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Biostatistics Concentration

Biostatistics is a quantitative field in which students learn how to collect, manage, and analyze public health data. This curriculum provides instruction in basic analytical methods and the use of statistical software.

Biostatistics Concentration Requirements

Credit Hours
Public Health Core 16
Required Concentration Courses 12
Elective Courses 9
Culminating Experience 6
Total 43

Public Health Core 16
PUBH 5020 Philosophy of Public Health 1
ENVH 5100 Environmental Health Practice I 3
PUBH 5200 Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health 3
PUBH 5310 Biostatistics I 3

PUBH 5400 Epidemiology I

 3
PUBH 5500 Health Services Administration 3

Biostatistics Concentration Courses 12
PUBH 5350 Biostatistics II 3
MATH 5710 Statistical Methods I 3
MATH 5720 Statistical Methods II 3
PUBH 5360 Clinical Research: Design and Analysis 3

Biostatistics Concentration Elective Courses (3 of the Following) 9
PUBH 5410 Statistical Software for Health Professionals 3
PUBH 5405 Epidemiology II 3
PUBH 5320 Statistical Methods in Epidemiology 3
PUBH 5465 Spatial Epidemiology and Geographical Studies of Health 3
MATH 5287 Application of Statistics 3
PUBH 5460 Environmental/Occupational Epidemiology 3
PUBH 5900 Grant and Proposal Development 3

Culminating Experience 6
PUBH 5850 Public Health Program Field Experience 6

or
PUBH 5950 Research Seminar 3

&
PUBH 5960 Thesis 3

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