University of Illinois at Chicago Curriculum

Earn Your Master's Degree in Health Informatics in as Few as 18 months.

CURRICULUM - MASTERS

Challenging and exciting - our comprehensive curriculum is designed to enhance leadership and change-management skills that will prepare you to take an integral role in advancing technology within the health care industry. UIC's curriculum will equip you with the analytical and managerial expertise sought after in this dynamic field. With our 45 credit hour non-research track, you can graduate in as few as 18 months.

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Prerequisites (may be waived in some instances)
386 Independent Study (1 to 5 hours)
Core Courses
437 Health Care Data (3 hours)
499 Info. Sources in Biomedical & HIS (1 hour)
503 Communication Skills in Health Informatics (4 hours)
505 Ethics & Legal Issues in Health Informatics (3 hours)
510 Health Care Information Systems (4 hours)
511 Application of Health Care Info. Sys. (2 hours)
515 Management of Health Care Comm. Sys. (4 hours)
520 Health Info. Sys. Analysis & Design (4 hours)
525 Social & Org. Issues in Health Informatics (4 hours)
537 Health Care IT Vendor Management (3 hours)
Additional Core - Course Only Track
530 Topics in Health Informatics (4 hours)
Additional Core - Research Track
500 Strategic Inquiry in BHIS (3 hours)
595 Seminar in Biomedical and Health Information Sciences (1 hour)
597 Research in Biomedical and Health Information Sciences (0 to 5 hours)
598 Research in Biomedical and Health Information Sciences (0 to 16 hours)
Electives - Other Courses Offered
517 Health Care Information Security (3 hours)
528 Consumer Health Informatics (3 hours)
530 Topics in Health Informatics (4 hours)
538 Health Care I.T. Administration (3 hours)
546 Leadership Development in Health Informatics (3 hours)
580 Practicum in Biomedical and Health Information Sciences (3 to 12 hours)
596 Independent Study (1 to 4 hours)
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