University of North Texas 
The degree requires a minimum of 36 credit hours for a total of 12 courses.
Students will take:
- 3 core courses that provide a foundation for health informatics, health data analytics, and health information systems
- 5 courses of guided electives which focus on advanced topics in health informatics
- 3 general electives of the student's choice to explore areas of interest
- 1 Capstone project course to translate learning into practice
Degree plans are designed with the student's career interests in mind.
- HINF 5637: Introduction to Health Informatics
- HINF 5770: Introduction to Health Data Analytics
- HINF 5365: Information Systems in Healthcare
Students select 5 courses from the following list:
- HINF 5025: Legal & Ethical Issues in Health Informatics
- INFO 5080: Research Methods and Analysis
- HINF 5204: Health Information Terminology and Standards
- INFO 5306: Project Management for Information Professionals
- HINF 5506: Artificial Intelligence in Health
- HINF 5631: Searching for Evidence in Health
- HINF 5638: Consumer Health Informatics
- HINF 5639: Population Health Informatics
- INFO 5709: Data Visualization and Communication
- HINF 5771: Applications of Health Data Analytics
Students select 3 courses from the following list. Students may take courses other than the ones listed below with advisor approval.
- INFO 5634: Disaster Management for Information Professionals
- INFO 5635: Genomics and Translational Medicine for Information Professionals
- INFO 5636: Community-Based Health Information
- INFO 5707: Data Modeling for Information Professionals
- INFO 5737: Information and Cyber-security
- INFO 5745: Information Architecture
- INFO 5777: Virtual Reality and its Applications
- INFO 5810: Data Analysis & Knowledge Discovery
- INFO 6880: Health Research Methodology
- HLSV 5300: Health Information Systems
- HLSV 5400: Health Delivery Systems
- HINF 5955: Health Informatics Capstone Project
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The program offers flexibility for students to choose the course delivery that work best for them - face-to-face, online, and/or hybrid. The program is also offered completely online.
Students have the option of completing a Graduate Academic Certificate in Health Data Science and/or a Graduate Academic Certificate in Health Information concurrently with the M.S. in Health Informatics.
For questions regarding the Health Informatics degree overview, please email ci-advising@unt.edu.
"The Health Informatics program at UNT was instrumental in my career development. The program's comprehensive coursework with real-world applications helped me to navigate the industry and succeed as a health application analyst."