To complete this degree, you will take a combination of public health core courses, biostatistics and social and behavioral sciences concentration courses, public health electives courses, and public health practical experience courses that together total 54 credits.
MPH in Biostatistics—SBS curriculum
Take all five course for 15 credits
- A519 Environmental Science in Public Health (3 credits)
- B551 Biostatistics for Public Health I (3 credits)
- E517 Fundamentals of Epidemiology (3 credits)
- H501 U.S. Health Care Systems and Health Policy (3 credits)
- S500 Social & Behavioral Science in Public Health (3 credits)
Take all eight courses for 24 credits
- B661 Linear Models in Public Health (3 credits)
- B662 Design and Analysis of Medical Experiments (3 credits)
- B663 Applied Survival Analysis for Public Health (3 credits)
- B664 Applied Generalized Linear Models and Longitudinal Data Analysis in Public Health (3 credits)
- S510 Introduction to Research Methods in Public Health (3 credits)
- S615 Cultural and Qualitative Methods (3 credits)
- S614 Program Planning in Public Health (3 credits)
- S617 Health Promotion & Disease Prevention (3 credits)
Select three courses for nine credits
- B653 Applied Multivariate Analysis for Public Health Biostatistics III
- E609 Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- E610 Chronic Disease Epidemiology
- E618 Cancer Epidemiology
- E765 Nutritional Epidemiology
- H611 Policy Development, Implementation and Management
- H632 History in Public Health
- H657 Applications of Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Public Health
- S620 Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Stress
- S622 Coaching for Health Behavior Change
- S625 Applied Public Health Campaigns and Social Marketing
- S631 Maternal Child Family Health
- S672 International Perspectives on Health and Housing
Take both courses for a total of six credits
- P602 Public Health Internship (3 credits)
- P701/P702 Biostatistics & Social and Behavioral Science Concentration Project (3 credits)
Full-time schedule
Below is a sample schedule showing how you might complete the Biostatistics—SBS dual concentration MPH.
Fall Year One
- S500 Social and Behavioral Science in Public Health (3 credits)
- B551 Biostatistics for Public Health (3 credits)
- Core course (3 credits)
Spring Year One
- Core course (3 credits)
- Core course (3 credits)
- S615 Culture and Qualitative Methods (3 credits)
Summer Year One
- Public health course (3 credits)
Fall Year Two
- B661 Linear Models in Public Health (3 credits)
- S510 Methods for Research on Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Public Health (3 credits)
- S614 Program Planning in Public Health (3 credits)
Spring Year Two
- B663 Applied Survival Analysis for Public Health (3 credits)
- B664 Applied Generalized Linear Models and Longitudinal Data Analysis in Public Health (3 credits)
- S617 Health Promotion & Disease Prevention (3 credits)
Summer Year Two
- P602 Internship (3 credits)
- Public health course (3 credits)
Fall Year Two
- B662 Design and Analysis of Medical Experiments (3 credits)
- Public health course (3 credits)
- P701/P702 Biostatistics & Social and Behavioral Science Concentration Project (3 credits)