Gain the analytical, technical, and interdisciplinary skills needed to improve healthcare delivery, advance public health, and solve some of society’s most important challenges.
Understand how health systems operate and impact communities.
Use data, modeling, and optimization to improve real-world outcomes.
Explore the policy, economic, and operational factors that shape healthcare.
Apply cutting-edge ML and data science to health and biomedical challenges.
Choose courses across multiple schools and tailor to your interests.
Apply your skills through projects, research, and hands-on experiences.
Designed for Students Across Georgia Tech
This 15-credit-hour minor is open to students from all majors who want to make a meaningful impact on healthcare and public health. It complements a wide range of academic interests and career aspirations—from medicine and engineering to policy, business, and beyond.
Who Should Consider This Minor?
This minor is for students who want to understand and improve how public health and healthcare systems work whether your path leads to medicine, engineering, consulting, policy, research, business, or public health. If you're drawn to using data, modeling, and systems thinking to solve problems that affect people's health, this minor fits alongside any major.
Required Foundation
- ISYE 4510 – Public Health Systems
- ISYE 4515 – Intelligent Healthcare Delivery Systems
Plus, choose one statistics course from a variety of disciplines to build a strong quantitative foundation.
Explore Electives Across Key Areas
- Health Systems Analytics & Modeling
- Health Policy, Economics & Management
- Environmental, Public Health & Bio-Inspired Systems
- Health Systems Modeling & Optimization
- Machine Learning & Data Science for Health
Hands-On Learning (Optional)
- Undergraduate research
- Senior Design Capstone projects
- Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP)
- Health-focused special projects
Apply your knowledge to real-world health challenges!
Just 5 courses.
Flexible and manageable alongside your major.
Prepare for graduate study and careers in
healthcare, industry, government, consulting, and more.
For most majors.
* See catalog notes for exceptions for BME students.
Use data, innovation, and systems thinking to
create healthier communities and a better future.