Logo Logo

MS Curriculum

Plan A

  • 34 total credit hours for the MS program
  • 24 didactic credit hours of approved didactic core and elective course work (must be taken for an A-F grade)
  • 2 seminar credits hours as a core requirement (A-F grade)
  • Minimum of 8 research credit hours from BIOM 700 or BIOM 699 or QHS 699**
  • Form 2 submitted upon appointment of thesis committee and approval of research topic in Fall of second year
  • Form 3 submitted upon approval of oral defense
  • Form 4 submitted upon approval of content and format of finalized thesis manuscript

Plan B

  • 34 total credit hours for the MS program
  • 28 didactic credit hours of approved didactic core and elective course work (must be taken for an A-F letter grade)
  • 2 seminar credits hours as a core requirement (A-F grade)
  • Minimum of 4 research credits from BIOM 699, QHS 699 or QHS 676
  • MSQHCR Master’s Plan B Pre- Candidacy Form submitted upon approval of capstone committee and approval of capstone project.
  • MSQHCR Plan B Internal Evaluation Form submitted upon approval of capstone project presentation and paper.
  • Capstone project and paper must be submitted at least 3 weeks before end of semester during which degree is conferred.

Course # Course Title Credit Hours
BIOM 640 Introduction to Clinical Research 3
QHS 646 Quantitative Health and Clinical Research Seminar* 2

*Enrollment in this one-credit seminar each semester for A-F grade is required for the first year.

Clinical Research (CR) Track
Course # Course Title Credit Hours
QHS 600 Biostatistics Concepts for Clinical Researchers 3
QHS 601 Fundamentals of Biostatistics* 3
CMB 626 Ethics in Biomedical Research 2

*Clinical Research track students are required to enroll in QHS 600. Based on eligibility and instructor approval, students may qualify to register for QHS 601 instead or in addition to QHS 600.

Plan A:    
BIOM 700 MS Thesis Research 8+**
Elective Courses   16+
Plan B:    
QHS 699 or BIOM 699 Directed Research 4+
Elective Courses   20+

 **Plan A requires that at least 6 research credits are from BIOM 700.

 

Quantitative Health Sciences (QHS) Track
Course # Course Title Credit Hours
QHS 601 Fundamentals of Biostatistics 3
QHS 602 Generalized Linear Models 3
Plan A:    
BIOM 700 MS Thesis Research 8+**
Elective Courses   15+
Plan B:    
QHS 699 or BIOM 699 or
QHS 676		 Directed Research
Biostatistical Consulting Practicum		 4+
Elective Courses   19+

*Plan A requires that at least 6 research credits are from BIOM 700.