Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.) Curriculum (72 Credits ) - Department of Biostatistics
Students seeking the Dr.P.H. in biostatistics
degree must complete a minimum
of 72 credits of academic work with an average grade of B or better. Courses
are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.
PREREQUISITES
-
master's
degree in a related area
-
good
GPA and GRE (and TOEFL, if needed) scores
CORE COURSES (12 credits)
-
PHCO 0501
- Health Systems and Policy
-
PHCO 0502
- Principles and Methods of Epidemiology (Prerequisite: Quantitative Skills Assessment)
-
PHCO 0503
- Introduction to Environmental Health
-
PHCO 0505
- Health Education and Behavioral Science in Public
Health
REQUIRED
COURSES (27 credits)
Note: Students should review the Course Descriptions for specific information about prerequisites required for required
courses and recommended electives.
- BIST 0613 - Biostatistics Theory I (or 16:960:592 within Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences)
- BIST 0614 - Biostatistics Theory II (or 16:960:593 within Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences)
- BIST 0615
- Categorical Data Analysis
- BIST 0616 -
Lifetime Data Analysis
- BIST 0650 -
Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis
- BIST 0655 -
Biocomputing II
- BIST 0660 - Clinical Trials: Design and Analysis of Medical Experiments
- PHEL 0698 - Special Topic for DrPH Students
-also-
Choose one of the following
two:
-
BIST 0551
- Applied Regression Analysis for Public Health Studies
- BIST 0610
- Advanced Regression Methods for Public Health Studies
RECOMMENDED ELECTIVE COURSES (6 credits)
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BIST 0630 -
Sampling Methods
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BIST 0688
- Statistical Methods in Genetics
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BIST 0690
- Advanced Topics in Biostatistics
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BIST 0700 - Advanced Theory of Biostatistics I (or 16:960:652 within Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences)
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BIST 0701 - Advanced Theory of Biostatistics II (or 16:960:652 within Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences)
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BIST 9655
- Nonparametric Statistics
-
BIST 9686
- Interpretation of Data I
-
BIST 9687
- Interpretation of Data II
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EPID 0656 -
Intermediate Epidemiologic Research Methods
- EPID 0657 - Applied Methods in Epidemiologic Research
- EPID 0753 - Advanced Epidemiologic Research Methods with Applications
REQUIRED PRACTICUM (3 credits)
- PRAC 0705 - Practicum Experience
REQUIRED
RESEARCH (24 credits)
-
RESH 0760
- Doctoral Research
