Curriculum

Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.) Curriculum (72 Credits ) - 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 - Social and Behavioral Health Sciences 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 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 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 Dr.P.H. Students

RECOMMENDED ELECTIVE COURSES (6 credits)

BIST 0630 - Sampling Methods
BIST 0688 - Statistical Methods in Genetics
BIST 0690 - Advanced Topics in Biostatistics
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)
BIST 9655 - Nonparametric Statistics
BIST 9686 - Interpretation of Data I
BIST 9687 - Interpretation of Data II
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

**UPDATE** Please note we are not accepting applications to the Dr.P.H. degree program for the 2018-2019 academic year as we revise the Dr.P.H. curriculum. The Ph.D. degree program is accepting applications and we expect to reopen admissions for the Dr.P.H. degree program in the 2019-2020 academic year.