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).
| VPM MS Non-Thesis Required Courses | |||
| VDPAM 527 | Applied Statistical Methods in Population Studies | 3 credits | Alt. Fall, Odd |
| VDPAM 528 | Principles of Epidemiology and Population Health | 3 credits | Spring |
| VDPAM 529 | Epidemiological Methods in Population Research | 3 credits | Alt. Fall, Even |
| STAT 401 | Statistical Methods for Research Workers | 4 credits | Fall, Spring & Summer |
| VDPAM 590 | Special Topics | 3 credits | Fall, Spring & Summer |
| VDPAM 599 | Creative Component | 3 credits | Fall, Spring & Summer |
| Select one of the following | |||
| STAT 402 | Statistical Design and the Analysis of Experiments | 3 credits | Fall, Spring |
| STAT 407 | Methods of Multivariate Analysis | 3 credits | Fall |
| STAT 415 | Advanced Statistical Methods for Research Workers | 1 credit | Spring |
| STAT 421 | Survey Sampling Techniques | 3 credits | Spring |