Epidemiology
Degree Type: MS
Overview
The Master of Science in Epidemiology is a one-year, full-time master’s program through Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine at our downtown Chicago campus. The program provides graduate training in epidemiologic research design and analysis for students who want to gain to necessary skills to successfully work in public health and/or clinical epidemiologic research.
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Learning Objectives
Learning objective(s)/Students should be able to…
- Critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of study designs (e.g., cross-sectional, cohort, case-control, randomized experiments) and the appropriate measure of association for a given study design.
- Describe the causes of random and non-random error in research studies, including information bias, selection bias and confounding.
- Conduct epidemiologic analysis using classical statistical methods such as linear, logistic, Cox and/or Poisson regression models.
- Demonstrate knowledge of ethical and regulatory requirements for research.
- Describe molecular techniques commonly used in epidemiologic studies.
Degree Requirements
The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide.
Master's
Total Units Required: 15
Core Courses
- BIOSTAT 301 Introduction to Epidemiology (1 unit)
- BIOSTAT 302 Introduction to Biostatistics (1 unit)
- BIOSTAT 305 or PUB_HLTH 305 SAS Programming (1 unit)
- BIOSTAT 306 R Programming (1 unit)
- BIOSTAT 401 Intermediate Epidemiology (1 unit)
- BIOSTAT 402 Intermediate Biostatistics (1 unit)
- BIOSTAT 501 Advanced Epidemiology (1 unit)
- BIOSTAT 565 Clinical Database Management (0.5 units)
- EPID 357 Seminar in Epidemiology I (0 units)
- EPID 358 Seminar in Epidemiology II (0 units)
- EPID 359 Seminar in Epidemiology III (1 unit)
- EPID 560 Thesis (1 unit)
- PUB_HLTH 441 Ethical Issues in Clinical Research (0.5 units)
Other Degree Requirements
- Epidemiology Selectives (2 units)
- Methods Selective (1 unit)
- Electives (2 units)