Curriculum

Master of Science (M.S.) Curriculum (30 credits) - Biostatistics

The curriculum for the M.S. in biostatistics degree requires the completion of 30 credits and a research paper. Courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise noted.

CORE COURSES (6 credits)

PHCO 0502 - Principles and Methods of Epidemiology
PHCO 0512 - Public Health Foundations

THESIS (0 credits)

RESH 0600 - Master of Science Research

CONCENTRATION REQUIRED COURSES (18 credits)

BIST 0610 - Advanced Regression Methods for Public Health Studies
BIST 0613 - Biostatistics Theory I (or 16:960:592 within Department of Statistics, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences) [Prerequisite: Multivariate calculus]
BIST 0614 - Biostatistics Theory II (or 16:960:593 within Department of Statistics, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences) [Prerequisite: BIST 0613]
BIST 0615 - Applied Categorical Data Analysis
BIST 0625 - Fundamentals of Biostatistics

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Choose one of the following two:

BIST 0627 - Applied Survival Data Analysis
BIST 0650 - Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis

RECOMMENDED ELECTIVE COURSES (6 credits)

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

*Only matriculated M.P.H. in Biostatistics students are waved from taking the Quantitative Skills Assessment.