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On-campus Program
Most courses in the on-campus MS in Health Informatics program are taught in the evening on the Fairfax Campus, with some courses also offered online. While not every course is available online, the number of online offerings continues to grow each year.
The on-campus program can typically be completed in 1.5 to 2 years as a full-time student or 2.5 to 3 years as a part-time student, depending on course load.
The syllabi below are for the on-campus program. Because the online program follows the same curriculum, course objectives, evaluation methods, and learning outcomes, these syllabi also reflect the online program unless otherwise noted.
Online Program
The MS in Health Informatics program, with concentrations in Health Data Analytics and Health Informatics Management, is offered fully online. Courses are delivered in an accelerated 8-week format, allowing students to focus on one course at a time. The curriculum, course objectives, evaluation methods, and learning outcomes are identical to those of the on-campus program. The only difference is the delivery format.
The online program is designed to be completed in 2 years.
Syllabi
The following syllabi are for core and elective courses offered as part of the MS in Health Informatics program and the Health Informatics and Data Analytics Graduate Certificate.
Please note that not every course listed in the University Catalog is offered each semester. As a result, some courses may not have a syllabus available below.
Spring 2026
Courses
HAP 602 – Statistics Health Services Management
HAP 697 – Healthcare Quality Environment
HAP 750 – Legal Issues in Health Administration
HAP 799 – Master’s Thesis
HI 618 – Computational Tools in Health Informatics
HI 670 – Introduction to Health Informatics
HI 671 – Health Care Databases
HI 672 – Health Data: Vocabulary Standards
HI 719 – Advanced Statistics in Health Informatics
HI 720 – Health Data Integration
HI 780 – Data Mining in Health Care
HI 786 – Workshop in Health Informatics
HI 795 – Health Informatics Pre-Capstone
HI 796 – Health Informatics Capstone
HI 797 – Radiology Informatics
HI 823 – Causal Analyses & Comparative Effectiveness
HI 880 – Advanced Health Data Mining
Fall 2025
Core Courses:
- HI 670 – Introduction to Health Informatics
- HI 671 – Health Care Databases
- HI 672 – Health Data: Vocabulary and Standards
Electives:
Health Data Analytics Concentration
- HI 719 – Advanced Statistics for Health Informatics
- HI 725 – Statistical Process Control in Healthcare
- HAP 819 – Advanced Statistics in Health Services Research II
Health Informatics Management Concentration
Quality Analytics Concentration
Summer 2025
Courses
- HAP 635: Role of Government in Health Care and Public Health (Online)
- HAP 652: Essentials of Health Insurance and Managed Care
- HAP 699: Liability in Health Care Quality and Patient Safety (Online)
- HAP 704 Contemporary Issues in Health Systems Management (Online)
- HAP 707: Human Resource Management in Healthcare (Online)
- HAP 740: Management of Health Information Systems (Online)
- HAP 750 Legal Issues in Health Administration (Online)
- HAP 790 : Capstone Practicum in Health Systems Management (Online)
Spring 2025
Core Courses
Health Data Analytics Concentration (HDAN)
Electives
Health Informatics Management Concentration (HINM)
Electives
Public Health Informatics Concentration (PUHI)
Electives
Thesis Option
Fall 2024
Core Courses
Health Data Analytics Concentration (HDAN)
Electives
Health Informatics Management Concentration (HINM)
Electives
Public Health Informatics Concentration (PUHI)
Electives
Quality Analytics Concentration (HQA)
Electives
Practicum Option
Spring 2024
Core Courses
- HAP 618 Computational Tools In Health Informatics
- HAP 670 Introduction To Health Informatics
- HAP 671 - 001 Health Care Databases
- HAP 671 - 002 Health Care Databases
- HAP 672 Health Data: Vocabulary And Standards
Health Data Analytics Concentration (HDAN)
- HAP 719 - 001 Advanced Statistics In Health Services Research I
- HAP 719 - 002 Advanced Statistics In Health Services Research I
- HAP 823 Comparative Effectiveness Analysis using observational data
Electives (Select 2 of the following)
- HAP 720 Health Data Integration
- HAP 720 Health Data Integration (Online)
- HAP 725 statistical Process Improvement
Health Informatics Management Concentration (HINM)
Electives (Select 2 of the following)
- HAP 621 Leadership and Organizational Behavior
- HAP 698 Quality Measurement and Evaluation
- HAP 725 Statistical Process Control in Healthcare
- HAP 750 Legal Issues in Health Administration
- HAP 750 Legal Issues in Health Administration (Online)
Public Health Informatics Concentration (PUHI)
- HAP 719 - 001 Advanced Statistics In Health Services Research I
- HAP 719 - 002 Advanced Statistics In Health Services Research I
Electives (Select 2 of the following)
- GCH 722 Social Epidemiology
- GCH 726 Advanced Methods in Epidemiology I
- HAP 823 Causal Analysis & Comparative Effectiveness
Quality Analytics Concentration (HQA)
- HAP 719 - 001 Advanced Statistics In Health Services Research I
- HAP 719 - 002 Advanced Statistics In Health Services Research I
Electives (Select 2 of the following)
Fall 2023
Core Courses
Health Data Analytics Concentration
Health Informatics Management Concentration
Public Health Informatics Concentration
Quality Informatics Concentration
Spring 2023
Fall 2022
- HAP 618 - Computational Tools in Health Informatics (8-week)
- HAP 670 - Introduction to Health Informatics(8-week)
- HAP 678 – Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System
- HAP 713 - Information Technology Project Management in Healthcare
- HAP 717 - Population Health Informatics
- HAP 719 - ADVANCED STATISTICS IN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH I
- HAP 720 - Health Data Integration
- HAP 725 - Statistical Process Improvement
- HAP 745 - Healthcare Security Policy
- HAP 750 - Legal Issues in Health Administration (8-week)
- HAP 780 - Data Mining in Health Care
- HAP 789 - Pre-Capstone Professional Development Seminar, Health Informatics
- HAP 790 - Capstone Practicum in Health Informatics
Spring 2022
- HAP 602 - Statistics in Health Services Management
- HAP 602 Statistics in Health Services Management (8-week)
- HAP 618 - Computational Tools in Health Informatics
- HAP 618 - Computational Tools in Health Informatics (8-week)
- HAP 621 - Organization Behavior and Leadership
- HAP 670 - Introduction to Health Informatics
- HAP 671 - Healthcare Databases
- HAP 671 - Healthcare Databases (8-week)
- HAP 672 - Health Data: Vocabulary and Standards
- HAP 678 – Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System
- HAP 678 - Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System (8-week)
- HAP 713 - Information Technology Project Management in Healthcare (8-week)
- HAP 713 - Information Technology Project Management in Healthcare
- HAP 715 - Health Economics
- HAP 719 - Advanced Statistics in Health Services Research (8-week)
- HAP 719 - Advanced Statistics in Health Services Research
- HAP 720 - Health Data Integration (8-week)
- HAP 720 - Health Data Integration
- HAP 745 - Healthcare Security & Policy (8-week)
- HAP 745 - Healthcare Security & Policy
- HAP 750 - Legal Issues in Health Administration (8-week)
- HAP 750 - Legal Issues in Health Administration
Fall 2021
- HAP 618 - Computational Tools in Health Informatics
- HAP 618 - Computational Tools in Health Informatics Online (8-week)
- HAP 670 - Introduction to Health Informatics
- HAP 671 - Healthcare Databases Online
- HAP 678 - Introduction to the U.S. Health System
- HAP 678 - Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System (8-week)
- HAP 715 - Health Economics
- HAP 725 - Statistical Process Control in Healthcare
- HAP 750 - Legal Issues in Health Administration
- HAP 774 - Artificial Intelligence in Health
- HAP 780 - Data Mining in Health Care
- HAP 789 - Pre-Capstone Professional Development Seminar
- HAP 790 - Capstone Practicum in Health Systems Management
- HAP 819 - Advanced Statistics in Health Services Research II
Summer 2021
- HAP 671 - Health Care Databases
- HAP 672 - Health Data: Vocabulary and Standards
- HAP 678 - Introduction to the U.S. Health System
- HAP 704 - Contemporary Issues in Health Systems Management
- HAP 715 - Health Economics
- HAP 730 - Health Care Decision Analysis
- HAP 750 - Legal Issues in Health Administration
Spring 2021
- HAP 602 - Statistics in Health Services Management
- HAP 622 - Healthcare Information Systems Analysis and Design
- HAP 670 - Introduction to Health Informatics
- HAP 713 - Project Management in Health Information Technology
- HAP 719 - Advanced Statistics in Health Services Research I
- HAP 719 - Advanced Statistics in Health Services Research (8-week)
- HAP 720 - Health Data Integration
- HAP 725 - Statistical Process Control in Healthcare
- HAP 745 - Health Care Security Policy
- HAP 880 - Advanced Health Data Mining
- SWE 625 - Software Project Management
Fall 2020
Summer 2020
- HAP 602 - Statistics in Health Services Management
- HAP 670 - Introduction to Health Informatics
- HAP 678 - Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System
- HAP 720 - Health Data Integration
- HAP 725 - Statistical Process Improvement
- HAP 750 - Legal Issues in Health Administration (8-week)
- HAP 750 - Legal Issues in Health Administration
- HAP 790 - Capstone Practicum in Health Informatics
Spring 2020
Summer 2019
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HAP 670 - Introduction To Health Informatics (formerly HAP 700)
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HAP 719 - Advanced Statistics In Health Services Research I (Section 001)
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HAP 719 - Advanced Statistics In Health Services Research I (Section C01)
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HAP 750 - Legal Issues in Health Administration (Section 001)
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HAP 750 - Legal Issues in Health Administration (Section 002)
Spring 2019
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HAP 671 - Health Care Databases (Section 201, formerly HAP 709)
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HAP 671 - Health Care Databases (Section 202, formerly HAP 709)
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HAP 671 - Health Care Databases (Section 204, formerly HAP 709)
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HAP 678 - Introduction To The U.S. Health System (Section DL1)
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HAP 678 - Introduction To The U.S. Health System (Section 001)
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HAP 713 - Project Management In Health Information Technology
Fall 2018
- GGS 650 - Introduction to GIS Algorithms and Programming
- HAP 602 - Statistics in Health Services Management
- HAP 618 - Computational Tools in Health Informatics
- HAP 621 - Organization Behavior and Healthcare Leadership
- HAP 622 - Healthcare Information Systems Analysis and Design
- HAP 678 - Introduction to the U.S. Health System
- HAP 700 - Introduction to Health Informatics
- HAP 701 - Health Data: Vocabulary and Standards
- HAP 709 - Health Care Databases
- HAP 715 - Health Economics
- HAP 719 - Advanced Statistics in Health Services Research I
- HAP 725 - Statistical Process Control in Healthcare
- HAP 752 - Advanced Health Information Systems
- HAP 780 - Data Mining in Health Care
Summer 2018
Spring 2018
- HAP 602 - Statistics in Health Services Management
- HAP 618 - Computational Tools in Health Informatics
- HAP 621 - Organization Behavior and Healthcare Leadership
- HAP 678 - Introduction to the U.S. Health System
- HAP 701 - Health Data: Vocabulary and Standards
- HAP 709 - Health Care Databases
- HAP 713 - Project Management in Health Information Technology
- HAP 720 - Health Data Integration
- HAP 725 - Statistical Process Control in Healthcare
- HAP 750 - Legal Issues in Health Administration
- HAP 752 - Advanced Health Information Systems
- HAP 819 - Advanced Statistics in Health Services Research II
- HAP 823 - Comparative Effectiveness Analysis using Observational Data
- HAP 880 - Advanced Health Data Mining
Spring 2017
- HAP 602 - Statistics for Health Services Management
- HAP 621 - Organization Behavior and Healthcare Leadership
- HAP 622/AIT 622 - Healthcare Information Systems Analysis and Design
- HAP 645 - Introduction to Health Services Research
- HAP 678 - Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System
- HAP 701 - Health Data: Vocabulary and Standards
- HAP 709 - Healthcare Databases
- HAP 713 - Information Technology Project Management in Healthcare
- HAP 715 - Health Economics
- HAP 720 - Health Data Integration
- HAP 725 - Statistical Process Control in Healthcare
- HAP 745 - Healthcare Security Policy
- HAP 750 - Legal Issues in Health Administration
- HAP 752 - Advanced Health Information Systems
- HAP 770 - Medical Decision Making and Decision Support Systems
- HAP 790 - Capstone Practicum in Health Informatics
- HAP 819 - Advanced Statistics in Health Services Research II
Fall 2016
- GCH 712 - Introduction to Epidemiology
- HAP 618 - Computational Tools in Health Informatics
- HAP 700 - Introduction to Health Informatics
- HAP 719 - Advanced Statistics in Health Services Research I
- HAP 780 - Data Mining in Health Care
- HAP 789 - Pre-Capstone Professional Development Seminar
- HAP 823 - Comparative Effectiveness Analysis Using Observational Data
- HAP 835 - Causal Inference in Health Services Research
Spring 2016
- HAP 602 - Statistics in Health Services Management
- HAP 645 - Introduction to Health Services Research
- HAP 678 - Introduction to the U.S. Health System
- HAP 686 - Quality Improvement in Health Services
- HAP 701 - Health Data: Vocabulary and Standards
- HAP 709 - Health Care Databases
- HAP 710 - Inferential Statistics in Health Services Research and Management
- HAP 713 - Project Management in Health Information Technology
- HAP 715 - Health Economics
- HAP 720 - Health Data Integration
- HAP 735 - Risk Management/Patient Safety
- HAP 745 - Health Care Security Policy
- HAP 750 - Legal Issues in Health Administration
- HAP 752 - Advanced Health Information Systems
- HAP 789 - Pre-Capstone Professional Development Seminar
- HAP 790 - Capstone Practicum in Health Systems Management
Fall 2015
- HAP 601 - E-Commerce and On-line Marketing for Health Services
- HAP 602 - Statistics in Health Services Management
- HAP 618 - Computational Tools in Health Informatics
- HAP 678 - Introduction to the U.S. Health System
- HAP 700 - Introduction to Health Informatics
- HAP 709 - Health Care Databases
- HAP 710 - Inferential Statistics in Health Services Research and Management
- HAP 740 - Management of Health Information Systems
- HAP 780 - Data Mining in Health Care
- HAP 789 - Pre-Capstone Professional Development Seminar
- HAP 790 - Capstone Practicum in Health Systems Management
Summer 2015
- HAP 602 - Statistics in Health Services Management
- HAP 647 - Regulatory Requirements for Health Care Systems
- HAP 678 - Introduction to the U.S. Health System
- HAP 686 - Quality Improvement in Health Services
- HAP 730 - Health Care Decision Analysis
- HAP 789 - Pre-Capstone Professional Development Seminar
- HAP 790 - Capstone Practicum in Health Systems Management
Spring 2015
- AIT 690/622 - Advanced Topics in Applied Information Technology
- HAP 645 - Introduction to Health Services Research
- HAP 678 - Introduction to the U.S. Health System
- HAP 715 - Health Economics
- HAP 745 - Health Care Security Policy
- HAP 750 - Legal Issues in Health Administration
- HAP 789 - Pre-Capstone Professional Development Seminar
- HAP 790 - Capstone Practicum in Health Systems Management
- SWE 625 - Software Project Management
Fall 2014
Summer 2014
Spring 2014
- HAP 602 - Statistics in Health Services Management
- HAP 647 - Regulatory Requirements for Health Care Systems
- HAP 701 - Health Data: Vocabulary and Standards
- HAP 710 - Inferential Statistics in Health Services Research and Management
- HAP 752 - Advanced Health Information Systems
- STAT 554 - Applied Statistics I
* Because health informatics is a rapidly evolving field, course content may be updated and may vary by semester.
** Students are encouraged to consult their academic advisor each semester when planning their course schedule. Recommended course sequences are available for both the on-campus and online formats.