Curriculum

The curriculum for the M.S. in biostatistics requires the completion of 30 credits, a qualifying examination, and a research paper. The qualifying exam for the program will be given each year between January 3-15 and June 1-15. Courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.

PREREQUISITES

• 3 credits in college biology, human behavior, social or health science
• 3 credits in college calculus
• demonstration of computer competence

CORE COURSES (6 credits)

• PHCO 0502 - Principles and Methods of Epidemiology (Prerequisite: Quantitative Skills Assessment)
• PHCO 0512 - Public Health Foundations (available spring 2019)
  

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 0613 - Biostatistics Theory I (or 16:960:592 within Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick)
• BIST 0614 - Biostatistics Theory II (or 16:960:593 within Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick)
• BIST 0615 - Categorical Data Analysis
• BIST 0625 - Fundamentals of Biostatistics

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Choose one of the following two:

• BIST 0616 - Lifetime Data Analysis
• BIST 0650 - Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis

RESEARCH (0 credits)

• RESH 0600 - Master of Science Research

• BIST 0630 - Sampling Methods
• BIST 0655 - Biocomputing II
• BIST 0660 - Clinical Trials: Design and Analysis of Medical Experiments
• BIST 0688 - Statistical Methods in Genetics
• BIST 9619 - Design of Experiments
• BIST 9655 - Nonparametric Statistics
• EPID 0753 - Advanced Epidemiologic Research Methods with Applications
  

• Qualifying Examination