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Health – Cross-Disciplinary Certificate in Health Informatics

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School of Health Policy and Management
Coordinator: Christo Elmorr

Admission: this certificate may be taken by students who hold community college diplomas or university degrees, concurrently by students enrolled in any university degree program or independently by professionals in the health field. Prospective students must be admitted to the Faculty of Health and must hold a community college diploma with an overall grade point average of B or a university degree with an overall grade point average of C.

The certificate may be taken concurrently with a university degree. There is no restriction about the type of degree program in which students are enrolled concurrently. If the student does not already hold a completed health-related university degree or college diploma, then the concurrent degree must be completed in order to obtain the certificate.

Certificate requirements:

Notes:

  1. Additional prerequisites that are not part of the certificate course requirements are waived for students registered in the certificate.
  2. AP/ITEC 1000 3.00, HH/HLST 2040 3.00 and HH/HLST 3320 3.00 or HH/NURS 3230 3.00 or AP/ITEC 3220 3.00 must be completed before taking electives or 4000 level courses.

A minimum of 30 credits as follows:

Core requirements (18 credits):

AP/ITEC 1000 3.00
HH/HLST 2040 3.00
HH/HLST 3310 3.00 or HH/NURS 3240 3.00
HH/HLST 4320 3.00
HH/HLST 3320 3.00 or HH/NURS 3230 3.00 or AP/ITEC 3220 3.00
HH/HLST 4300 3.00 or HH/NURS 4200 3.00

A minimum of 12 credits selected from the following courses:

AP/ADMS 2511 3.00
HH/HLST 3341 3.00
HH/HLST 4310 3.00 or AP/ITEC 3010 3.00
HH/HLST 4330 3.00
HH/HLST 4340 3.00
AP/ITEC 1620 3.00
AP/ITEC 1630 3.00
AP/ITEC 3020 3.00
AP/ITEC 3210 3.00
AP/ITEC 3230 3.00
AP/ITEC 4010 3.00
AP/ITEC 4040 3.00
HH/NURS 3210 3.00
HH/NURS 3220 3.00
HH/NURS 4210 3.00

Course Substitutes

Subject to course exclusions, program requirements/restrictions, and residence requirements, the following courses are acceptable substitutes for the purpose of meeting certificate requirements.

Program Course Course Substitutes
HH/HLST 2040 3.00 HH/NURS 3200 3.00
HH/HLST 4330 3.00 AP/ADMS 4300 3.00


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