Health Informatics and Information Management, MS

Admission Requirements

Application for admission to the graduate program in health informatics and information management must be initiated through the Graduate School. (See Admission and Readmission .) The department requires that the applicant meet the following minimum admission requirements: a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, satisfactory scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), and acceptable TOEFL score for non-English foreign students. At the time of application, the applicant must submit three letters of reference, a resume, and a completed statement of purpose as specified in the Graduate School application.

Applicants must present evidence of an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution and completion of the following prerequisite courses within the last 5 years: computer programming (3 s.h. minimum) and statistics (3 s.h. minimum). Completed applications should be received no later than March 15^th for enrollment in the fall semester. Applicants may be interviewed as part of the admission process. Applications for full-time study beginning in either the spring or summer semesters will be considered only under special circumstances because of the sequential nature of the program of study.

Degree Requirements

The degree requires a minimum of 39 s.h. as follows:

• COHE 6410 - Electronic Health Records
• COHE 6420 - Evaluation Methods in Health Informatics
• COHE 6430 - Database Systems in Health Care
• COHE 6440 - E-Health Care Information Systems
• COHE 6450 - Decision Support in Health Care
• COHE 6470 - Health Information Privacy and Security
• COHE 6480 - Health Data Structures
• COHE 6490 - Foundations of Health Information Technologies
• COHE 6510 - Social and Organizational Issues of Health Information Technologies
• COHE 6550 - Health Informatics Project Design and Management
• COHE 6630 - Quality Management in Health Care
• HIMA 6060 - Health Informatics