Overview
The Department of Biomedical Informatics, within the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is home to graduate degree programs in biomedical informatics. The graduate degree programs in Biomedical Informatics includes a Doctorate of Philosophy, Master of Science, a Professional Master’s degree and a Graduate Certificate.
Educational Goals
The educational goals of the program are specific to each educational level.
Certificate
The student will deepen knowledge and increase skills, ability to apply biomedical informatics principles and methods within an area of practice and to conceptualize, plan, conduct and report an applied Biomedical Informatics project.
Master of Science
The Master of Science educational goals include those at the certificate level and expand on them to include the ability to productively work as a member of an interdisciplinary team and to continue professional career development.
The professional Master of Science degree has the same educational goals the Masters of Science but since it is offered to students with terminal degrees, educational goals are more tailored towards the incorporation of newly acquired knowledge in Biomedical Informatics into their professional work or research.
Doctorate of Philosophy
Educational goals at the doctoral level include those at the Master of Science level and add to them the ability to pose compelling scientific questions and innovative methods in Biomedical Informatics and to design, conduct and report the research that answers them.