Health Informatics (BS)
Health Informatics is the application of the computing and information technology disciplines to solving problems in the field of health care. This interdisciplinary major includes foundation courses in technology, as well as more advanced topics such as security, database management, web applications development, and systems analysis. Students also learn about the health care industry by taking courses such as health informatics, biomedical ethics, and the health industry market and business model. Students graduating in this major would be desirable in IT departments at hospitals and other medium-to-large health care settings, and in companies developing software for the health care industry. There will also be positions in maintaining, modifying and managing software services.
Program Requirements:
A major in Health Informatics requires the following courses:
| CS 110 | Foundations of Information Technology | 4 |
| CS 112 | Introduction to Computer Science | 4 |
| CS 113 | Gui and Event-Driven Programming | 4 |
| CS 225 | Health Informatics | 4 |
| CS 227 | Computer Networks | 4 |
| CS 327 | Cybersecurity | 4 |
| CS 321 | Web-Centric Programming | 4 |
| CS 333 | Database Management Systems | 4 |
| CS 343 | Systems Analysis & Design | 4 |
| CS 370 | Internship | 8 |
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| MATH 118 | Introductory Statistics | 4 |
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| MATH 227 | Intermediate Statistics: Design & Analysis | 4 |
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