Biostatistics Concentration

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Concentration Requirements

Students must take four of the following six common core courses (12 credit hours):

MATH 8110 - Real Analysis I 3 Credit Hours
MATH 8200 - Advanced Matrix Analysis 3 Credit Hours
MATH 8510 - Applied Mathematics 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8600 - Probability Theory 3 Credit Hours
STAT 8561 - Linear Statistical Analysis I 3 Credit Hours
MATH 9116 - Teaching College Mathematics 3 Credit Hours

For Concentration in Biostatistics, a student is required to take four qualifying exams based on four courses. The courses that may be used for the qualifying exams are the common core courses above (with at least two courses chosen from the common core courses excluding MATH 9116) and the following courses:

STAT 8581 Statistical Theory I
STAT 8582 Statistical Theory II
STAT 8600 Probability Theory

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