School of Health Professions
Health Informatics Bachelor of Science
- 4 years
- On campus or hybrid · optional co-op
- September + January intakes
- Cohort of ~45 per intake
Every hospital runs on data that someone has to design, protect, and make useful. Health Informatics sits exactly between the School of Health Professions and the School of Computing — you'll take real courses in both, then spend co-op terms inside health systems making their software work for clinicians.
Why this program is built this way
- Cross-listed core: half health sciences, half computing
- Co-op placements inside hospital IT, public health units, and health-tech startups
- Capstone with the Connected Care Lab on real de-identified datasets
- Hybrid delivery available — most lecture courses stream and record
The four years, year by year
Year 1
Two languages: health and code
- HINF 101 — Introduction to Health Systems
- COMP 110 — Programming Fundamentals (Python)
- BIOL 115 — Human Biology for Informatics
- STAT 120 — Statistics for Health Data
Year 2
Data in clinical context
- HINF 210 — Electronic Health Records & Clinical Workflows
- COMP 220 — Databases & SQL
- HINF 230 — Health Data Standards & Interoperability
- ETHC 215 — Privacy, Consent & Health Information Law
Year 3
Systems, analytics, and the field
- HINF 310 — Clinical Decision Support Systems
- DATA 320 — Health Analytics & Visualization
- HINF 330 — Usability & Safety in Clinical Software
- Co-op work term or applied practicum
Year 4
Capstone in the Connected Care Lab
- HINF 410 — Health System Implementation & Change
- HINF 420 — Population Health Informatics
- HINF 430 — Capstone Project (Connected Care Lab)
- Elective from computing or health sciences
What it takes to get in
- High-school diploma with senior-level math and one science (minimum 72% average — illustrative)
- No programming experience required — COMP 110 assumes none
- Transfer applicants from health or computing diplomas: block credit assessed, typically 1–1.5 years
- International applicants: English proficiency (e.g. IELTS 6.5 overall)
Full requirements by applicant type — transfer, mature, international — on the admissions page.
Where graduates actually land
- Health data analyst
- Clinical systems specialist (EHR implementation)
- Health information privacy officer track
- Product analyst at health-tech companies
Reported starting salary $54,000–$63,000 reported median starting range
Class of 2024 survey, small cohort (38 respondents), so ranges move year to year. Demand has outpaced our graduate supply for three straight years — illustrative.
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