PHIT Graduate Certificate

Health Informatics studies the acquisition, management, and optimal use of data and information to improve healthcare and public health practice. The field focuses on understanding the information needs of consumers, providers, and public health practitioners, and designing and implementing technological solutions to meet such needs in order to achieve better patient and population health outcomes.

The Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics exposes UCI graduate students to courses that cover key concepts in health informatics and that provide students with essential skills in using health informatics applications and conducting health data analytics. 

This certificate is not a stand-alone program. It is an opportunity for currently enrolled UCI graduate students to expand the scope of study of their home degree program. 

Open to currently enrolled graduate students at UCI. Students will need to take 3 courses to complete the certificate. Please email phitinfo@uci.edu for more information or questions regarding courses that may be used towards the certificate. Click here to apply for the certificate program

1 Foundational course in Health Informatics

• IN4MATX 295: Introduction to Health Informatics*
• NUR SCI 251: Nursing Informatics (contact phitinfo@hs.uci.edu for information on adding the course)
• *In the case that students cannot take IN4MATX 295 or NUR SCI 251, students may take the undergraduate course, IN4MATX 171: Introduction to Health Informatics (please email phitinfo@uci.edu for enrollment questions)

1 Informatics, Technology and Data Science course

• IN4MATX 23: User Interface Design and Evaluation. 4 Units. (Fall)
• IN4MATX 241: Introduction to Ubiquitous Computing. 4 Units. 
• IN4MATX 261: Social Analysis of Computing. 4 Units.
• IN4MATX 251: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. 4 Units
• COMPSCI 206: Principles of Scientific Computing. 4 Units.
• COMPSCI 244: Introduction to Embedded and Ubiquitous Systems. 4 units
• COMPSCI 273A: Machine Learning. 4 units
• PUBHLTH 204: Biostatistics I: Introduction to Statistical Methods. 4 Units.
• PUBHLTH 206A. Principles of Epidemiology. 4 Units.
• Stats 201: Statistical Methods for Data Analysis I. 4 Units. Introduction to statistical methods for analyzing data from experiments and surveys. Methods covered include two-sample procedures, analysis of variance, simple and multiple linear regression. Prerequisite: STATS 7 or STATS 8

1 Health Sciences course

• PUBHLTH 200. Foundations of Public Health. 4 Units.
• PUBHLTH 206A. Principles of Epidemiology. 4 Units.
• PUBHLTH 222. Health Policy and Management. 4 Units.
• PUBHLTH 264. Introduction to Environmental Health Science

* Only 2 course overlap between certificate and primary degree is allowed