Curriculum

The Master of Science in Epidemiology includes 31 credits of required coursework. This includes epidemiology (or biostatistics) core methods courses, Ethics, elective courses, and thesis research (6 credits). Students will submit a written research proposal to their thesis committee for approval. They will defend their thesis at completion in a public forum followed by a closed Q & A session with thesis committee members.
 

Core Requirements (25 credits)

• PM401 Quantitative Methods in Public Health Res (3) or BST463 Intro to Biostatistics (3)
• PM410 Intro to Data Man/Anal/SAS (3)
• PM413 Field Methods in Epidemiology (3) or BST465 Design of Clinical Trials (3)
• PM415 Principles of Epidemiology (3)
• PM416 Epidemiology Methods (3)
• PM469 Multivariable Models for Epidemiology (3) or BST464 Linear Regression (4) or PM464 Intro to Regression Analysis (3)
• IND501 Ethics and Professional Integrity in Research (1)
• PM460 Master's Essay (6)
   

Electives (6 credits)

Epidemiology Electives (select one)

• PM413 Field Methods in Epidemiology (3)
• PM414 History of Epidemiology (3)
• PM418 Cardiovascular Epidemiology (3)
• PM424 Chronic Disease Epidemiology (3)
• PM442 Nutritional Epidemiology (3)
• PM451 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3)
• PM469 Multivariable Models for Epidemiology (3)
• PM470 Environmental & Occupational Epidemiology (3)
• PM489 Injury Epidemiology & Emergency Care Research Methods (3)
• PM510 Causal Methods (3)
   

Public Health/Clinical Research Electives (select one)

• PM412 Survey Research (3)
• ​PM419 Recruitment and Retention of Human Subjects in Clinical Research (3)
• PM426 Social & Behavioral Medicine (3)
• PM445 Intro to Health Services Research (3)
• PM485 Intro to Biomed Informatics (3)
• BST465 Design of Clinical Trials