Total Required Units -- 56

A thesis or comprehensive examination must be completed before graduation. See below for specific requirements.

MS REQUIREMENTS

UCLA Graduate Division site for Epidemiology Department

Minimum Units Required

38 units  Department Requirements

18 units  Electives 

At least 20 units must be in the 200 or 500 series. A maximum of one 596 (4 units) may be applied toward the total course requirements. If the student intends to write a thesis, 4 units of Epidem 598 (thesis research) may also be applied to the 18 unit electives.

If you take a waiver examination or Blue Petition out of a School and/or Departmental Core Course you will need to make up the units with an elective course.

Department Requirements (38 units)

BIOSTAT 100A (4 units) Introduction to Biostatistics

BIOSTAT 100B (4 units) Introduction to Biostatistics

EPIDEM 200A (6 units) Epidemiology I

EPIDEM 200B (6 units) Epidemiologic Methods II

EPIDEM 200C (4 units) Epidemiologic Methods III

EPIDEM 220 (4 units) Principles of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

EPIDEM XXX (2 units)  Seminars in Epidemiology: (approval of Department Chair and Advisor required)

(4 units) Approved data management course

(4 units) Approved multi-regression statistics course

Elective Requirements (18 units)

All electives must be taken for a letter grade.

Infectious and Tropical Disease:

EPIDEM 221, 222, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 280, 293

Quantitative Methods:

EPIDEM 202A, M204, M211, M212, 291

Cancer Epidemiology:

EPIDEM 241, 242, 243, 244, 249, 295

Chronic Disease:

EPIDEM 240

Problems of Developing Countries:

EPIDEM 266, 273, 415, M418, 420

Injuries:

EPIDEM 250, 251, 252, 253, M255

Aging:

EPIDEM 245, 246, 247

Occupational/Environmental:

EPIDEM 260, 261, 262, 263, 265, 267, 294

Nutrition Epidemiology:

EPIDEM 254, 257, 258, 297

Global Epidemiology:

EPIDEM 266, 272, 293, 420

Other Topics:

EPIDEM M218, 231, 232, 248, 259, 268, 271, M403, M406, 410, 411, 412, 413

If you take a waiver examination or Blue Petition out of a School and/or Departmental Core Course, you will need to make up the units with an elective course.

A thesis or comprehensive examination must be completed before graduation

Plan I: Thesis

If the thesis option is approved, a thesis committee of three members of the faculty is appointed by the Dean of the Graduate Division on recommendation of the Department. The Chair of the committee and at least one other member must hold academic appointments in the Department of Epidemiology. The committee approves the thesis prospectus before the student files for advancement to candidacy. The thesis must be acceptable to the thesis committee.

Plan II: Comprehensive Examination

If the comprehensive examination option is chosen, a guidance committee of three Department of Epidemiology faculty is appointed. A comprehensive examination on the major area of study must be passed. If failed, the examination may be repeated once.