This program seeks to meet the needs of the health care industry by providing high quality, innovative education focused specifically on the growing field of health informatics, to create a pool of well qualified, diverse health informatics professionals to serve both the state of Florida and the broader health care industry nationally and globally.
In the dynamic health care industry, few areas are growing as quickly as the use of information to support the drive toward improving patient care, decreasing cost, and improving the health of the population. Health informaticists focus not just on health data and technology, but the development, maintenance, and appropriate use of this information. This curriculum will prepare the undergraduate student for entry level roles in health informatics.
Successful graduates from this program will be expected to be competent in following domains:
● Health
● Information Science and Technology
● Social and Behavioral Science
● Health Information Science and Technology
● Human Factors and Socio-technical Systems
● Social and Behavioral Aspects of Health
● Social, Behavioral, and Information Science and Technology Applied to Health
● Professionalism
● Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
● Leadership
Online Health Informatics, BS
Degree Requirements
60 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- HIM3006 - Introduction to Health Information Management and Health Informatics (3)
- HSA3111 - U.S. Health Care Systems (3)
- HSC3537 - Medical Terminology (3)
- HSC4201 - Community Health (3)
- HSA4191 - Fundamentals of Health Information Technology (3)
- HIM4656C - Health Information Management Systems (3)
- HIM4508C - Quality Management (3)
- HIM4624 - Health Data Management (3)
- HSA4109 - Health Insurance and Managed Care (3)
- HIM4626 - Data Mining and Analysis in Health (3)
- HIM4665 - Health Data Standards and Interoperability (3)
- HIM3703 - Internet and Web Technology Applications for Healthcare (3)
- HIM4218 - Electronic Health Records and Health Databases (3)
- HSC4652 - Health Law and Ethics (3)
- HIM3690 - Community Health Informatics (3)
- HIM3707 - Programming for Health Care Applications (3)
- HIM4700 - Applied Informatics for Modern Health Care Delivery (3)
- HIM4943 - Health Informatics Internship Orientation (0)
- HIM4710 - Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (3)
- Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
- HIM4942 - Health Informatics Internship (3)
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- HSA4180 - Organization & Management for Health Agencies I (3)
- HSA4003 - The Patient Experience from an Administrator's Perspective (3)
- HSC4500 - Epidemiology (3)
- HSA4702 - Health Sciences Research Methods (3)
Grand Total Credits: 60
Electives
Upon completion of general education, common program pre-req’s, required core, BS required courses (or BA required foreign language), students may still need electives to reach the minimum overall credit hour requirement to be eligible for graduation. Students are encouraged to select with their advisor to determine courses as electives that will enhance their background in the health care industry. These may be used to build minors and certificates offered by the University.
Examples include: Health Information Management, Health Services Administration, Health Sciences, Aging Studies, Public Administration, and Business.
Foreign Language Requirements
Admissions
Two years of one foreign language in high school, or one year of one foreign language in college (or equivalent proficiency exam) prior to graduation.
Graduation
Students who transfer with an AA degree from a Florida College System institution and will be pursuing a BS degree must meet the University foreign language admission requirements for graduation.
Additional Requirements
As a requirement for the Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics, students must complete an internship in health informatics to provide experiential learning in the field. In order to participate in the HCI Internship the student must: 1) Have earned at least 90 Credit Hours prior to the start of the semester in which they must take internship orientation (a zero credit hour course); 2) Have earned at least 24 HCI Credit Hours prior to the start of the semester in which the internship begins; 3) Have a Major GPA of 2.75 prior the start of the semester in which the internship begins. Additionally, many health care organizations will require that students complete a background check, which may include, but not be limited to, law enforcement finger printing, state driving records, credit reports, and criminal records check. The cost of the background check is the student's responsibility. Background checks may take time to complete and, subsequently, could delay the student's internship placement. Students who have potential background issues must contact the Director of Internships to schedule an interview in order to discuss the impact on field placement. The Health Informatics Program cannot guarantee internship placement or subsequent degree completion for students who do not pass background checks and/or receive a passing grade in the Internship course.
School-Level Exit Requirements
- Students earn an overall GPA of at least 2.5 for all coursework.
University Minimum Exit Requirements
- A 2.0 UCF GPA
- 42 semester hours of upper division credit completed
- 30 of the last 39 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF.
- A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted.
- Complete the General Education Program, the State Writing and Math Requirement, and nine hours of Summer credit.
