Requirements and Curriculum

The Advanced Graduate Certificate in Applied Biostatistics requires 15 credits (five courses) with a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 as a requirement. This program is designed to be completed in two semesters.

Required Core Course - 3 credits

STA 502 Introduction to Statistical Inference or equivalent course:
STA 521 Introduction to Theoretical Statistics I or STA 522 Introduction to Theoretical Statistics II.

Required course descriptions

Elective Courses - 12 credits

STA 503 Introduction to Applied Statistics I
STA 504 Introduction to Applied Statistics II
STA 509 Statistical Genetics
STA 511 Math Analysis for Statisticians
STA 515 Distribution-Free Inference
STA 517 Categorical Data Analysis
STA 521 Introduction to Theoretical Statistics I
STA 522 Introduction to Theoretical Statistics II
STA 525 Statistics for Bioinformatics
STA 526 Design and Analysis of Clinical Experiments
STA 528 Statistical Analysis II
STA 529 Statistical Analysis III
STA 531 Theory and Methods of Sample Surveys
STA 537 Sequential Analysis
STA 545 Data Mining I
STA 546 Data Mining II
STA 551 Stochastic Processes
STA 561 Longitudinal Data Analysis and Time Series Analysis
STA 567 Bayesian Statistics
STA 571 Special Topics in Statistics
STA 575 Survival Analysis
STA 581 Multivariate Data Analysis

Elective course descriptions

Applying Certificate Credit Towards a Master’s in Biostatistics

You may apply credits earned as part of this certificate program toward the master’s in biostatistics offered by the Department of Biostatistics.

Learn more about graduate school policies and procedures

Review the Department of Biostatistics Graduate Student Handbook for complete information.

Graduate-Handbook-Biostatistics_9_24.pdf

Academic Calendar

View the academic calendar for Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring semesters

UB graduate academic integrity policy

Questions? Contact Us.

Contact Noreen McGuire, academic program coordinator, at phhp.biostat@buffalo.edu or (716) 829-6142.