Biostatistics, MS

Required Courses

• BIOST 2025 - BIOSTATISTICS SEMINAR
• BIOST 2037 - FOUNDATIONS OF STATISTICAL THEORY
• BIOST 2039 - BIOSTATISTICAL METHODS
• BIOST 2049 - APPLIED REGRESSION ANALYSIS
• BIOST 2050 - LONGITUDINAL AND CLUSTERED DATA ANALYSIS
• BIOST 2066 - APPLIED SURVIVAL ANALYSIS: METHODS AND PRACTICE
• BIOST 2081 - MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR STATISTICS
• BIOST 2087 - BIOSTATISTICS CONSULTING PRACTICUM
• BIOST 2093 - SAS FOR DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS
• EPIDEM 2110 - PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
• PUBHLT 2011 - ESSENTIALS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• PUBHLT 2022 - THE DEAN’S PUBLIC HEALTH GRAND ROUNDS (two terms)
• BIOST 2021 - SPECIAL STUDIES (faculty-guided thesis research: two terms required; 1st term one credit, 2nd term 2 credits)

• OR

• BIOST 2022 - CAPSTONE PREPARATION

• AND

• BIOST 2099 - CAPSTONE

Elective Courses

10 Credits

In situations where a student’s special interests or needs indicate an alternative course is more appropriate it may be substituted with the permission of the student’s academic advisor. BIOST 2025 cannot be used to fulfill elective credits.          

• BIOST 2036 - INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH DATA SCIENCE
• BIOST 2056 - STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF BIOMARKERS AND CLASSIFICATION TOOLS
• BIOST 2062 - CLINICAL TRIALS: METHODS AND PRACTICE
• BIOST 2063 - BAYESIAN DATA SCIENCE
• BIOST 2067 - APPLIED META-ANALYSIS
• BIOST 2069 - STATISTICAL METHODS FOR OMICS DATA
• BIOST 2079 - INTRODUCTORY STATISTICAL LEARNING FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
• BIOST 2080 - ADVANCED STATISTICAL LEARNING
• BIOST 2094 - ADVANCED R COMPUTING

Total Credits: 40