Health Informatics Information Science Ph.D.

Program Overview

Through innovative teaching modalities, students explore health informatics, a field with high demand in the healthcare industry. The program supports its students with scholarships, internships, and active participation in professional associations.

Program Outline

The mission of UNT's Information Science Ph.D. program is to provide a center of excellence in graduate education and research. Its primary goals are to:

• Foster an environment of substantive and productive mentoring and apprenticeship
• Prepare scholars passionate about the role of information in human affairs
• Foster cross-disciplinary thinking and research.
Students are recruited to the program from a wide range of disciplines and encouraged to expand and refocus their expertise and skills in cutting-edge areas of information science that cross disciplinary boundaries. The multifaceted nature of information science warrants the focusing of resources, courses and faculties from a broad range of academic units.

Teaching:

• Special lectures hosted by the college and the department feature renowned scholars who provide different perspectives and insights into the information science field.
• The structure of the IS Ph.D. program deliberately encourages and supports interactions among students and faculty in different academic units.
Faculty and doctoral students together pursue research in a variety of areas.
• Instruction is offered in a variety of formats, including face-to-face, online and blended, that allows you to balance classes with full-time or part-time employment.

Careers:

There is a great need for a health care workforce that possesses the skills and competencies that this concentration provides.

• The Department of Information Science offers financial support and scholarships to its students to recognize exceptional academic and creative accomplishments.
The Career Center can provide advice about internships, future employment opportunities and getting hands-on experience in your major.