Accreditation: Ordinance n. 178, of March 5th, 2021
Degree: Bachelor's
Modality: On-campus
Shift: full time
Vacancies: 40
Total workload: 3,350 hours
Program duration: 8 semesters
Minimum: 8 semesters
Maximum: 14 semesters
Graduate's competences and skills
The profile of UFCSPA's Biomedical Informatics Program graduates encompasses competencies and skills that cover general, technical and ethical-social aspects. In broad terms, graduates have the ability to apply their knowledge in an independent but collaborative way, while being aware of the constant technological updating of the sector and the legal intellectual property issues involved, in order to contribute to the search for solutions in different areas of health care. In technical terms, they have the ability to participate actively and fully in the conception and development of projects that seek computational solutions to problems in the health and biology fields, as well as to verify, evaluate and validate their effectiveness. In ethical and social terms, they have the capacity to implement systems aimed at improving users' working conditions, based on a critical and humanistic approach that respects the ethical principles of the computing and health areas and aims to facilitate access to and dissemination of knowledge in these areas.
Curriculum
|
Semester |
Axis |
Course |
Workload (hours) |
|
1 |
Fundamentals of Mathematics |
Linear Algebra |
60 |
|
Biological and Health Sciences |
General Anatomy |
60 |
|
|
Principles of Cell and Tissue Biology |
60 |
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|
General Chemistry and Physical Chemistry |
60 |
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|
Fundamentals of Computing |
Algorithms and Programming |
90 |
|
|
Human and Social Sciences |
Reading and Text Interpretation in English I |
30 |
|
|
Integrative Axis |
Social Responsibility |
45 |
|
|
Introduction to Health Informatics |
30 |
||
|
|
Mentoring I |
10 |
|
|
2 |
Fundamentals of Mathematics |
Calculus I |
90 |
|
Biological and Health Sciences |
Biochemistry |
45 |
|
|
Public Health Policies |
30 |
||
|
Fundamentals of Computing |
Computer Architecture |
60 |
|
|
Object-Oriented Programming I |
60 |
||
|
Human and Social Sciences |
Bioethics |
30 |
|
|
Academic Writing |
30 |
||
|
Reading and Text Interpretation in English II |
30 |
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|
Health Informatics |
Telehealth: Principles and Applications |
60 |
|
|
Integrative Axis |
Outreach and Extension Methodology |
45 |
|
|
|
Mentoring II |
10 |
|
|
3 |
Fundamentals of Mathematics |
Calculus II |
90 |
|
Biological and Health Sciences |
Molecular Biology |
60 |
|
|
Microbiology and Parasitology |
60 |
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|
Fundamentals of Computing |
Data Structure |
60 |
|
|
Computational Technology |
Software Engineering I |
60 |
|
|
Database |
60 |
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|
Operational Systems |
60 |
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|
|
Mentoring III |
10 |
|
|
4 |
Fundamentals of Mathematics |
Probability and Statistics |
60 |
|
Biological and Health Sciences |
Principles of Immunology |
30 |
|
|
Genetics and Evolution |
60 |
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|
Fundamentals of Computing |
Automatons, Computability and Complexity |
60 |
|
|
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in the Health Area |
60 |
||
|
Computational Technology |
Principles of Computer Networks and Distributed Systems |
60 |
|
|
Introduction to Digital Signal Processing |
30 |
||
|
Integrative Axis |
Introduction to Bioinformatics |
30 |
|
|
Software Engineering II |
75 |
||
|
|
Mentoring IV |
10 |
|
|
5 |
Fundamentals of Mathematics |
Inferential Statistics |
60 |
|
Biological and Health Sciences |
Pathology Methods Applied to Biomedical Informatics |
30 |
|
|
Computational Technology |
Introduction to Digital Images Processing |
30 |
|
|
Pattern Recognition |
60 |
||
|
Bioinformatics |
Computational Molecular Biology |
60 |
|
|
Biotechnology |
60 |
||
|
Health Informatics |
Information Systems for Biomedical Informatics |
60 |
|
|
|
Mentoring V |
10 |
|
|
6 |
Biological and Health Sciences |
Introduction to Epidemiology |
45 |
|
Bioinformatics |
Aspects of Genomics and Phylogenetics |
60 |
|
|
Health Informatics |
Interoperability, Standards and Communication |
60 |
|
|
Computational Techniques to Support Diagnosis |
30 |
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|
Integrative Axis |
Human-Machine Interface |
75 |
|
|
Project Management |
60 |
||
|
Scientific Methodology for Biomedical Informatics |
30 |
||
|
|
Mentoring VI |
10 |
|
|
7
|
Human and Social Sciences |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
30 |
|
Bioinformatics |
Molecular Modeling |
60 |
|
|
Integrative Axis |
Senior Thesis I |
100 |
|
|
Outreach and Extension Practices |
100 |
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|
8 |
Human and Social Sciences |
Education and Health |
30 |
|
Integrative Axis |
Senior Thesis II |
100 |
|
|
Mandatory Courses |
2,970 |
||
|
Elective Courses |
180 |
||
|
Extracurricular Activities |
200 |
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|
Internships |
0 |
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Total Workload |
3,350 |
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* Curriculum approved in 2023.
