Health Informatics Ph.D. Minor

The Health Informatics Ph.D. minor helps doctoral students apply data science and technology to real-world health challenges. Open to IU and IU Indianapolis students in any discipline, this 12-credit program can be completed fully online.

What you’ll learn

Students in the Health Informatics Ph.D. minor learn to use data science and technology to solve real health challenges. Through 12 credit hours of coursework, they study health data management, system design, analytics, and ethics. The program prepares students to analyze and apply health data to improve decision-making and patient outcomes across various fields.

The Ph.D. minor in Health Informatics is a 12-credit hour program with four (4) courses, each of which is 3 credit hours.

• INFO-B 530 Foundation of Health Informatics
• INFO-B 535 Clinical Information Systems
• INFO-B 581 Health Informatics Standards and Terminologies
• INFO-B 642 Clinical Decision Support Systems

If the program of research warrants it, additional health informatics courses at the 500 level or above, such as independent studies, may be substituted for core courses, with the permission of a student’s faculty advisor and the Minor Program Coordinator.

Currently, most of the courses have online sections in addition to classroom sections. Therefore, at the student’s discretion, the Ph.D. minor coursework may be completed entirely online in a minimum of one and a half years.

Grading policy

A minimum of B (3.0) is required in each course that is to count toward the minor. If a minimum of B (3.0) is not earned in a course, that course must be retaken. A course may only be retaken once. Students who fail to achieve the minimum grade of B (3.0) the second time they take a course will not be able to earn the Ph.D. minor.

Qualifying exam

The Ph.D. minor in Health Informatics does not require a Qualifying Exam.

To be admitted to the Ph.D. minor in Health Informatics program, you must be a currently enrolled doctoral student in good academic standing in any Indiana Unviersity school. Students in other departments of the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering in Indianapolis also are welcome to apply.

Application procedure

Students who would like to apply to the Ph.D. minor in Health Informatics program must submit via email an application package (PDF) to luddygrd@iu.edu containing:

• A resume that includes the IU Ph.D. program in which the student is currently enrolled
• A university student ID
• A one-page personal statement
• A brief message from the primary advisor who approves the student’s request

Accepted students will be notified promptly.