The Bachelor of Applied Science in Healthcare Informatics prepares individuals to successfully compete for jobs in the rapidly growing field of healthcare informatics, which focuses on optimizing use of technology to manage knowledge in order to improve quality of care. This program focuses on understanding healthcare data systems with an emphasis on process and data, user-centered design thinking, and statistics and predictive analytics. The topics include understanding healthcare data, workflow quality, change management, system operations, and user-centered design principles. This program also covers project management, process improvement, and healthcare training approaches. This program emphasizes current healthcare business norms and trends. The content focuses on building skills that are used by informaticists working for healthcare organizations. Writing assignments are based on technical and business writing. Students will develop the skills to be effective in healthcare organizations. There are also approaches to market informatics skills to healthcare organizations. The first 90 credits of the degree are fulfilled by general education co-requisites. The second half of the degree program offers a professionally relevant curriculum that helps students achieve their goals.