The Department of Public Health offers an interdisciplinary minor in Population Health Informatics and Technology.
Population Health Informatics and Technology uses information systems, computer science, and technology to advance public health practice and research. The weaknesses in public health infrastructure, as exposed by COVID-19 pandemic, highlighted the need for increasing the PHIT skills in the workforce. A minor in Population Health Information and Technology will prepare students to address these challenges. This minor will allow students at UMass Lowell to develop basic knowledge about the identification and use of data in the public health field in combination with their undergraduate major and will improve marketability post-graduation.
The minor in Population Health Informatics and Technology consists of 18 credits. At least 6 credits must be completed at the 3000-4000 level.
Required courses (12 credits)
- PHIT.2031 Introduction to Public Health Informatics
- PHIT.2030 Health Information Technology
- PHIT.3030 Public Health Emergency Preparedness
- PUBH.1021 Introduction to Public Health
Electives (6 credits)
Students need to work with their advisor to select electives. They cannot take elective courses from the college that houses their major.
College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Science
- PHIL.3106 Public Health Ethics
Kennedy College of Sciences
- COMP.1080 Intro to App Des & Mobile Comp
- ENVI.3010 GIS in Earth and Environmental Sciences
- INFO.2030 Introduction to Programming with Python
- INFO.2310 Graphics for Multimedia and the World Wide Web
- INFO.2480 Website Database Implementation
- INFO.3850 Introduction to Information Security
- MATH.3630 Intro to Data Analysis
Manning School of Business
- MIST.3030 Database Management Systems
- MIST.3040 Data Communications and Networks
- MIST.4060 Data Mining for Business Intelligence
- POMS.2010 Introduction to Business Analytics
- POMS.4050 Predictive Data Analytics
Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences
- HSCI.2220 Health and Disease Across the Lifespan
- HSCI.3080 Global Health
- HSCI.3400 IPE Research Methods
- PUBH.2050 Social Determinants of Health
- PUBH.2070 The U.S. Healthcare System
- PUBH.2080 Principles of Environmental Health Science
- PUBH.3010 Introduction to Biostatistics
- PUBH.3050 Introduction to Epidemiology
For more information, contact the Department of Public Health.