Epidemiology, Master of Science Graduate Studies
Graduate Study
The Graduate Group in Epidemiology offers programs of study and research leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Areas of interest include environmental/occupational epidemiology; infectious disease epidemiology; zoonotic & vector-borne diseases; epidemiologic methods & biostatistics; health services & health economics; nutritional epidemiology; reproductive, perinatal, developmental & pediatric epidemiology; wildlife epidemiology; social & behavioral epidemiology; and cancer epidemiology. For detailed information regarding the program, address the chairperson of the group or see the website.
Graduate Advisors
Christopher Barker, (Population Health & Reproduction), Beatriz Martinez Lopez (Medicine & Epidemiology), Lihong Qi (Public Health Sciences)
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Prerequisite Courses | ||
| Prerequisites must be taken concurrently with required courses below. | ||
| Choose a series: | 6-8 | |
| Short Calculus and Short Calculus | ||
| Calculus and Calculus | ||
| Statistics | ||
| STA 106 | Applied Statistical Methods: Analysis of Variance | 4 |
| STA 108 | Applied Statistical Methods: Regression Analysis | 4 |
| Prerequisite Courses Subtotal | 14-16 | |
| Required Courses | ||
| EPI 202 | Quantitative Epidemiology I: Probability | 5 |
| EPI 203 | Quantitative Epidemiology II: Statistical Inference | 4 |
| EPI 204 | Quantitative Epidemiology III: Statistical Models | 4 |
| EPI/MPM 205 | Principles of Epidemiology | 4 |
| EPI/MPM 206 | Epidemiologic Study Design | 4 |
| EPI/SPH 207 | Advanced Epidemiologic Methodology | 4 |
| EPI 208 | Analysis & Interpretation of Epidemiologic Data | 3 |
| or PHR 266 | Applied Analytic Epidemiology | |
| EPI 290 | Seminars in Epidemiology | 0.5 |
| Required Courses Subtotal | 28.5 | |
| Related Courses | ||
For additional course work in Epidemiology, see Medicine & Epidemiology (VME), Preventive Veterinary Medicine (MPM), Population Health & Reproduction (PHR), Public Health Sciences (SPH), and Statistics (STA). | ||
| Total Units | 42.5-44.5 | |