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  School of Public Health 2017-2018 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Programs Biostatistics Curriculum  

Curriculum


Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Curriculum (72 credits) - Department of Biostatistics

Students seeking the Ph.D. in biostatistics degree must complete a  minimum of 72 credits of academic work with a minimum GPA of least 3.2 overall and a 3.2 in the set of required courses specified by their department; earn no more than 9 credits bearing grades less than B; and complete the degree requirements within nine years. 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 (6 credits)

  • PHCO 0502 - Principles and Methods of Epidemiology
  • PHCO 0508 - Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health (1 credit)
  • PHCO 0510 - Issues in Health Education and Behavioral Science (1 credit)
  • PHCO 0511 - Issues in Health Care Systems and Policy (1 credit)

REQUIRED COURSES (21 credits)

Note: Students should review the Course Descriptions for specific information about prerequisites required for required courses and recommended electives.

  • BIST 0610 - Advanced Regression Methods for Public Health Studies
  • BIST 0615 - Categorical Data Analysis
  • BIST 0616 - Lifetime Data Analysis
  • BIST 0650 - Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis
  • BIST 0655 - Biocomputing II
  • BIST 0700 - Advanced Theory of Biostatistics I (or 16:960:652 within Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick)
  • BIST 0701 - Advanced Theory of Biostatistics II (or 16:960:652 within Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick)

RECOMMENDED ELECTIVE COURSES (21 credits)

  • BIST 0630 - Sampling Methods
  • BIST 0660 - Clinical Trials: Design and Analysis of Medical Experiment
  • BIST 0688 - Statistical Methods in Genetics
  • BIST 0690 - Advanced Topics in Biostatistics
  • BIST 9654 - Applied Stochastic Processes
  • BIST 9655 - Nonparametric Statistics
  • BIST 9665 - Applied Time Series Analysis
  • BIST 9667 - Applied Multivariate Analysis
  • BIST 9687 - Interpretation of Data II
  • BIST 9688 - Data Mining
  • BIST 9691 - Advanced Design of Experiments
  • EPID 0656 - Intermediate Epidemiologic Research Methods
  • EPID 0657 - Applied Methods in Epidemiologic Research
  • EPID 0753 - Advanced Epidemiologic Research Methods with Applications

REQUIRED RESEARCH (24 credits)

  • RESH 0760 - Doctoral Research
 
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