Master of Biostatistics M.Biostat
2008

Location:	North Terrace Campus
Duration:	1.5 years (full time)
Degree:	Masters by Coursework

Program Outline

The Discipline of Public Health in collaboration with the Discipline of Statistics at the University of Adelaide offers high quality postgraduate coursework awards in Biostatistics through the Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia . The BCA is a partnership of leading Australian Universities offering professional training in biostatistics through (largely) distance mode programs. These awards would suit students wishing a career in biostatistics or those wanting to extend the training they received as part of a more general Public Health award. The organisation of the BCA program delivery is unique in the world. A student enrols for the award - Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, or Masters - at their "home" university, for example, the University of Adelaide. The BCA designates one university from within the Collaboration to deliver a particular course by distance to students around Australia, regardless of the university of enrolment. The University of Adelaide, for example, teaches the course "Design of Experiments and Randomised Clinical Trials" by distance to all students enrolled in the program at any partner university. The BCA programs are supported by the collaborating universities, the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, state departments of health, and the pharmaceutical industry.

For additional information, phone (08) 8303 4637 or email the Discipline's Postgraduate Administrative Officer.

Related Programs

Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics

Graduate Certificate in Biostatistics

Admission Information

Admissions information for domestic and international students.

Study Plans

The study plans given are examples of pathways through this degree. For a complete description, see the program rules.

Core Courses
BIOSTATS 6000 Epidemiology BIOSTATS 6001 Mathematical Background for Biostatistics BIOSTATS 6002 Data Management & Statistical Computing BIOSTATS 6003 Probability and Distribution Theory BIOSTATS 6004 Design of Randomised Controlled Trials BIOSTATS 6005 Principles of Statistical Inference BIOSTATS 6006 Linear Model BIOSTATS 6007 Categorical Data and Generalised Linear Models BIOSTATS 6008  Survival Analysis BIOSTATS 6009 Workplace Project Portfolio A
Elective courses
All candidates shall complete at least one elective course, to the value of 3 units.  In addition, if candidates have the equivalent prior credits, they can choose to obtain one or more core course exemptions and substitute elective courses to the same unit value. BIOSTATS 6010 Workplace Project Portfolio B BIOSTATS 6011 Bioinformatics BIOSTATS 6012 Longitudinal and Correlated Data BIOSTATS 6013 Advanced Clinical Trials & Meta-Analysis BIOSTATS 6014 Bayesian Statistical Methods BIOSTATS 6015 Health Indicators and Health Surveys BIOSTATS 6016 Clinical Biostatistics