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Biostatistics, PhD Curriculum

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Requirements

BSDS 6210 - CATEGORICAL DATA ANALYSIS [3 Credits]
BSDS 6212 - SURVIVAL ANALYSIS [3 Credits]
BSDS 6610 - BIOSTATISTICAL CONSULTING [2 Credits]
BSDS 7200 - THEORY OF LINEAR MODELS [3 Credits]
BSDS 7202 - GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS [3 Credits]
BSDS 7204 - ADVANCED STATISTICAL THEORY [3 Credits]
BSDS 7318 - STATISTICAL LEARNING [3 Credits]
BSDS 7410 - TEACHING PRACTICUM IN BIOSTATISTICS [1 Credit] 2 credits required
BSDS 7900 - DISSERTATION RESEARCH [1-9 Credits] 15 credits required
PUBH 6200 - ESSENTIALS OF PUBLIC HEALTH [3 Credits]
PUBH 6221 - FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS [1 Credit]
PUBH 7410 - DOCTORAL TEACHING PRACTICUM [1 Credit]
METHODOLOGY ELECTIVES (minimum of 9 credits)
APPLIED EMPHASIS ELECTIVES (minimum of 9 credits)
DATA SCIENCE ELECTIVES (minimum of 3 credits)

Total: 63 Credits

Methodology Electives

BSDS 6308 - MULTIVARIATE METHODS [3 Credits]
BSDS 6310 - APPLIED BAYESIAN METHODS [3 Credits]
BSDS 6316 - STOCHASTIC PROCESSES [3 Credits]
BSDS 6318 - NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS [3 Credits]
BSDS 7302 - MIXED MODELS [3 Credits]
BSDS 7320 - ROBUST INFERENCE [3 Credits]

Applied Emphasis Electives

BSDS 6302 - LONGITUDINAL DATA ANALYSIS [3 Credits]
BSDS 6304 - DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS [3 Credits]
BSDS 6312 - SAMPLING METHODS [3 Credits]
BSDS 6314 - CLINICAL TRIALS METHODOLOGY [3 Credits]
BSDS 6450 - DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPRESSION STUDIES [3 Credits]

Data Science Electives

BSDS 6150 - STATISTICAL PROGRAMMING [2 Credits]
BSDS 6300 - STATISTICAL COMPUTING [3 Credits]
BSDS 6301 - DATA VISUALIZATION [3 Credits]
BSDS 6350 - INTRODUCTION TO DATA SCIENCE [3 credits]