The University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate programs in Clinical & Health Informatics are designed for working professionals who want to apply their learning. We offer an entirely online, project-based, interdisciplinary curriculum that connects experts across fields to combine insights, data skills, and clinical care.
Instruction is from accomplished faculty and industry leaders in population health, biomedical informatics, engineering, nursing, pharmacy, and healthcare operations management.
Capstone Certificate students take 9 credits (3-5 of these courses), while Master of Science degree students take 30 credits (all the following courses). We list these by the semester students typically take each:
Year 1 – Fall semester
- Nursing 715 — Health Information Systems
- Operations & Technology Management (OTM) 753 — Healthcare Operations Management
Year 1 – Spring semester
- Population Health Sciences (POP HLTH) 795 — Principles of Population Health Sciences
- Pharmacy Practice (PHM PRAC) 617 — Health System Pharmacy Data Analysis and Informatics
- Engineering Professional Development (E P D) 706 — Change Management
Year 1 – Summer
- Nursing 772 — Leadership and Organizational Decision-Making in Health Care
- Nursing 702 — Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Diverse Communities
Year 2 – Fall semester
- Population Health Sciences (POP HLTH) 709 — Translational and Outcomes Research in Health and Health Care
- Industrial & Systems Engineering (I SY E) 557 — Human Factors Engineering for Healthcare Systems