Information Architecture
and Knowledge Management
Health Informatics
Minimum 36 Credit Hours
(catalog year Fall 2012 and after)
Name
There are four steps to completing the Master of Science in IAKM:
1. Complete the program core (2 courses);
2. Completing your major concentration required courses (5 courses), which you should complete as
much as possible before moving on to;
3. Completing your elective courses (4 courses), any of which you may elect to take in another
concentration
4. Complete your capstone, master's project or thesis as your final degree requirement.
Course descriptions can be found on the IAKM website at http://iakm.kent.edu.
Program Core - 2 courses (6 credit hours)
IAKM
60001
IAKM in Context
3
IAKM
60002
Knowledge Organization Structures, Systems, and Services
3
Health Informatics Required - 5 courses (15 credit hours) - REQUIRED for HI Majors
IAKM
IAKM
IAKM
IAKM
IAKM
60301
60401
60402
60403
60410
Foundational Principles of Knowledge Management
Health Informatics Management
Legal Issues in Health Informatics
Health Information Systems
Health Records Management
3
3
3
3
3
Health Informatics Electives - 4 courses (12 credit hours) Also list any workshops, Alternate
Courses, or Out of Sequence courses taken. You may choose to take electives from the other
concentrations. Please see the IAKM Course list for a list of approved courses.
IAKM 60103 Researching the User Experience
3
IAKM 60104 Usability I
3
IAKM 60105 InformationTechnologies
3
IAKM 60311 Business Process Management
3
IAKM 60411 Clinical Analytics
3
IAKM 60691 Seminar: Leadership Studies
3
IAKM 60692 Practicum
2 to 3
IAKM 60792 Internship
1 to 3
IAKM 61095 Selected Topics
1 to 3
IAKM 61095 Clinical Decision Support
3
IAKM 61095 Human Factors and Usability in Health Informatics
3
IAKM 61095 Research in Health Experience Design
3
*Course requires prerequisite or permission, contact IAKM Office at 330-672-5840 for details.
To see an advisor, please call the IAKM department at 330-672-5840.
3/12/2013
IAKM
61096
Individual Investigation
1 to 3
Thesis / Project / Capstone Hours (3 - 6 credit hours)
3
IAKM 61081 Capstone Experience
IAKM 61098 Master's Project
3
IAKM 61199 Thesis I
2 to 6
IAKM 61299 Thesis II
1 to 2
In order to receive permission to enroll in either the capstone experience, master's project or thesis,
you must first have your project or thesis proposal approved. See the Master's Project
Handbook or Guidelines for Prepraration of Theses available on the IAKM site
(http://iakm.kent.edu) for more detailed information.
*Course requires prerequisite or permission, contact IAKM Office at 330-672-5840 for details.
To see an advisor, please call the IAKM department at 330-672-5840.
3/12/2013