Curriculum

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

PUBLIC HEALTH CORE COURSES (9 credits)

M.P.H. from an accredited school or program meets public health core requirements. PHCO 0502 and PHCO 0504 must be completed before Year 1, fall semester (e.g., online summer before) if student does not have graduate-level coursework in these two areas.

PHCO 0502 - Principles and Methods of Epidemiology (Prerequisite: Quantitative Skills Assessment)
PHCO 0504 - Introduction to Biostatistics (Prerequisite: Quantitative Skills Assessment)
PHCO 0512 - Public Health Foundations (available in spring 2019)

REQUIRED COURSES (24 credits)

Students should review the Course Descriptions for specific information about prerequisites required for required courses.Please see the Ph.D. in biostatistics webpage for a typical course schedule and the order in which courses would be taken for a student in the Ph.D . program.

BIST 0535 - Biometrics Computing (fall)
BIST 0610 - Advanced Regression Methods for Public Health Studies (spring)
BIST 0615 - Categorical Data Analysis (fall)
EPID 0656 - Intermediate Epi Methods (fall)
HSAP 0773 - Population Health and Public Policy (fall)
SBHS 0705 - Intermediate Survey Research Methods (spring)
SBHS 0715 - Evaluation and Research Design for Public Health Interventions (fall)
NEW - Theories and Models for Public Health (under development)

REQUIRED SPECIALIZATION COURSES (15 credits)

BIST 0616 - Lifetime Data Analysis
BIST 0650 - Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis
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)
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Choose one of the following two:

BIST 0655 - Biocomputing II
BIST 0690 - Advanced Topics in Biostatistics

REQUIRED RESEARCH (24 credits)

RESH 0700 - Doctoral Colloquium¹ (0 credits)
RESH 0760 - Doctoral Research (21 credits)
RESH 0760 - Doctoral Research: Dissertation Proposal Seminar (3 credits)

All Ph.D. students are expected to engage in research activities with their faculty adviser.