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 110Foundations of Information Technology

4

CS 112Introduction to Computer Science

4

CS 113Gui and Event-Driven Programming

4

CS 225Health Informatics

4

CS 227Computer Networks

4

CS 327Cybersecurity

4

CS 321Web-Centric Programming

4

CS 333Database Management Systems

4

CS 343Systems Analysis & Design

4

CS 370Internship

8

 

MATH 118Introductory Statistics

4

OR

MATH 227Intermediate Statistics: Design & Analysis

4

CS 225: new prefix; was IT 225, same content

And either:

Learning Community

CS 225Health Informatics

4

AND

NURS 229Nursing Health Promotion

4

OR

CS 225Health Informatics

4

AND

SOCI 241Health, Illness & Society

4