Health Data Science

The healthcare landscape continues to rapidly evolve as the digitization of health progresses with the advancements in technology. Health data is being generated at a pace never witnessed before; new models of health services and health information delivery continue changing; and the available technology is making healthcare more consumer-centric. All of this means that health informatics and health information professionals need to be equipped with the competencies in health data science. 

The purpose of the Health Data Science Graduate Academic Certificate is to educate professionals who can apply data science methods and techniques to health-related problems. 

Individuals who complete the Health Data Science GAC will be able to: 

1. Describe the framework of modern healthcare and the current challenges facing data-driven healthcare. 
2. Identify methods and tools related to managing computable health data, information, and knowledge. 
3. Manipulate, organize, analyze, and visualize health data to improve the delivery of healthcare. 

Courses for the Health Data Science GAC are offered both face-to-face at the Denton campus and online.  Students will take three (3) required courses and one (1) elective course for a total of four (4) courses (12 credit hours). 

All 12 credit hours of coursework taken for the Health Data Science GAC can be applied to the Master of Science in Information Science with a Concentration in Health Librarianship or the Master of Science in Health Informatics.