Healthcare Analytics

Minimum number of credits required to graduate:  32

Minimum Cumulative GPA required to graduate:  3.0

 

The Master of Science in Healthcare Analytics (MSHA) provides a pathway for students who wish to acquire foundational skills to either enter or advance their careers within the broad field of applied healthcare analytics.

The MSHA program is designed around hands-on application of data management and analysis methods combined with tools used to translate available data into decision-guiding knowledge. The curriculum combines an overview of the key data analytic concepts, approaches and techniques with some of the more widely used data management, manipulation, analysis, and visualization tools and technologies. The overall goal of this program is to equip students with adequately broad and deep knowledge to enable them to function as healthcare analysts capable of planning and interpreting complex multisource data analytical projects. This 32-credit program emphasizes practical, hands-on exercises to drive the acquisition and application of knowledge necessary to exercise professional skills and develop a foundation of healthcare analytical skills.

Core Technical Areas

• Data extraction, manipulation and processing
• Data exploration and visualization
• Basics of statistical analysis and modeling, including predictive analytics
• Data mining approaches and techniques
• Foundational concepts of probability theory
• Result validation, interpretation and communication
• Analytic planning and thinking

Healthcare Specific Applications

• High-level survey of the US healthcare ecosystem
• Current and emerging legal framework and data governance considerations
• Data sources, types, flows and common usages in healthcare
• Common applications of data analytic techniques to healthcare problems

Admission Requirements

The MSHA program entrance requirements are as follows: 

• Undergraduate degree, with a minimum of 3.0 cumulative GPA
• Resume
• Personal statement and two letters of recommendation (or interview with program director or department chair) 

Program Requirements

The Master of Science in Healthcare Analytics is comprised of 8 four-credit courses for a total of 32 credit hours.