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Twin Cities Campus
Biostatistics MinorSchool of Public Health - Adm
School of Public Health
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
School of Public Health, MMC 819, A395 Mayo Memorial Building, 420 Delaware Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-626-3500 OR 1-800-774-8636, Fax: 612-624-4498)
Email:
sph-oasr@umn.edu
Website: http://www.sph.umn.edu
Biostatistics combines statistics, biomedical science, and computing to advance health research. Biostatisticians design, direct, and analyze clinical trials, develop new statistical methods, and analyze data from observational studies, laboratory experiments, and health surveys. This is an ideal field for students who have strong mathematical backgrounds and who enjoy working with computers, collaborating with investigators, and participating in health research. Students take courses in biostatistical methods, theory of statistics, clinical trials, statistical computing, categorical data, survival analysis, and health sciences.
Minors are available for both University of Minnesota masters and doctoral level students.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
Admission to the biostatistics graduate minor is contingent upon prior admission to a master's or doctoral degree-granting program.
Students should first consult with their major program adviser about the advisability of a minor in biostatistics. Students will then need to contact the director of graduate studies (bstdgs@umn.edu). A biostatistics faculty member must be on the student's doctoral preliminary oral examination committee as well as masters and doctoral final oral examination comittees.
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
12 credits required for doctoral minor for statistic students. 14 credits are required for doctoral minor for non-statistic students.
Minor Options
Master's-level minor in Biostatistics
NOTE: One course may be taken S/N and all other courses must be taken A/F
Take 2 or more course(s) from the following:
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PUBH 7430 - Statistical Methods for Correlated Data
(3.0 cr)
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PUBH 7435 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
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PUBH 7440 - Introduction to Bayesian Analysis
(3.0 cr)
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PUBH 7445 - Statistics for Human Genetics and Molecular Biology
(3.0 cr)
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PUBH 7450 - Survival Analysis
(3.0 cr)
-OR-
Doctoral-level minor in Biostatistics for Non-Statistics Students
Students should take the required set of 2 core courses (either 7401 and 7402, or 7405 and 7406) first, before choosing two additional courses from the list of elective courses below.
NOTE: One course may be taken S/N and all other courses must be taken A/F
Biostatistics Core
or
PUBH 7401 - Fundamentals of Biostatistical Inference
(4.0 cr)
PUBH 7402 - Biostatistics Modeling and Methods
(4.0 cr)
Take 2 or more course(s) totaling 6 or more credit(s) from the following:
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PUBH 7407 - Analysis of Categorical Data
(3.0 cr)
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PUBH 7430 - Statistical Methods for Correlated Data
(3.0 cr)
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PUBH 7435 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
PUBH 7440 - Introduction to Bayesian Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
PUBH 7445 - Statistics for Human Genetics and Molecular Biology
(3.0 cr)
·
PUBH 7450 - Survival Analysis
(3.0 cr)
-OR-
Doctoral-level minor Biostatistics for Statistics Students
NOTE: One course may be taken S/N and all other courses must be taken A/F
PUBH 7420 - Clinical Trials: Design, Implementation, and Analysis
(3.0 cr)
PUBH 7450 - Survival Analysis
(3.0 cr)
Take 2 or more course(s) totaling 6 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
PUBH 8422 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
PUBH 8442 - Bayesian Decision Theory and Data Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
PUBH 8452 - Advanced Longitudinal Data Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
PUBH 8462 - Advanced Survival Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
PUBH 8472 - Spatial Biostatistics
(3.0 cr)
·
PUBH 8482 - Sequential and Adaptive Methods for Clinical Trials
(3.0 cr)
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