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Twin Cities Campus
Biostatistics M.S.School 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
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
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.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.10.
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
For the M.S., prospective applicants should have taken at least three semesters of calculus (including multivariable calculus) and one semester of linear algebra. A year (two semesters) of coursework in undergraduate-level probability and mathematical statistics is recommended. Experience with a programming language (e.g., R, Java, C, Python) and exposure to applied statistics is helpful, but not required.
Special Application Requirements:
Students should apply for admission during fall semester only. New students are not admitted in spring semester.
Applicants must submit their test score(s) from the following:
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
Key to test
abbreviations
(GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Plan A: Plan A requires
14
major credits,
6
credits outside the major,
and
10
thesis credits.
The final exam is oral.
Plan B: Plan B requires
22
major credits and
9 to 11
credits outside the major.
The final exam is oral.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
A minimum GPA of 3.00
is required for students to remain in good standing.
At least 2 semesters must be completed
before filing a Degree Program Form.
A comprehensive written exam to be taken after finals of spring semester in year 1.
The Plan B project demonstrates the student's familiarity with the tools of research or scholarship in the major, the capacity to work independently, and the ability to present the results of the investigation effectively. The master's project should involve a combined total of 120 hours of work.
The Plan A project requires students to complete a thesis project. The required courses for the M.S. Degree Plan B do not prepare a student to write a thesis, that is, to do original research in biostatistics methodology. That is why nearly all students choose to do a written project (Plan B) rather than a thesis. Only students with an advanced background in mathematics or theoretical statistics should consider Plan A.
Biostatistics M.S. Coursework (Plan B)
PUBH 7405 - Biostatistical Inference I
(4.0 cr)
PUBH 7406 - Biostatistical Inference II
(3.0 cr)
PUBH 7420 - Clinical Trials: Design, Implementation, and Analysis
(3.0 cr)
PUBH 7450 - Survival Analysis
(3.0 cr)
PUBH 7494 - Integrative Learning Experience: Biostatistics
(1.0-3.0 cr)
Biostatistics Electives
3 Biostatistics elective courses (at least 8 credits)
GEOG 5561 - Principles of Geographic Information Science
(4.0 cr)
or
GIS 5571 - ArcGIS I
(3.0 cr)
or
MATH 5615H - Honors: Introduction to Analysis I
(4.0 cr)
or
MATH 5616H - Honors: Introduction to Analysis II
(4.0 cr)
or
PUBH 7430 - Statistical Methods for Correlated Data
(3.0 cr)
or
PUBH 7435 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
PUBH 7440 - Introduction to Bayesian Analysis
(3.0 cr)
or
PUBH 7445 - Statistics for Human Genetics and Molecular Biology
(3.0 cr)
or
PUBH 7460 - Advanced Statistical Computing
(3.0 cr)
or
PUBH 7465 - Biostatistics Consulting
(2.0 cr)
or
PUBH 7470 - Study Designs in Biomedical Research
(3.0 cr)
or
PUBH 7475 - Statistical Learning and Data Mining
(3.0 cr)
or
PUBH 8422 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
PUBH 8435 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
PUBH 8472 - Spatial Biostatistics
(3.0 cr)
or
PUBH 8475 - Statistical Learning and Data Mining
(3.0 cr)
or
STAT 5401 - Applied Multivariate Methods
(3.0 cr)
or
STAT 5601 - Nonparametric Methods
(3.0 cr)
or
WRIT 5051 - Graduate Research Writing for International Students
(3.0 cr)
or
WRIT 5052 - Graduate Research Presentations and Conference Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English
(3.0 cr)
Health Science Elective
Students must complete at least 3 credits of a health science elective.
CSCI 5481 - Computational Techniques for Genomics
(3.0 cr)
or
PMB 5301 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
PSY 5137 - Introduction to Behavioral Genetics
(3.0 cr)
or
PUBH 6020 - Fundamentals of Social and Behavioral Science
(2.0 cr)
or
PUBH 6101 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
or
PUBH 6102 - Issues in Environmental Health
(2.0 cr)
or
PUBH 6320 - Fundamentals of Epidemiology
(3.0 cr)
or
PUBH 6341 - Epidemiologic Methods I
(3.0 cr)
or
PUBH 6381 - Genetics in Public Health in the Age of Precision Medicine
(2.0 cr)
or
PUBH 6751 - Principles of Management in Health Services Organizations
(2.0 cr)
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