Health Information Science
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Interested in how you can apply information technology to improve health care? In this degree, you’ll bridge the worlds of health care, management and technology. Learn how to optimize health care using technology. Learn what information is important to health care professionals and patients. Improve health care-related decisions.
Quick facts
- Program options:
- Bachelor degree
- Study options:
- Full-time study, Part-time study
- Program delivery:
- On-campus
- Dynamic learning:
- Co-op required
Careers
- Application analyst
- Business analyst
- Chief information officer
- Clinical informatics analyst
- Health system planner
- Information architect
- Information officer
- Program coordinator
- Program director
- Project manager
- Research assistant
- System designer
- Systems coordinator
- Technical application lead
Sample courses
- Introduction to Health Information Technology - HINF 130
- Introduction to the Canadian Health Care System - HINF 140
- Health Care Delivery Organizational Models - HINF 265
- Human Aspects of Healthcare Information Systems - HINF 350
Admission
Apply to the Faculty of Human and Social Development as a high school student or a transfer student from another post-secondary institution.
This is a direct-entry program. Select it as your major when you submit your application to UVic.
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English language proficiency
You must demonstrate English language proficiency to attend UVic. Your transcripts are enough to prove proficiency if you've studied full-time in an academic program at the high school or post-secondary level within Canada for at least four years, and all of your instruction was in English.
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