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The following requirements must be fulfilled: 36 credits, including 9 credits in core courses, 18 credits in concentration-specific courses, 7 credits in elective courses, and 2 credits in consulting and thesis practicum.

Required
Core courses
PUBH 6080Pathways to Public Health
PUBH 6850Introduction to SAS for Public Health Research
PUBH 6851Introduction to R for Public Health Research
PUBH 6852Introduction to Python for Public Health Research
PUBH 6860Principles of Bioinformatics
PUBH 8870Statistical Inference for Public Health Research I
Biostatistics concentration-specific courses
PUBH 6862Applied Linear Regression Analysis for Public Health Research
PUBH 6864Applied Survival Analysis for Public Health Research
PUBH 6865Applied Categorical Data Analysis for Public Health Research
PUBH 6866Principles of Clinical Trials
PUBH 6887Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis for Public Health Research
PUBH 8871Statistical Inference for Public Health Research II
Electives
7 credits in pre-approved elective courses common to both program concentrations (biostatistics and bioinformatics) and/or courses limited to the biostatistics concentration listed below. Other courses may be approved in advance by the advisor.
Electives options common to both the biostatistics and bioinformatics concentrations:
PUBH 6853Use of SAS for Data Management and Analysis
PUBH 6856Advanced SAS for Public Health Research
PUBH 8885Computational Biology
PUBH 6899Topics in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
PUBH 8875Linear Models in Biostatistics
PUBH 8877Generalized Linear Models in Biostatistics
STAT 6223Bayesian Statistics: Theory and Applications
Elective options limited to the biostatistics concentration
PUBH 6003Principles and Practices of Epidemiology
PUBH 6299Topics in Epidemiology
PUBH 6861Public Health Genomics
PUBH 6863Applied Meta-Analysis
PUBH 6886Statistical and Machine Learning for Public Health Research
PUBH 6899Topics in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
PUBH 8879An Introduction to Causal Inference for Public Health Research
STAT 6227Survival Analysis
Practicum (consulting and thesis)
2 credits, taken as follows:
PUBH 6869Principles of Biostatistical Consulting (1 credit)
PUBH 6898Master of Science Thesis (taken for 1 credit)