
| MPHP 532 | Health Care Information Systems | 3 |
Electives can be selected to tailor a concentration that resonates with your interests.
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
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| EBME 473 | Fundamentals of Clinical Information Systems | 3 |
| HSMC 412 | Lean Services Operations | 3 |
| HSMC 456 | Health Policy and Management Decisions | 3 |
| HSMC 420 | Health Finance | 3 |
| PQHS 471 | Machine Learning & Data Mining | 3 |
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| PQHS 431 | Statistical Methods I | 3 |
| CRSP 401 | Introduction to Clinical Research Summer Series | 3 |
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
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| EBME 473 | Fundamentals of Clinical Information Systems | 3 |
| MPHP 467 | Comparative and Cost Effectiveness Research | 1 |
| MPHP 468 | The Continual Improvement of Healthcare: An Interdisciplinary Course | 3 |
| PQHS 471 | Machine Learning & Data Mining | 3 |
| PQHS 515 | Secondary Analysis of Large Health Care Databases | 3 |
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| CRSP 401 | Introduction to Clinical Research Summer Series | 3 |
| MPHP 405 | Statistical Methods in Public Health | 3 |
| PQHS 431 | Statistical Methods I | 3 |
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
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| CSDS 459 | Bioinformatics for Systems Biology | 3 |
| PQHS 451 | A Data-Driven Introduction to Genomics and Human Health | 3 |
| PQHS 471 | Machine Learning & Data Mining | 3 |
