Health Informatics, M.S.

Admission Requirements

Applicants should follow the admissions process described in the Graduate Catalog, or at the Graduate Admissions website at www.marshall.edu/graduate/admissions/how-to-apply-for-admission. (Submit all materials to the Graduate Admissions Office.) Students must have an undergraduate Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale from their undergraduate degree granting institution.

Provisional Admission

The Health Informatics program may admit applicants provisionally on a limited basis at the discretion of the program director. Example: If a student does not meet the GPA admission requirement, but believes he or she had the necessary qualifications to succeed in the Health Informatics program, he or she may still be accepted at the discretion of the program director.

Health Informatics Practicum

MSHI students will be required to complete the Health Informatics Practicum (HIN 650 Health Informatics Practicum), which includes successfully completing at least 400 hours in an educationally directed Health Informatics internship at one of several Health Informatics job sites which have been approved by the MSHI program director. The student internships consist of job placements within the Health Informatics field at academic, government or healthcare industry levels.

Besides successful completion of the required health informatics courses at MU, graduation from the MSHI program will be contingent upon successfully completing the HP 650 Health Infor Practicum. For more details about the practicum, see the MSHI Practicum Web page.

Plan of Study

HCA 600The Health Care System3
HIN 605The Role of EHR and PHR3
HIN 610Analytics for Health Care3
HIN 620Legal Health & Informat3
HIN 650Health Informatics Practicum3
HCA 656Mgt of Medical Technology3
HIN 664Advanced Health Informatics3
MIS 623Database Management3
MIS 624Data Warehousing3
STA 518Biostatistics3
Select one of the following:3
Project Management
Business Sys Proj Mgt
Total Credit Hours33