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Biostatistics
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The Graduate Program in Biostatistics is a collaborative program of the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and the School of Public Health. The program offers research-intensive training leading to M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. Research focuses on the development and application of statistical techniques for medical, biological, and agricultural data. Topics for research projects are in such areas as computational statistics, clinical trials, classification techniques, measurement error, longitudinal data analysis, analysis of complex survey data, and multivariate statistics. In order to promote research, core faculty of the program maintain linkages with a number of Departments, Schools, and Colleges on campus, including the College of Medicine, Department of Computer Science, College of Arts and Science, College of Nursing, and Western College of Veterinary Medicine.
Individuals interested pursuing study in Biostatistics should contact the Director of Research and Public Health Research Programs, School of Public Health to obtain further information about program requirements and policies.
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Admission Requirements
- bachelor's degree in a relevant program
- 75% GPA in the last 60 credit units
Degree Requirements
Students must maintain continuous registration in the 994 course.
- GSR 960.0
- GSR 961.0 if research involves human subjects
- GSR 962.0 if research involves animal subjects
- minimum of 15 credit units coursework, of which 9 credit units are required courses
- CHEP 800.3
- STAT 850.3
- PUBH 842.3
- BIOS 990.0
- BIOS 994.0
- 6 credit units of elective courses appropriate to student's research
- a residency requirement of one year
Elective Courses
The elective courses will be appropriate to the student's research and will be chosen in consultation with the student's Advisory Committee.
Elective courses could include but are not limited to:
- CHEP 801.3
- CHEP 806.3
- CMPT 818.3
- CMPT 830.3
- CMPT 858.3
- PUBH 803.3
- PUBH 867.3
- PSY 807.3
- STAT 834.3
- STAT 848.3
- STAT 842.3
- STAT 851.3
- VLAC 881.3
In the absence of a suitable elective course in any of the Departments or Schools, students may either take a reading course with the permission of the Student's Advisory Committee or may take another course at another university and apply to have the course accepted by the College of Graduate Studies and Research as an equivalent of program course requirements.
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Admission Requirements
- thesis-based M.Sc. in a relevant program
- minimum 75% GPA in the last 2 years
Degree Requirements
Students must maintain continuous registration in the 996 course.
- GSR 960.0
- GSR 961.0 if research involves human subjects
- GSR 962.0 if research involves animal subjects
- a minimum of 15 credit units of coursework, of which 12 credit units are required
- CHEP 806.3
- CHEP 810.3 or STAT 834.3
- STAT 841.3
- STAT 848.3
- BIOS 990.0
- BIOS 996.0
- 3 credit units elective course appropriate to student's thesis research
- qualifying examination
- comprehensive examination and dissertation
- residency requirement of 2 years
Elective Courses
The elective courses will be appropriate to the student's research and will be chosen in consultation with the student's Advisory Committee.
Elective courses could include but are not limited to:
- CHEP 801.3
- CHEP 803.3
- CMPT 804.3
- CMPT 818.3
- CMPT 830.3
- CMPT 858.3
- PUBH 867.3
- STAT 842.3
- STAT 846.3
- STAT 851.3
In the absence of a suitable elective course in any of the Departments or Schools, students may either take a reading course with the permission of the Student's Advisory Committee or may take another course at another university and apply to have the course accepted by the College of Graduate Studies and Research as an equivalent of program course requirements.
