Students must complete all core courses plus 7 other courses, for a minimum of 14 approved Graduate School courses, plus the Field and Culminating Experiences.

Core courses (and credits) are

Introduction to Biostatistics (1)
Introduction to Epidemiology (1)

Investigator Track

Schedule with a summer (July 1) start:

Quarter 1 (July)	Classes	Lab (hrs/week)
	Epidemiology 1	Yes (1.5 hr)
	Biostatistics 1	Yes (1.5 hr)
	Statistical programming
	Public health ethics
Quarter 2 (Sep)
	Epidemiology 2	Yes (1.5 hr)
	Biostatistics 2	Yes (1.5 hr)
	Statistical inference*/Elective
	Elective
Quarter 3 (Jan)
	Epidemiology 3	Yes (1.5 hr)
	Biostatistics 3	Yes (1.5 hr)
	Statistical Writing*/ Grant Writing or Scientific Writing
	Elective
Quarter 4 (Mar)
	Statistical consulting*/ Thesis project
	Clinical Trials
	Practical issues in population studies
	Elective

*Required for investigator track students

Electives: Survey Development, Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, Cancer epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, Behavioral Medicine, Health Policy and Management, Decision Analysis

MS in Epidemiology and Biostatistics Curriculum

Statistical Analyst Track

Proposed 1-Year Curriculum for MSEB, Statistical Analyst Track

Quarter 1 (July)	Classes	Lab (hrs/week)
	Epidemiology 1	Yes (1.5 hr)
	Biostatistics 1	Yes (1.5 hr)
	Statistical programming
	Public health ethics
Quarter 2 (Sept)
	Epidemiology 2	Yes (1.5 hr)
	Biostatistics 2	Yes (1.5 hr)
	Statistical inference
	Elective
Quarter 3 (Jan)
	Epidemiology 3	Yes (1.5 hr)
	Biostatistics 3	Yes (1.5 hr)
	Elective
	Elective
Quarter 4 (Mar)
	Statistical consulting
	Practical issues in population studies
	Elective
	Elective

Notes on Course Content

Quarter 1:

Biostatistics 1 – probability / basic statistical methods

Statistical Programming – SAS / R

Quarter 2:

Biostatistics 2 – linear regression / categorical data analysis

Quarter 3:

Biostatistics 3 – survival analysis / generalized linear models (?)

Quarter 4:

Statistical consulting – in addition to the consulting experience, will require students to write a statistical methods section and prepare tables for publication in a medical journal; ideally, these would be ongoing projects with faculty either in the BCC or in the RHLCCC Biostatistics Core Practical issues in population studies – among other topics, will address issues pertaining to database design and management

Electives: Survey Development, Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, Cancer epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, Behavioral Medicine, Health Policy and Management, Decision Analysis