MS-MIS: Concentration in Healthcare Informatics

Admission Requirements

1. General admission to graduate study.
2. Admission is determined by an Admission Index (AI).

   1. Formula if applicant desires application consideration with the GMAT score calculation:

      The index is computed as follows: INDEX = (undergraduate GPA * 200) + GMAT score. The index must equal at least 900. A minimum GMAT score of 400 is required. Applicants must submit a GMAT score before being admitted into the MS-MIS program.

   2. Formula if applicant desires application consideration with the GRE score calculation:

      The index is computed as follows: INDEX = (undergraduate GPA * 200) + (Verbal + Quantitative GRE score). The index must equal at least 850. A minimum GRE score of 288 is required. Applicants must submit a GRE score before being admitted into the MS-MIS program.

3. If a student has earned a master's degree from a regionally accredited institution, the GMAT/GRE will be waived.
4. A minimum 2.5 undergraduate GPA is required.
5. Students not meeting the minimum 2.5 undergraduate GPA requirement -

   (1) may be admitted to the MS-MIS degree program if their GPA in the last 60 hours of undergraduate study was at least a 2.75 and have a minimum composite index of 1070 (using GMAT formula) or

   (2) may be admitted to the MS-MIS degree program if their GPA in the last 60 hours of undergraduate study was at least 2.75 and have a minimum composite index of 850 (using GRE formula).

6. Students may not be conditionally admitted to the MS-MIS program.

Applications deadlines for admission into the MS-MIS program are as follows:

Spring semester - All application materials must be postmarked no later than December 1.

Fall semester - All application materials must be postmarked no later than August 1.

Summer semester - All application materials must be postmarked no later than April 15.

 

Program Requirements

MIS Required Courses

CIS 615	Managing Information Technology	3
CIS 638	Database Systems	3
CIS 640	Systems Planning and Implementation	3
CIS 641	Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods	3
CIS 690	Information Systems Project Management	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

HSM Required Courses

HSM 650	Health IT and Clinical Transformation	3
HSM 655	Management of Healthcare Information Systems	3
HSM 680	Healthcare Leadership and Ethics	3
HSM	Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		12

HSM Elective: (three hours from any HSM course)

SBA Graduate Elective

	Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Total Credit Hours: 30