This STEM degree program is suitable for students with undergraduate degrees in any field. Applicants must demonstrate competency in one or more programming languages and skills in data management prior to admission (with coursework, work experience, or by examination). Students with appropriate backgrounds may substitute more advanced courses for topics already mastered.
Duration: Full-time students should be able to complete the 36 credits required for the degree in three semesters (1.5 years).
CORE (24 credits)
- 34:816:970:502 Theory and Practice of Public Informatics (3)
- 34:970:527 Applied Multivariate Methods (3) or 34:970:630 Discrete Choice Methods (3)
- 34:970:590 Graphical Communication for Planners (3)
- 34:970:591 Introduction to GIS for Planning (3)
- 34:970:592 Topics in GIS (3)
- 34:816/833/970:633 Big Data Analytics (3)
- Capstone (6) - 34:510/511 Studio (3,3) or 34:833:640/641 Policy Research Practicum (3,3)
ELECTIVES (12 credits)
These may be clustered in a specific application area, or the student may pursue breadth.
- 34:501:520 Population Health (3)
- 34:501:563 Health Systems Operations (3)
- 34:501:565 Information Systems for Health Care (3)
- 34:833:524 Ethics in Planning and Public Policy (3)
- 34:833:540 State and Local Public Finance (3)
- 34:833:543 Economics and Public Policy (3)
- 34:833:555 Labor Market Policy (3)
- 34:833:571 Public Management (3)
- 34:833:580 Health Care Policy (3)
- 34:833:585 American Social Policy (3)
- 34:833:635 Survey Research (3)
- 34:970:507 Comprehensive Planning (3)
- 34:970:516 Methods of Planning Analysis II
- 34:970:520 Planning and Land-Use Administration (3)
- 34:970:528 Housing Economy and Markets (3)
- 34:970:532 Bridging Public Health and Urban Planning (3)
- 34:970:551 Transportation and Land Use (3)
- 34:970:553 Methods of Transportation Planning (3)
- 34:970:572 Green Building (3)
- 34:970:593 Advanced Planning Graphics and Visualization (3)
- 34:970:594 Program Evaluation (3)
- 34:970:600 Planning and Design I (3)
- 34:970:605 Planning Real Estate Analysis (3)
- 34:970:618 Environmental Planning and Management (3)
- 34:970:620 Energy Sustainability and Policy (3)
- 34:970:622 Urban Redevelopment (3)
Public Informatics Program 
