Biostatistics Courses (07-08 Course Offerings Bulletin)

Note: A caret (^) denotes that the course will not be offered this year. An asterisk (*) indicates that the course is offered every other year.

H318^ Introduction to Biostatistics U 5

Descriptive statistics, probability, models for population distributions, estimation, hypotheses testing, correlation, regression, categorical data analysis; emphasizes analysis of biomedical data using statistical software.

Su Qtr. 3 1.5-hr cl. Prereq: Math 153 or 162 or H162, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Mol Gen 650, or Stat 145 or 245. For honors students majoring in biological/medical sciences.

605^* Applied Survival Analysis U G 4

Techniques for analyzing censored data including: life table and product limit estimator, k-sample tests, and proportional hazards regression.

Wi Qtr. 2 2-hr cl. Prereq: Stat 521 and 645; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for PubH-Bio 605. Cross-listed in Public Health: Biostatistics.

615 Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials U G 3

Design, monitoring, and analysis of clinical trials; includes protocol development, randomization schemes, sample size methods, and ethical issues.

Wi Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: Stat 528 and 529, or equivs.

709 Biostatistical Collaboration G 2-3

Basic biomedical research methodologies; team with biomedical PhD students to design experiments and plan analyses; writing statistical sections of biomedical research grants and reports.

Wi Qtr. Prereq: Grad standing and permission of instructor; sufficient coursework in statistics or biostatistics to serve as a biostatistical consultant. Not open to students with credit for IBGP 709.

805* Survival Analysis I G 3

Counting process approach to life history data: Nelson-Aalen estimators; product limit estimators; K-sample estimators.

Wi Qtr. Prereq: Stat 722 or permission of instructor.

806* Survival Analysis II G 3

Parametric models, semiparametric proportional hazards regression, additive hazards regression, multivariate survival models.

Sp Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 805.

865^* Analysis of Discrete Data G 3

Theory of techniques for the analysis of discrete data including: two-way and multidimensional tables; logistic regression; loglinear models; chi-squared tests; numerical methods.

Au Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: Stat 622, 742, or permission of instructor.

882 Advanced Topics in Biostatistics G 3

Selected topics in biostatistics.

Su, Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. 3 cl. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.

999 Research in Biostatistics G 1-18

Research for dissertation purposes only.

Su, Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. Repeatable. This course is graded S/U.