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Biostatistics Certificate

Location(s): West Lafayette

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About the Certificate

Biostatistics is an interdisciplinary study which uses statistical and computational tools to study life sciences and public health-related problems. This certificate will give undergraduate students broad exposure to fundamental and applied knowledge for biostatistics.

Requirements (18-19 credits)

Biological Foundation Course (3-4 credits)

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BIOL 20300 - Human Anatomy And Physiology (UCC: SCI) Credit Hours: 4.00
BIOL 20400 - Human Anatomy And Physiology (UCC: SCI) Credit Hours: 4.00
BIOL 44400 - Human Medical Genetics Credit Hours: 3.00
BIOL 47800 - Introduction To Bioinformatics Credit Hours: 3.00

Foundations in Statistical Science (6 credits)

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PSY 20100 - Introduction To Statistics In Psychology Credit Hours: 3.00
STAT 35000 - Introduction To Statistics Credit Hours: 3.00
STAT 35500 - Statistics For Data Science Credit Hours: 3.00
STAT 50100 - Experimental Statistics I Credit Hours: 3.00
STAT 50300 - Statistical Methods For Biology Credit Hours: 3.00
STAT 51100 - Statistical Methods Credit Hours: 3.00
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BME 50100 - Multivariate Analyses In Biostatistics Credit Hours: 3.00
HSCI 52000 - Risk Assessment In Environmental Health Credit Hours: 3.00
HSCI 54700 - Fundamentals Of Epidemiology Credit Hours: 3.00
STAT 50200 - Experimental Statistics II Credit Hours: 3.00
STAT 51200 - Applied Regression Analysis Credit Hours: 3.00

Foundations in Public Health (6 credits)

PUBH 20500 - Basic Public Health Studies Credit Hours: 3.00 or
PUBH 36500 - Public Health Research Methods Credit Hours: 3.00
PUBH 40500 - Principles Of Epidemiology Credit Hours: 3.00

Advanced Quantitative/Computational Methods (3 credits)

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CS 25100 - Data Structures And Algorithms Credit Hours: 3.00
PSY 30600 - Understanding And Analyzing Experiments Credit Hours: 3.00
PUBH 52600 - Randomized Control Trials In Public Health Credit Hours: 3.00
STAT 50600 - Statistical Programming And Data Management Credit Hours: 3.00
STAT 51400 - Design Of Experiments Credit Hours: 3.00
STAT 52200 - Sampling And Survey Techniques Credit Hours: 3.00

Pre-Requisite Information

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