Department of Epidemiology (EPID)

Sample PhD Curriculum in Epidemiology

Core Courses (15 credits)

Required Courses (30-31 credits)

• BIST 0654 Biocomputing I
• EPID 0552 Infectious Disease Epidemiology
• EPID 0651 Epidemiologic Research Methods I
• EPID 0652 Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases
• EPID 0653 Epidemiologic Research Methods II
-also- Choose one of the following:
• BIST 0615 Categorical Data Analysis -or-
• QNME 0614 Categorical Data Analysis
-also- Choose one of the following:
• HEBS 0663 Survey Research Methods -or-
• QNME 0621 Survey Research Methods/Questionnaire Design
-also- Choose one of the following:
• BIST 0661 Regression Methods for Public Health Studies -or-
• QNME 0612 Linear Models:Regression and Analysis of Variance
-also- Choose one of the following:
• BIST 0650 Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis -or-
• BIST 0606 Modeling Binary Response Data: Review of the Theory and Applications -or-
• QNME 0613 Life Tables and Survival Analysis
-also- Choose one of the following:
• ENOH 9651 General Toxicology I (Rutgers University) -or-
• Other Biology Course

Recommended Elective Courses (3 credits)

• EPID 0670 Advanced Seminar in Epidemiology I
• EPID 0671 Advanced Seminar in Epidemiology II
• BIST 0660 Clinical Trials: Design and Analysis of Medical Experiments
• BIST 9655 Nonparametric Statistics (Rutgers University)
• ENOH 0652 Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
• ENOH 9627 Advanced Multivariate Methods for Environmental Health Issues (Rutgers University)
• HSAP 0563 Introduction to Outcomes Research

Research (24 credits)

• RESH 0760 Doctoral Research