Last Updated
06 Nov 2002

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

MS REQUIREMENTS

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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 Epidem 291 course (2 units) or 290 course (2 units) and 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 200 (4 units) Epidemiology I

EPIDEM 201A (6 units) Epidemiologic Methods I

EPIDEM 201B (6 units) Epidemiologic Methods II

EPIDEM 220 (4 units) Principles of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

EPIDEM 290 (2 units)  Seminar in Epidemiology: Infectious & Tropical Disease
or
EPIDEM 291 (2 units) Seminar in Epidemiology: Methodology

BIOSTAT 403A (4 units) Computer Management of Health Data
or
EPIDEM 410A+410B (2+2 units) Management of Epidemiologic Data

One additional statistics course (4 units) in regression or multivariate methods

Elective Requirements (18 units)

All electives must be taken for a letter grade.

Infectious and Tropical Disease:

EPIDEM 221, 222, 223A, 223B, 224A, 224B, 227, M228, 230, 290

Quantitative Methods:

EPIDEM 202A, 202B, 203, M204, M211, M212

Cancer Epidemiology:

EPIDEM 242, 295

Chronic Disease:

EPIDEM 240, 244

Problems of Developing Countries:

EPIDEM 280, 415, 418

Injuries:

EPIDEM 251, 252, 253, M255, 259, 401, 417

Aging:

EPIDEM 245, 246, 247

Occupational/Environmental:

EPIDEM 260, 261, 262, 263, 294, 402

Other Topics:

EPIDEM 210, M218, 248, 268, 270 , 411, 412, 414, 419