Dual MSPH and Health Informatics
The Dual MSPH and HI PSM Degree Program allows students to earn a Professional Science Masters’ in Health Informatics (HI PSM) and a Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) degree. The dual MSPH and HI PSM program consists of 60 credit hours of course work, as opposed to the 80 required if pursuing these degrees separately.
MSPH and HI PSM Dual Degree Program
HLTH 6201 Social and Behavioral Foundations of PH 3 hours
HLTH 6202 Community Epidemiology 3 hours
HLTH 6203 Public Health Data Analysis 3 hours
HLTH 6204 Public Health Research Methods 3 hours
HLTH 6205 Environmental Health 3 hours
HLTH 6207 Program Planning and Evaluation 3 hours
HLTH 6220 Health Behavior Change 3 hours
HLTH 6221 Community Health 3 hours
HLTH 6222 Methods in Community Health 3 hours
HCIP 5375 Computer Vocabularies & Classification Systems 3 hours
HCIP 6102 Healthcare Data Analysis 3 hours
HCIP 6380 Introduction to Health Informatics 3 hours
HCIP 6385 Health Services Administration 3 hours
HCIP 6400 Health Internship Project 3 hours
One of the following three courses:
HCIP 5376 Introduction to Programming -Health Informatics 3 hours
HCIP 6201 Computer Security, Privacy and Legal Issues 3 hours
ITIS 6200 Principles of Information Security and Privacy 3 hours
And complete either the thesis or project option
Thesis Option
HLTH 6900 Research and Thesis in Public Health 6 hours
HCIP Restricted Elective- Data Science Concentration 3 hours
HCIP Restricted Elective- Data Science Concentration 3 hours
HCIP Restricted Elective- Data Science Concentration 3 hours
Project Option
HLTH 6901 Public Health Capstone Project 3 hours
HLTH Elective 3 hours
HCIP Restricted Elective- Data Science Concentration 3 hours
HCIP Restricted Elective- Data Science Concentration 3 hours
HCIP Restricted Elective- Data Science Concentration 3 hours
MSPH-HI PSM Dual Degree Program Total 60 hours
Note: Under the MSPH and HI PSM dual degree option, students must take a minimum of 9 HCIP courses (27 hours) and 11 HLTH courses (33 hours). Additionally, the Graduate School considers any deviation from the approved plan of study as requiring a Special Request approval.