Required Courses (26 credit hours)
- Design and Analysis of Studies in the Health Sciences II
- A Problem-Oriented Approach to Biostatistics
- Biostatistics Consulting Laboratory
- Applied Regression Analysis
- Epidemiology I
- Statistical Programming I
- Statistical Programming II
- Choose one of the following (the others may be used as electives):
- Logistic Regression
- Sampling Methods
- Survival Analysis
Typical Electives
- Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials
- Fundamentals of Factor Analysis
- Applied Nonparametric Statistics
- Discrete Data Analysis
- Introductory Linear Algebra
- Longitudinal Data Analysis
- Health Survey Methods
Typical Practicum
As a biostatistics student, you might conduct a pilot study on the relationships between quality of tap water and pregnancy outcomes, develop tools to analyze Medicare claims data, or design a survey to identify health needs among women in low-income communities.
For more information about study in biostatistics, including faculty and their research, visit Division of Biostatistics, Biostatistics Specialization.
How to apply
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