NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Biostatistics

Location: 966 SPHPI; Phone: (312) 996-8860. For each course in biostatistics and epidemiology, first priority in enrollment will be given to public health students and other students who require the course to fulfill their graduate or professional degree requirements. Other graduate, professional and advanced undergraduate students who meet the prerequisites may be admitted by school approval as space permits.

BSTT            400
         Biostatistics I
       4 hours.  Enrollment restricted to public health students and healthcare administration students; other graduate, professional and advanced undergraduate students admitted by consent as space permits. To obtain consent, see the SPH registrar. Restricted to Public Health, Public Health (DrPH), Public Health (MPH), and Healthcare Administration.  

BSTT            502
         Biostatistics Methods I
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): College calculus, including multivariable calculus, concurrent registration in BSTT 503, and consent of the instructor. Instructor Approval Required 

BSTT            503
         Biostatistics Laboratory
       2 hours. Meets 27-Aug-07 - 19-Oct-07. Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration in BSTT 502 and consent of the instructor. Instructor Approval Required 

BSTT            505
         Logistic Regression and Survival Analysis
       2 hours.  Previously listed as BSTT 402. Prerequisite(s): BSTT 400 and BSTT 401.  

BSTT            511
         Categorical Data Analysis
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): BSTT 504 and STAT 411, or consent of the instructor.  

BSTT            512
         Survival Analysis
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): BSTT 504 and STAT 411, or consent of the instructor.  

BSTT            513
         Longitudinal Data Analysis
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): STAT 411 and BSTT 504, or consent of the instructor.  

BSTT            514
         Biostatistical Consulting
       2 hours.  Prerequisite(s): BSTT 504 and consent of the instructor. Restricted to students enrolled in the biostatistics major.  

BSTT            531
         Advanced Statistical Inference
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Open only to Ph.D. degree students. Recommended background: MS degree in Biostatistics or the equivalent.  

BSTT            534
         Large Sample Theory
       2 hours.  Meets eight weeks of the semester. Prerequisite(s): Open only to PhD degree students; or consent of the instructor. Adequate training at the level of intermediate mathematical statistics. Masters degree in biostatistics or mathematics.  

BSTT            544
         Bayesian Methods
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration in or prior completion of BSTT 534. Open only to Ph.D. degree students; or consent of the instructor. Adequate training at level of intermediate mathematical statistics. Masters degree in biostatistics, mathematical statistics or mathematics.  Extensive computer use required.

BSTT            594
         Special Topics in Biostatistics
       1 TO 4 hours.  May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Instructor Approval Required 

BSTT            595
         Biostatistics Research Seminar
       1 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Instructor Approval Required