Bachelor of Science (BS) in Information Technology

School of Undergraduate Studies

Health Informatics specialization

More new jobs are being created in health care than any other field. At the same time, mandated electronic recordkeeping and tightened patient privacy regulations are making health informatics a sought-after skill. This specialization is designed to prepare you to use technology to improve health care quality and lower health care costs. Course work covers such topics as electronic information system management, information security, data integrity, and regulatory compliance. People who choose this specialization are often pursuing information technology specialist positions in hospitals, clinics, and health care systems.

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Set your sights higher while you earn your bachelor's degree. Once you earn 100 undergraduate credits, you may be eligible for Capella's Combined BS/MS in IT option or Combined BS/MBA option. Both allow you to start earning master's-level credits during your bachelor's program, reducing your time to MS or MBA completion by up to two quarters. You can also save more than $6,500 over the cost of pursuing BS and MS in IT degrees separately, or more than $7,700 over the cost of pursuing BS and MBA degrees separately.

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General Education Requirements

To complete your bachelor's degree, you will need 45 quarter credits in general education subject areas with a minimum of 6 quarter credits from each category. We offer general education courses in communication, humanities, natural science and mathematics, and social science.

Residents of Arkansas must complete Arkansas general education requirements.

In compliance with regulations of the Kansas Board of Regents, Kansas residents starting any undergraduate program after January 1, 2010 will be required to complete 186 quarter credits in order to graduate.

Core Courses (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)

• IT3006 - Communication Strategies for the Information Technology Professional
• IT3120 - Fundamentals of Project Management
• IT3160 - Ethical and Human Side of Information Technology
• IT3200 - Enterprise Architecture
• IT3300 - Human-Computer Interaction*
• IT3310 - Hardware and Operating Systems Architecture*
• IT3340 - Fundamentals of Software Architecture*
• IT3350 - Network and Security Architecture*

: IT3006 - Communication Strategies for the Information Technology Professional received the 2007 Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Practice Award.

Specialization Courses (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)

• IT4610 - Anatomical and Medical Terminology
• IT4620 - Managing Data in Multiple System Environments*
• IT4630 - Statistical Analysis for Health Care*
• IT4640 - Electronic Health Records/Clinical Systems*
• IT4650 - Decision Support/Quality Management*
• IT4660 - Information Security and Privacy in Health Care*
• IT4670 - Health Care Organization and Management*

Elective Courses

• Choose 39 quarter credits of additional undergraduate courses. The School of Undergraduate Studies recommends that 18 of these quarter credits be earned through undergraduate Information Technology courses.

Capstone Course (taken during the learner's final quarter)

• IT4990 - Integrated Action Learning Project - 6 quarter credits

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Learn more about related specializations:

PhD

• Health Care Administration
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Master's degree

• Health Care Administration
• Health Information Management
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• PManagement of Nonprofit Agencies

MBA

• Health Care Management

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