The full course listing can be found in the Graduate Catalog.
Biomedical Informatics Courses
BMI 9050: Advanced Algorithmic Graph Theory
BMI 9200: Advances in Biomedical Technology
BMI 9300: Public Health Genomics
BMI 9900: Advanced Research in Biomedical Informatics
This course provides a format for exploring advanced research areas for doctoral students in Biomedical Informatics and related fields. Specific topics will vary in keeping with research interest of faculty and students.
Credits: 1-3
Prereq: Admission to graduate program in Biomedical Informatics. Not open to non-degree students.
BMI 9980: Independent Research in Biomedical Informatics
This course allows students to research a topic of their interest that is not available in a formal course. The topic to be studied must be agreed upon by the student and the instructor.
Credits: 1-3
Prereq: Admission to Ph.D. program in Biomedical Informatics and permission of instructor. Not open to non-degree students.
BMI 9990: Dissertation
College of IS&T Courses
CIST 9040: Colloquium on IT Research
The purpose of the course is to provide a forum for interaction among doctoral students and faculty on topics of relevance to professional success as researchers. Topics to be discussed include: nature of research in information technology; research problem selection, development, and presentation with special emphasis on the doctoral dissertation; dissertation process; development and crafting of papers for journals; collaboration on research projects; and review process for journal papers.
Credits: 1
Prereq: Admission to PhD program in Biomedical Informatics or permission of instructor. Not open to non-degree students.
CIST 9050: Colloquium on IT Teaching
The purpose of this course is to provide a forum for interaction among doctoral students and faculty on topics of relevance to professional success as teachers/educators in university settings.
Credits: 1
Prereq: Admission to PhD program in Biomedical Informatics or permission of instructor. Not open to non-degree students.
CIST 9060: Colloquium on IT Profession and Ethics
The purpose of this course is to provide a forum for interaction among doctoral students and faculty on topics of relevance to professional success as members of the academy.
Credits: 1
Prereq: Admission to PhD program in Biomedical Informatics or permission of instructor. Not open to non-degree students.
CIST 9080: Research Directions in IT
The purpose of this course is to provide a forum for interaction among doctoral students and faculty on topics of relevance to IT research and make them familiar with current and future research directions in IT.
Credits: 3
Prereqs: Doctoral standing in Biomedical Informatics or permission of course coordinators. CIST 9040 is recommended.
CIST 9900: Seminar: Human-Computer Interaction Research
CIST 9990: Dissertation
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Courses
ISQA 9010: Foundations of Information Systems Research
This course covers the following areas: (1) information systems as an academic discipline including classic readings in IS and its reference disciplines, (2) theory development and evaluation, (3) research methods applicability in IS.
Credits: 3
Prereqs: Doctoral student standing in the IS area or with the permission of the instructor; ISQA 8060 or equivalent.
ISQA 9020: Technical & Process Issues in Information Systems Research
This seminar is a survey course on the technical and process issues in information systems research. The course balances the acquisition of knowledge about the conduct of research in technical and process issues with the application of that knowledge to research on information systems. Major topics include: software engineering, programming, data base systems, decision support systems, data warehousing and mining systems, object-oriented systems, adaptive and expert systems, client-service systems, information filtering and multimedia systems, information agents, mobile computing, telecommunications, and electronic commerce.
Credits: 3
Prereqs: Doctoral student standing in the IS area or with the permission of the instructor; ISQA 9010 is recommended. Not open to non-degree students.
ISQA 9030: Behavioral & Organizational Issues in Information Systems
This seminar is a survey course on the behavioral and organizational issues in information systems research. The course balances the acquisition of knowledge about the conduct of research in behavioral and organizational issues with the application of that knowledge to research on information systems. Major topics include: foundations of behavioral and organizational research in Information Systems; general research on systems design and problem solving; cognitive perspectives; decision making processes; human aspects of computing; computer-mediated communication; systems development; IS implementation; organizational change; organizational structure and new forms; information systems adoption; management of the information systems function; social, cultural, and ethical issues in information systems; and project management.
Credits: 3
Prereqs: Doctoral student standing in the IS area or with the permission of the instructor; ISQA 9010 is recommended. Not open to non-degree students.
ISQA 9120: Applied Experimental Design and Analysis
Constructing and analyzing designs for experimental investigations; completely randomized, randomized complete block and Latin-square designs, split-plot designs, incomplete block designs, confounded factorial designs, nested designs, and treatment of missing data, comparison of designs. The course will use computer-assisted analysis and graphic techniques included in software such as SAS or SPSS.
Credits: 3
Prereqs: ISQA 4150/8156 or consent of instructor.
ISQA 9130: Applied Multivariate Analysis