Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (DEPM)

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Joint Program in Biostatistics

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), and the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB) Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (DEPM) located in the UMB School of Medicine are collaborating in a joint Master of Science track in Biostatistics.

The 30-credit, two-year program provides students with a mathematical statistics foundation through course work at UMBC and a medical applications exposure through course work and seminars in DEPM. A capstone project is required and may be completed with faculty at either campus.

REQUIRED COURSE WORK (21 credit hours) *

• STAT 651 Basic Probability 3 credits
• STAT 653 Basic Mathematical Statistics 3 credits
• PREV 600 Principles of Epidemiology 3 credits
• STAT 601 Applied Statistics I 3 credits
• STAT 699/PREV 789 Capstone Project Course 3 credits
• Choose two of three courses:
• STAT 602 Design of Experiments 3 credits
• STAT 603 Categorical Data Analysis 3 credits
• STAT 619 Biostatistics/Principles and Design 3 credits

* Courses with the prefix STAT are taught at UMBC; those with the prefix PREV are taught in DEPM.

For the capstone project course, the student works closely with a faculty member on a project that can involve a sophisticated data analysis, a simulation study, a review of the literature, statistical software development, or other activities related to biostatistics. Students are also required to attend a monthly biostatistics seminar and pass a comprehensive examination at the end of the first year.

The remaining 9 credits of course work would be chosen from a variety of electives with at least one course being taken in DEPM.

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