MS in Biomedical Informatics
Graduate Certificate in Public Health Informatics
Program Description
The Public Health Informatics Certificate is designed to enable students to acquire the core knowledge that applies to the fundamentals, principles, and practice of public health informatics. This certificate option consists of 18 credit hours of graduate level courses which are presented using on-line technology.
If after taking courses in the certificate program, a certificate-seeking student decides to pursue the M.S.B.I. degree, the student must submit a new and complete application to become a degree-seeking student, and must meet all requirements for admission to the M.S.B.I. program. Previous coursework taken as a certificate seeking student does not guarantee acceptance into the M.S.B.I. degree-seeking program. If accepted into the degree program, credits with the prefix MI taken as a certificate seeking student will be automatically applied towards the degree.
Curriculum
Students must successfully complete:
- MI 5200 – Survey of Medical Informatics
- MI 5204 – Clinical Decision Support Systems
- MI 6405 – Public Health Informatics
- MI 5120 – Management Information Systems in Health Care
And any two of the following courses:
- MI 5152 – Information Systems Project Management in Health Care
- MI 5130 – Database Systems in Health Care
- MI 5152 – Information Security in Health Care
- MI 5153 – Telecommunications and Computer Networking in Health Care
- MI 5160 – Systems Analysis and Design for Health Care
- MI 5180 – Human-Computer Interaction in Health Care Settings
- MI 5203 – Medical Informatics Application to Health Services
- MI 5205 – Program Evaluations in Health Information Technology
- MI 5401 – Managing Organizational Behavior for Medical Informatics
- MI 6410 – Consumer Health Informatics
*All courses are online. Each course must be successfully completed with a grade of B to be eligible for the certificate.
Admission Requirements
- Completed application form
- Non-refundable application fee of $50
- Official transcripts of all undergraduate, graduate, and professional education
- Official course by course evaluation of all foreign transcripts. Agencies that can complete this evaluation can be found here.
- Applicants whose native language is not English are required to demonstrate English proficiency. The following standardized tests currently satisfy the university's English requirement for nonnative English speakers:
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) 213 on the computer-based test; 79-80 on the Internet based test.
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) 6.0 on the test module.
- GMAT score of 450; GRE score of 1,000.
- Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) with a score of at least 480 in the verbal section, or the American College Test (ACT) with a score of at least 20 on the verbal section
Test results must be sent directly from the testing agency to the center you applied. Proof of English language competency can also be in the form of successful completion of a degree at an approved U.S. institution of higher education.
Tuition and Fees
Tuition is $595 per credit hour. Corporate or Institutional cluster students may receive a tuition discount. Students obtaining their MPH along with the PHI Certificate will be charged M.S.B.I. tuition rates for the Biomedical Informatics courses they are enrolled. A Health Professions Division student access fee of $145 is required each year. An NSU student service fee of $900 is also required annually. Tuition and fees are subject to change without notice.