Director of Health Care Business
Gretchen Jopp, MS, RHIA, CCS, CPC
PH 402.552.3406
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Graduate Certificate Option

The purpose of the Graduate Certificate option is to provide additional opportunities for students who have gained a baccaluaureate degree or for current graduate students to gain knowledge within a specialty at Clarkson College. The Healthcare Informatics Graduate Certificate represents the student’s successful completion of the required courses in the content area of informatics, specifically information systems and data analytics from the perspective of healthcare administrators. This certificate program is 18 credit hours.

The Clarkson College Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Informatics program operates on an academic calendar using semester hours. In addition, the Healthcare Administration degree operates using an accelerated course format with classes as 7.5 weeks in length in the fall and spring and six weeks in the summer. All courses are offered in an online format.

Program Specific Competency Goals

Upon completion of the Healthcare Informatics Graduate Certificate, graduates will:

  • Evaluate strategies based on concepts of leadership and management theory. (Critical Thinking)**
  • Interpret, synthesize and apply concepts to evaluate and solve a variety of real world health care situations, through problem recognition, methods of inquiry, project management, and strategic analysis and integration. (Critical Thinking)**
  • Communicate thoughts and ideas effectively. (Communication)**
  • Demonstrate an ability to acknowledge and to recognize those differences that exist among all individuals. (Diversity)**
  • Demonstrate an appropriate working knowledge of computer applications commonly used in health care administration. (Technology)**
  • Maintain the highest ethical, professional and legal standards of conduct. (Professionalism)**

**Categories denoted in the parentheses represent relationship to the Clarkson College student success skills, which are our institutional student learning outcomes, and include Communication, Technology, Critical Thinking, Diversity and Professionalism. 

Admission Policies

Enrollment in Clarkson College degree programs is limited through a selective admissions process. Admission policies and procedures are available from the Enrollment and Advising office, College website or Academic Policies & Procedures section (AD-1).

Required Courses for Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Informatics

Required Courses

All classes are 7.5 weeks or 6 weeks in duration.

Courses Semester Hours
HCA 821 - Healthcare Data Analytics 3
HCA 836 - Healthcare Project Management 3
HCA 845 - Management of Health Information 3
HCA 846 - Fundamentals of Informatics 3
HCA 848 - Systems and Database Design 3
HCA 850 - Healthcare Information Systems 3
Total Semester Hours 18

Sample Curriculum Plan for the Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Informatics

First Year

First Semester

Course Name Semester Hours
HCA 850 - Healthcare Information Systems 3
HCA 845 - Management of Health Information 3
Total Semester Hours 6

Second Semester

Course Name Semester Hours
HCA 848 - Systems and Database Design 3
HCA 846 - Fundamentals of Informatics 3
Total Semester Hours 6

Third Semester

Course Name Semester Hours
HCA 821 - Healthcare Data Analytics 3
HCA 836 - Healthcare Project Management 3
Total Semester Hours 6

Total Semester Hours - 18

Last updated: 07/30/2024