The request to transfer of the Healthcare Information Technology Graduate Certificate Program to the Graduate School
Date: March 14, 2012
To: College of Health and Human Services
From: Clarence Greene, Faculty Governance Assistant
Approved On: March 14, 2012
Implementation Date: 2012
Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.
Summary
By agreement, participating units (CHHS, CCI, GS) propose to transfer responsibility of the Healthcare Information Technology Graduate Certificate program (HIT) from CHHS and CCI, to The Graduate School.
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Healthcare Information Technology
- Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Information Technology
Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Information Technology Interdisciplinary Program
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Graduate Program Director
Dr. David Wilson, Department of Software and Information SystemsJoshua Hertel
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Graduate Faculty
Computer Science
See graduate faculty listings under Computer Science in the College of Computing and Informatics section of this Catalog.
Public Health Sciences
See graduate faculty listings under Public Health Sciences in the College of Health and Human Services section of this Catalog.
Software and Information Systems
See graduate faculty listings under Software and Information Systems in the College of Computing and Informatics section of this Catalog.
Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Information Technology
The purpose of the Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Information Technology is to train individuals in the management of health and medical information and its secure exchange between consumers and providers. The certificate requires twelve (12) credit-hours of coursework and a three (3) credit-hour internship, for a total of fifteen (15) graduate credit hours. The certificate may be pursued concurrently with a related graduate degree program at UNC Charlotte.
Admission Requirements
For admission into the certificate program, applicants must meet the following requirements:
- A bachelor’s degree in related field, including, but not limited to, a life science, health science, health administration, business administration, or computing discipline.
- Knowledge of applications of information technology, including an understanding of computers, data base management, and basic programming skills.
Program Requirements
The following two courses comprise the required core:
ITIS 6200 Principles of Information Security and Privacy (3)
HADM 6100 Introduction to the US Health Care System (3)
One additional informatics course from the following list of electives is required:
ITIS 5160 Applied Database (3)
ITIS 5166 Network-Based Application Development (3)
ITIS 5300 Advance Web Client Design (3)
ITIS 6400 Principles of Human-Computer Interaction (3)
ITIS 6410 Personalization and Recommender Systems
ITCS 6160 Database Systems (3)
ITCS 6163 Data Warehousing (3)
ITCS 6162 Knowledge Discovery in Databases (3)
One additional health administration course from the following list of electives is required:
HADM 6104 Health and Disease (3)
HADM 6108 Decision Analysis in Health Care (3)
HADM 6134 Quality and Outcomes Management in Health Care (3)
HADM 6146 Information Resources Management (3)
HADM 6150 Health Law and Ethics (3)
Students must complete an internship after the completion of all required coursework:
ITIS 6198 IT Internship Project (3)
–or —
HADM 6400 Internship (3)
Transfer credits cannot be applied to this certificate program.
Courses In Healthcare Information Technology
Computer Science Courses (ITCS)
See descriptions of ITCS courses under Computer Science in the College of Computing and Informatics section of this Catalog.
Health Administration Courses (HADM)
See descriptions of HADM courses under Health Administration in the College of Health and Human Services section of this Catalog.
Information Technology Courses (ITIS)
See descriptions of ITIS courses under Information Technology in the College of Computing and Informatics section of this Catalog.