Bachelor of Health Science Honours in Health Information and Communication Technology
This Programme
Considering the growing necessity of ICT in today's world, the Bachelor of Health Science Honours in Health Information and Communication Technology degree programme was introduced by the GWUIM, which aims to meet society’s demands for ICT solutions and prepare a generation of highly skilled software engineers /ICT specialists in the field. The developments in this area create opportunities for students to utilise the knowledge gained in the programme for local or international careers or continue their higher studies.
The overall aim of the course is to equip future ICT Professionals with a unique mix of technical and managerial competency, with skills applicable to the ICT sector and its diverse areas of business and healthcare services.
This multidisciplinary integrated double-major course is designed to manage the diversity of challenges involved in the integration of ICT into Business world and healthcare industry. The course includes all core technologies, such as Networking, Databases Management Systems, Programming, and Computer Systems, in a business and professional context.
The programme gives undergraduates a combination of knowledge of Electronics, Software Engineering, Computer Science, and Communication Technology. In addition, the programme integrates technology with healthcare services and Leadership providing the students with a broad perspective on technological development. The programme has a large proportion of elective courses that allow them to tailor their education to industry need. It also includes a 6-month internship in their 4th year of the degree programme to prepare the graduates to provide leadership as our society moves toward more technologically advanced and efficient healthcare systems.
In the Bachelor of Health Science Honours in Health Information and Communication Technology degree programme, all teaching is conducted in English in a combination of lectures, laboratory work, and practice. Thus, undergraduates will benefit from different mode of interim industrial exposures during their tenure. The programme is having been designed to foster an active research culture with the industry. Moreover, all the lecturers are prominent academics who have research and academic experience of international ambience. Through guest lectures and outward-bound projects students will be able to experience the cooperate context of their future professions.
Additionally, learning computer-based systems can open different career opportunities. BHSc (Hons) in HICT degree programme combines theoretical knowledge with practical experiments to prepare students for the corporate world, focusing on skills expected by employers. Moreover, they will have access to a wide range of advanced equipment and software, interworking labs which are equipped with telecommunication equipment, high-end simulation software, and much more.
Benifits
Completion of the BHSc Hons. in HICT degree program provides academic and practical training to students who wish to become health information professionals. With ICT and Health both integral to this program, it is essentially an integrated double-major which few other academic institutes offer and graduates will have that rare ability to optimize the best of both worlds for the needs of the future world and as such, they will be both short in supply and high in demand. This professional degree program prepares undergraduates with expertise in the management of both health care systems and information technology. It blends a technical IT foundation with coursework covering current clinical trends, government regulations, and healthcare-specific management practices. The program is designed to create a workforce of highly skilled Health-IT experts and managers in healthcare. It also includes a 6-month internship before graduation to prepare the graduates to provide leadership as our society moves toward more technologically advanced and efficient healthcare systems.
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