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Healthcare Analytics Certificate - Accelerated Online Program

CIP Code

52.1399.01

Admission Requirements: 

To be admitted to the certificate program in healthcare analytics, prospective candidates must meet requirements for graduate admission to UT Rio Grande Valley.

  1. Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States or a recognized international equivalent in a similar or related field.
  2. Official transcripts from each institution attended (must be submitted directly to UTRGV).
  3. Undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0. If applicant does not meet minimum undergraduate GPA criterion, conditional admission will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 

Students whose native  language is not English  or  who studied at a University outside the U.S.:

  1. TOEFL or IELTS Language Proficiency Test with minimum scores: 550 on paper-based, 213 on computer based, or 79 on Internet-based for the TOEFL; 6.5 for the IELTS. TOEFL and IELTS scores are valid for 2 years.
  2. Certified English translation of educational records.

Program Requirements

Required Courses - 9 Hours

Students must take the following 3 courses:

INFS 6340Health Computer Information Systems

3
INFS 6342Tools, Methods, and Applications for Managing Healthcare Data

3
INFS 6343Healthcare Analytics

3

Elective Courses - 3 Hours

Choose one: 

INFS 6333Spreadsheet Modeling for Service Industries

3
INFS 6350Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing

3
INFS 6351Developing Customized Solutions for Business Analytics

3
INFS 6353Social Media Analytics

3
INFS 6356Data Visualization

3
INFS 6359Data Mining for Business Analytics

3
INFS 6363Enterprise Analytics

3
INFS 6391Information Security and Risk Assessment Analysis

3
QUMT 6303Statistical Foundations

3
QUMT 6350Machine Learning for Business Analytics

3
QUMT 6360Decision Optimization for Business Analytics

3

Students without statistics background will be advised to take the QUMT 6303 as the fourth course.

Total Credit Hours: 12