Students must take required and elective courses to total 36 credits. Courses will be selected in consultation with the major professor and approved by the POS committee. Students are encouraged to consider earning a minor within their area of interest (see the Graduate College Handbook for details).
Core courses (select all)
|
Course |
Description |
Credits |
Semester |
|
VDPAM 528 ON |
Principles of Epidemiology and Population Health |
3 cr |
S |
|
STAT 587 ON* |
Statistical Methods for Research Workers |
4 cr |
F, S, SS |
|
VDPAM 599 ON |
Creative Component |
Variable |
F, S, SS |
|
VDPAM 590 ON |
Special Topics |
3 cr |
F, S, SS |
Required advanced applied statistics courses (select at least 2 of 6 for non-thesis MS)
|
Course |
Semester |
Credits |
Semester |
|
VDPAM 527 ON |
Applied Statistical Methods in Population Studies |
3 cr |
Alt. F, Odd |
|
STAT 565 |
Methods in Biostatistics and Epidemiology |
3 cr |
Alt. F, Even |
|
STAT 571 |
Introduction to Experimental Design |
3 cr |
S, F |
|
STAT 572 ON |
Introduction to Time Series |
3 cr |
S |
|
STAT 574 |
Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis |
3 cr |
S |
|
STAT 575 |
Introduction to Multivariate Data Analysis |
3 cr |
F |
Required applied VDPAM courses (select at least 2 of 4)
|
Course |
Description |
Credits |
Semester |
|
VDPAM 560X ON |
Ecology of Infectious Disease |
3 cr |
Alt. S, Odd |
|
VDPAM 650 or VDPAM 562X |
Swine Diagnostic Medicine or Applied Diagnostic Technologies, respectively |
4 cr and 3 cr |
F; Alt. F, Even, respectively |
|
VDPAM 564X ON |
Animal Welfare Science and Research |
3 cr |
Alt. S, Even |
|
VDPAM 529 ON |
Epidemiological Methods in Population Research |
3 cr |
Alt. F, Even |
ON = available online. ON* = STAT 587 available online typically only in Summer. S = Spring, SS = Summer, F = Fall. Odd = offered in odd numbered years. Even = offered in even numbered years.