Biostatistics Concentration

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Concentration Requirements

The following two courses should be included if they are not selected in the core courses:

STAT 8600 - Probability Theory 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8561 - Linear Statistical Analysis I 3 Credit Hours

Required Courses (27 Hours)

The following courses (27 credit hours) are required:

PHPH 7011 - Epidemiology for Public Health 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8440 - Survival Analysis 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8540 - Advanced Methodologies in Biostatistics 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8581 - Statistical Theory I 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8582 - Statistical Theory II 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8630 - Experimental Designs 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8678 - SAS Programming and Data Analysis 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8700 - Categorical Data Analysis 3 Credit Hours

Graduate-Level Courses (15 Hours)

At least 15 credit hours should be selected from other graduate-level courses in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and courses from other departments listed as follows:

BIOL 6564 - Advanced Genetics 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 7800 - Molecular Cell Biology 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 7900 - Genetics 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 8010 - Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Neuroscience 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 8220 - Advanced Molecular Cell Biology 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 8630 - Advanced Bioinformatics 4 Credit Hours
CSC 6520 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms 4 Credit Hours
CSC 6810 - Artificial Intelligence 4 Credit Hours
CSC 8220 - Advanced Computer Networks 4 Credit Hours
CSC 8221 - Optical and Wireless Networks 4 Credit Hours
CSC 8530 - Parallel Algorithms 4 Credit Hours
CSC 8710 - Deductive Databases and Logic Programming 4 Credit Hours
CSC 8711 - Databases and the Web 4 Credit Hours
CSC 8810 - Computational Intelligence 4 Credit Hours
PHPH 7010 - Foundations of Public Health 3 Credit Hours
PHPH 7011 - Epidemiology for Public Health 3 Credit Hours
PHPH 7300 - Urban Health 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8090 - Applied Multivariate Statistics 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8310 - Bayesian Data Analysis 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8550 - Applied functional data analysis 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8610 - Time Series Analysis 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8670 - Computational Methods in Statistics 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8674 - Monte Carlo Methods 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8680 - Applied Nonparametric Methods 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8760 - Sample Surveys 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8800 - Statistical Consulting I 1 Credit Hours
STAT 8900 - Colloquium 1 Credit Hours

Dissertation Research

(at least 30 hours of MATH 9999 or STAT 9999)

MATH 9999 - Dissertation Research 1 to 18 Credit Hours
or
STAT 9999 - Dissertation Research 1 to 18 Credit Hours