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BSTA02P - Biostatistics (Postgraduate Study Pattern)
| Major: |
Biostatistics |
| Area of Study: |
Statistics |
| Degrees: |
PGCertBiostat - Postgraduate Certificate in Biostatistics
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| Offered By: |
EFS - Division of Economic and Financial Studies |
| Admission
Requirements: | A Bachelor degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Science, Psychology, Medicine, Pharmacy, Economics, Health Sciences or other appropriate discipline from an approved university (or equivalent qualification); a proven aptitude for advanced mathematical work, indicated for example by a high level of achievement in high school or undergraduate mathematics; and have already passed an introductory course in statistics, covering at least the estimation of means and proportions with confidence intervals, and the comparison of means and proportions between two groups using hypothesis tests (ie t-tests and chi-squared tests for 2x2 tables), such as STAT170. |
| Fees: | 425 |
| Attendance
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General Requirements
Specific Requirements
| 800 level |
| Required |
| BCA801 |
Epidemiology (4) |
4 |
| Required |
| BCA802 |
Mathematical Background for Biostatistics (4) |
4 |
| Required |
| BCA804 |
Data Management and Statistical Computing (4) |
4 |
| Required |
| BCA805 |
Principles of Statistical Inference (4) |
4 |
| Required |
| BCA807 |
Design of Experiments and Randomised Clinical Trials (4) |
4 |
| Required |
| BCA808 |
Linear Models (4) |
4 |
| Required |
| BCA809 |
Categorical Data and Generalized Linear Models (4) |
4 |
| Required |
one of | BCA803 |
Health Indicators and Health Surveys (4) |
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| BCA806 |
Clinical Biostatistics (4) |
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| STAT827 |
Survival Analysis (4) |
4 |
| Electives |
| Balance of credit points required | |
| TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM |
32 |
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