Offered On Campus in Tucson
The MPH program in Biostatistics is offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The educational objective of the MPH degree in Biostatistics is to prepare individuals to work effectively as biostatisticians in a variety of public health, epidemiological and clinical research settings. The biostatistics area of study has led to collaboration in science and with investigators in nearly every aspect related to health. Biostatistics has also made major contributions to our understanding of diseases such as AIDS, cancer, and coronary heart disease.
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Curriculum
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Required Core Courses (16 units)
- EPID 573A Basic Principles of Epidemiology (3)
- PHPM 574 Public Health Policy and Management (3)
- EHS 575 Environmental and Occupational Health (3)
- BIOS 576A Biostatistics in Public Health (3)
- HPS 577 Sociocultural & Behavioral Aspects of Public Health (3)
- BIOS 580 Integrated Public Health Learning Experience (1)
- Internship Preparation Workshop (required; non-credit)
- Interprofessional Education Activities (documentation required; non-credit)
Required Biostatistics Courses (14 units)
- BIOS 576B Biostatistics for Research (3)
- BIOS 573C Applied Biostatistics (3)
- BIOS 680 Biostatistical Methods I: Clinical Trials/Survival Analysis (3)
- BIOS 909 Master's Report (5)
Elective Courses (minimum 12 units)
At most 6 elective credits from the following courses
- BIOS 550 Health Data Acquisition and Assessment (3)
- BIOS 551 Health Data Management and Visualization (3)
- BIOS 552 Health Data Analysis and Communication Methods
Other elective courses
- All 3 unit 500 or 600 level BIOS courses
- EPID 677 Genetic Association Studies (3)
- STAT 571A Advanced Statistical Regression Analysis (3)
- STAT 571B Design of Experiments (3)
- STAT 675 Statistical Computing (3)
Total Minimum Credit Requirement = 42 units
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Milestones
Typical time to completion: 2 years full-time students, 3-4 years part-time students.
Average time to completion: 2.07
Program Steps to Completion (Full-time student timeline):
- Attend mandatory new student orientation
- First year is devoted to course work
- Attend fall and spring semester MPH Internship Conference
- Each Spring, complete an Annual Progress Report with Faculty Mentor
- Second year is devoted to coursework and Internship project
- 3rd semester, determine internship project, form Internship Committee and complete all planning items
- Complete two interprofessional education (IPE) activities before graduation
- Fourth semester, successfully complete and present internship project at Internship Conference, and submit final internship and graduation items.
