Graduate Certificate — 15 Credits
Program Objectives
To deepen knowledge and increase skills, ability to apply biomedical informatics principles and methods within an area of clinical practice and to conceptualize, plan, conduct and report an applied Biomedical Informatics project.
Graduate Certificate Requirements
The graduate certificate program is open to those who already hold a four-year undergraduate degree or are enrolled in the last year of a four-year undergraduate program. Additional application requirements can be found here.
Coursework
- Introduction Courses: 3-13 Hours
- Practicum project: 2 Hours
- Electives: 0-10 Hours
- Certificate electives consist of relevant coursework chosen by the student and the student’s Advisor to meet the student’s personal educational goals.
| Biomedical Informatics Introduction Courses | 3-13 hours required |
|---|---|
| BMIG 50103 Information Modelling – From Data to Knowledge | 3 |
| BMIG 50203 Biomedicine for Informaticists | 3 |
| BMIG 50303 Computational Methods for Informaticists | 3 |
| BMIG 51002 Foundations of Biomedical Informatics: Sequences & Biological Information | 2 |
| BMIG 51102 Foundations of Biomedical Informatics: Clinical Information | 2 |
| BMIG 51202 Foundations of Biomedical Informatics: Public Health Information | 2 |
| Biomedical Informatics Project Rotations | 2 hours required |
|---|---|
| BMIG 50402 Project Rotation in Biomedical Informatics | 2 |
| Biomedical Informatics Electives | 0-10 hours required |
|---|---|
| BMIG 50603 Anatomy for Imaging | 3 |
| BMIG 50701 Introduction to Biological Network Analysis | 1 |
| BMIG 50801 Clinical Data Standards | 1 |
| BMIG 51303 Clinical Imaging Informatics | 3 |
| BMIG 51403 Bioconductor for Genomic Scale Data | 3 |
| BMIG 51801 Biomedical Informatics Research & Application Seminar | 1 |
| BMIG 52003 Genomics and Metagenomics | 3 |
| BMIG 52103 User Interface Design and Data Visualization | 3 |
| BMIG 52203 Cancer Genomics | 3 |
| BMIG 52303 Biomedical Ontologies | 3 |
| BMIG 60104 Clinical Trial Data Management | 4 |
| BMIG 60103 Database Systems and Data Warehousing | 3 |
| BMIG 60201 Healthcare Informatics of Quality and Pt. Safety | 1 |
| BMIG 60303 Natural Language Processing in Biomedical Informatics | 3 |
| BMIG 60603 Research Design | 3 |
| BMIG 61002 Clinical Decision Support | 2 |
| BMIG 61003 Comparative Microbial Genomics | 3 |
| BMIG 62003 Machine Learning | 3 |
| BMIG 62033 Fundamentals of the Human Microbiome | 3 |
| BMIG 62042 Genomic Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance | 1 |
| BMIG 62063 Research Imaging Informatics | 3 |
| BMIG 6207V Research | 1-3 |
| BMIG 62083 Neuroimaging Informatics and Connectomics | 3 |
| BMIG 62092 Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Practice | 2 |
| BIOM 5170V Special Topics | varies |
| BINF 61043 Using Semantic Web Technology in Biomedical Research | 3 |
| BIOC 6120V Special Topics in Biochemistry | 3 |
| PHAR 51171 Scientific Communication and Ethics I – Dr. Prather and Dr. Sterba | 1 |
| PHAR 51191 Scientific Communication and Ethics II – Dr. Prather and Dr. Sterba | 1 |
| PHAR 51201 Scientific Communication and Ethics III – Dr. Alexei Basnakian | 1 |
| PHAR 51231 Scientific Communication and Ethics IV – Dr. Alexei Basnakian | 1 |