Certificate Program in Biostatistics

Advisor: Dr. Georgiana Onicescu

Graduate Certificate in Biostatistics is designed for the graduate students in statistics but also for qualifying graduate students that are not statistics majors as well as working professionals who want to enhance their background in health-related data analysis: Physicians, nurses, clinical researchers, health educators and administrators.

Applicants are expected to have completed an introductory course in statistics, and be enrolled as graduate students at WMU.

The program requires 12 credit hours (four courses).

Required Courses

STAT 6030 - Fundamentals of Biostatistics Credits: 3 hours
STAT 6040 - Statistics for Epidemiology Credits: 3 hours
STAT 6050 - Fundamentals of Clinical Trials Credits: 3 hours

Electives

Choose one from the following electives:

STAT 6620 - Applied Linear Models Credits: 3 hours
STAT 6640 - Applied Mixed Models Credits: 3 hours
STAT 6680 - Categorical Data Analysis Credits: 3 hours
STAT 6800 - SAS Programming Credits: 3 hours
STAT 6810 - Survival Data Analysis Credits: 3 hours

Note:

For graduate students at WMU, one approved quantitative research course taken by the students from their own department can be substituted in place of one of the courses on this list. This course would count, as appropriate, for their graduate degree.