All McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston, formerly UTHealth Houston School of Biomedical Informatics (SBMI) courses are developed and crafted in a manner that offers students an innovative and advanced evaluation of the biomedical informatics field. A committee of our faculty members routinely reviews the current curriculum to assess current courses and create new offerings. This ensures that each student’s education and training garnered while on par with current industry standards.
Our students work under the guidance of their faculty advisors and Office of Academic Affairs staff members to select the ideal courses needed to reaching both academic and professional goals.
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| Certificate of Applied Biomedical Informatics | |
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| Courses | Credits |
| BMI 5300 - Intro to Biomedical Informatics (required) | 3 |
| BMI 5301 - The US Healthcare System | 3 |
| BMI 5306 - Security for Health Information Systems | 3 |
| BMI 5313 - Intro to Electronic Health Records | 3 |
| BMI 5328 - Systems Analysis & Project Management | 3 |
| Total Hours | 15 |
| Option 1: The set of five pre-determined courses notated above.
Option 2: BMI 5300 Introduction to Biomedical Informatics (required) and the choice of any four courses from the Applied Track Concentration with advice from an academic advisor. This option allows students to customize their certificate program to meet their needs. |
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| Certificate of Biomedical Informatics | |
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| Courses | Credits |
| BMI 5300 - Intro to Biomedical Informatics (required) | 3 |
| BMI 5310 - Foundations of Biomedical Information Sciences I | 3 |
| BMI 5313 - Intro to Electronic Health Records | 3 |
| BMI 5360 - Clinical Decision Support System | 3 |
| BMI 6340 - Health Information Visualization & Visual Analytics | 3 |
| Total Hours | 15 |
| Option 1: The set of five pre-determined courses notated above.
Option 2: BMI 5300 Introduction to Biomedical Informatics (required) and the choice of any four courses from the Research Track Concentration with advice from an academic advisor. This option allows students interested in bioinformatics, human factors engineering or clinical informatics to customize their certificate program to meet their needs. |
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| Pharmacy Informatics | |
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| Courses | Credits |
| BMI 5300 - Introduction to Biomedical Informatics (required) | 3 |
| BMI 5390 - Methods in Pharmacy Informatics (required) | 3 |
| BMI 5391 - Synthesis Project in Pharmacy Informatics (required) | 3 |
| Public Health Informatics | |||||||||||
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| Courses | Credits | ||||||||||
| BMI 5300 - Intro to Biomedical Informatics (required) | 3 | ||||||||||
| BMI 5380 - Principles & Foundations of Public Health Informatics (required) | 3 | ||||||||||
| PH 2610 - Fundamentals of Epidemiology (required) | 3 | ||||||||||
| PH 1690 - Foundations of Biostatistics (required) | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Research | |
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| Courses | Credits |
| BMI 5300 - Intro to Biomedical Informatics | 3 |
| BMI 5310 - Foundations of Biomedical Information Sciences I | 3 |
| BMI 5311 - Foundations of Biomedical Information Sciences II | 3 |
| BMI 5351 - Research Design and Evaluation in Biomedical Informatics | 3 |
| BMI 5352 - Statistical Methods in Biomedical Informatics | 3 |
| BMI 6313 - Scientific Writing in Healthcare | 3 |
| BMI 6000 - Practicum in Biomedical Informatics | 3 |
| Select six elective courses from the Research Track Concentration with advice from an academic advisor. This option allows students interested in bioinformatics, clinical informatics, health data science and artificial intelligence, human factors engineering, or public health informatics to customize their masters degree to meet their needs. | 18 |
| Applied Biomedical Informatics | |
|---|---|
| Courses | Credits |
| BMI 5300 - Intro to Biomedical Informatics (required) | 3 |
| BMI 5301 - The US Healthcare System (required) | 3 |
| BMI 5305 - Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Informatics (required) | 3 |
| BMI 5313 - Foundations of Electronic Health Records and Clinical Information Systems (required) | 3 |
| BMI 5315 - Quality and Outcome Improvement in Healthcare or BMI 5390 Methods in Pharmacy Informatics (required) | 3 |
| BMI 5317 - Applied Data Management (required) | 3 |
| BMI 5328 - Systems Analysis & Project Management (required) | 3 |
| BMI 5329 - Workflow Process Modeling (required) | 3 |
| BMI 5371 - Business and Technical Communication (required) | 3 |
| BMI 6316 - Change Management in Health Informatics (required) | 3 |
| BMI 6340 - Health Information Visualization & Visual Analytics (required) | 3 |
| BMI 6000 - Practicum in Biomedical Informatics (required) | 3 |
| Elective Course: Students select one elective course with advisor guidance. (required) | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Required Courses - any exceptions must be pre-approved by the Vice Dean for Education prior to course registration. | |
| PhD in Biomedical Informatics | |
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| Courses | Credits |
| Courses required prior to qualifying exam | |
| BMI 5300 - Introduction to Biomedical Informatics | 3 |
| BMI 5007 - Methods in Health Data Science | 3 |
| BMI 5310 - Foundations of Biomedical Information Sciences I | 3 |
| BMI 5311 - Foundations of Biomedical Information Sciences II | 3 |
| BMI 5351 - Research Design & Evaluation in Biomedical Informatics | 3 |
| BMI 6319 - Advanced Data Structures in Biomedical Informatics | 3 |
| BMI 7302 - Theories & Frameworks for Biomedical Informatics Research | 3 |
| BMI 7303 - Critical Review of Biomedical Informatics Literature Seminar | 3 |
| BMI 7304 - Advanced Research Design for Biomedical Informatics | 3 |
| Advanced Level Statistics (see advisor for course options) | 3 |
| Electives | 18 |
| Other Requirements | |
| BMI 7000 - Advanced Preceptorship | 9 |
| BMI 7050 - Research in Biomedical Informatics | 21 |
| BMI 7150 - Research Seminar | 3 |
| BMI 7301 - Grant Writing | 3 |
| BMI 9999 - Dissertation in Biomedical Informatics | 9 |
| Total Hours | 93 |
| Doctorate in Health Informatics | |
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| Courses | Credits |
| BMI 5300 - Intro to Biomedical Informatics (required) | 3 |
| BMI 6305 - Social Dynamics and Health Information (required) | 3 |
| BMI 6311 - Leadership and Decision Making (required) | 3 |
| BMI 6316 - Change Management in Health Informatics (required) | 3 |
| BMI 6324 - Health Information Technology Policy (required) | 3 |
| BMI 6328 - Healthcare Delivery in an EHR-Enabled Environment (required) | 3 |
| BMI 7070 - Fellowship in Health Informatics (required) | 21 |
| BMI 7170 - Project Advisement (required) | 3 |
| BMI 7350 - Scholarly Foundations of Advanced HI Practice (required) | 3 |
| BMI 7351 - Evidence-Based Health Informatics Practice (required) | 3 |
| BMI 7360 - Advanced Project Management (required) | 3 |
| BMI 7361 - Vendor Relations and Contract Negotiations (required) | 3 |
| BMI 9950 - Project Evaluation and Writing (required) | 9 |
| Total Hours | 63 |
| Required Courses - any substitutions must be pre-approved by the Vice Dean for Education prior to course registration. | |
Please review the dual degree webpage to find the custom degree plans and integrated course schedules for the MD/MS, PharmD/MS, PhD/MPH, MS/MPH programs.
Please review the 4+1 webpage to find the custom degree plans and integrated course schedules for the OLLU, TAMIU, Tuskegee University and UTRGV programs.
Please review the Joint Certificates Program webpage to find the custom degree plans and integrated course schedules for the joint programs.
Updated: 10/23/2024