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Arnold School of Public Health

MS in Biostatistics

As the need for health care and health care programs continues to grow, so does the requirement to evaluate these programs. The Master of Science degree in Biostatistics prepares students for involvement in biostatistical research, including applying statistical theory to health problems, formulation of designed population and clinical intervention trials, and adapting existing statistical theory to address newly emerging health-related problems.

Courses

School of Public Health Core Requirements (3 Credit Hours)

PUBH 700     (3)       Perspectives in Public Health

Department Core Requirements (16 Credit Hours)

BIOS 701       (3)       Concepts and Methods in Biostatistics

EPID 701       (3)       Concepts and Methods in Epidemiology

BIOS 757       (3)       Intermediate Biometrics

BIOS 758       (3)       Advanced Biometrics

BIOS 709       (1)       Introduction to SAS

BIOS 711       (1)       Introduction to R

BIOS 712       (1)       Introduction to Stata

BIOS 745       (1)       Biostatistics Seminar

Major Requirements (16 Credit Hours)

BIOS 759       (3)       Theory and Methods of Discrete Data Analysis

BIOS 761       (3)       Survival Analysis

BIOS 770       (3)       Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis

BIOS 746       (1)       Introduction to Complex Survey Data Analysis

STAT 512      (3)       Mathematical Statistics I

STAT 513      (3)       Mathematical Statistics II

Elective (3 Credit Hours)

One other Biostatistics class from the course listing

Thesis (6 Credit Hours)

BIOS 799       (6)       Thesis Preparation

Total: 44 Credit Hours

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