School of Informatics Engineering College of UNLV

Health Informatics Cognate

Healthcare Informatics involves cognate courses from the School of Public Health at UNLV.

Undergraduate Program

Credits required for graduation are:

  • 30 credits core Informatics courses
  • 9 credits other Informatics requirements
  • 18 credits elective Informatics courses
  • 15 credits cognate courses
  • 52 credits UNLV General Education Core and Free Electives

Cognate courses in Health Informatics will be posted.

 

Graduate Program

Total credits required are 36 credits as specified below:

Fall Year 1

  • INF700 Theoretical Foundations of Informatics (core, 3cr.)
  • INF710 Informatics Systems and Networks (core, 3cr.)
  • HCA701 Survey of US Health Care System (3 cr.)

Spring Year 1

  • INF720 Information Security (core, 3cr.)
  • INF730 Human Computer Interaction (core, 3cr.)
  • HCA705 Health Care Accounting and Finance (3 cr.)

Fall Year 2

  • INF740 Digital Media Design, Technology and Representation (core, 3cr.)
  • HCA707 Quantitative Methods in Health Services Management (3 cr.)
  • HCA708 Information Systems in Health Services Management (3 cr.)

Spring Year 2

  • INF790 Informatics Project (3 cr.)
  • HCA6XX Elective Course (3 cr.)
  • INF792 Internship (3 cr.)