Degree Requirements
MS Student Handbook
School-Wide Requirements (6 semester hours)
- EPID 403 – Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods (3 semester hours)
- IPHS 450 – Foundations and Determinants of Public Health (3 semester hours)
- Master of Science comprehensive examination
Required Non-Credit Training
- Title IX Training – Sexual Harassment
- SPH Academic Integrity Tutorial
- IPHS 421 – SPH Success
- Quantitative Baseline Assessment
- SPH & UIC Policies Module
- Human Subjects Research
Divisional Core Requirements (33 semester hours)
- BSTT 506 – Design of Clinical Trials (3 semester hours) or BSTT 507 – Sampling and Estimation Methods Applied to Public Health (3 semester hours)
- BSTT 523 – Biostatistics Methods I (4 semester hours)
- BSTT 524 – Biostatistics Laboratory (2 semester hours)
- BSTT 527- Statistical Learning in Health Analytics (3 semester hours)
- BSTT 535 – Categorical Data Analysis (3 semester hours)
- BSTT 536 – Survival Analysis (3 semester hours)
- BSTT 537 – Longitudinal Data Analysis (4 semester hours)
- BSTT 550 – Biostatistical Investigations (4 semester hours)
- BSTT 510 – Biostatistics Theory I (3 semester hours)
- BSTT 511 – Biostatistics Theory II (4 semester hours)
Electives (minimum 4 semester hours)
Students must take a minimum of 4 semester hours of electives can be any graduate level course of the students choosing. BSTT 400, BSTT 401 and BSTT 505 are not suitable electives.
Discovery-Based Paper
Biostatistics students in the generalist concentration complete a detailed discovery-based paper and a formal project through BSTT 550.
Optional Concentrations
About the Concentration
The MS in Biostatistics, Concentration in Health Data Science educates students with necessary skills from big data, data sciences, and computer sciences to meet new challenges in a wide variety of health-related fields.