2026-2027 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog [In Progress]
Badge in Biomedical Informatics
The College of Computing's Biomedical Informatics badge is designed to prepare students to accomplish the following tasks:
- Evaluate the requirements for biomedical information systems.
- Engage in project management practices for biomedical decision-making.
- Describe the legal and ethical considerations for biomedical informatics.
- Utilize computational methods for knowledge discovery in bioinformatics and medicine.
- Create visualizations for complex data sets.
- Design parallel and high-performance computing algorithms.
- Develop machine learning algorithms.
Admission
Completion of a bachelor's degree and evidence of object-oriented programming skills are required for admission.
Program Location
Classes are offered fully online, in a hybrid format, or in-person in the late afternoon or evening in downtown Grand Rapids.
Requirements
The Biomedical Informatics badge is three courses (9 credits).
- CIS 661 - Introduction to Health and Bioinformatics (3 credits)
- CIS 665 - Clinical Information Systems (3 credits)
AND 1 of the following: