MS Epidemiology core courses

Ethics

• QBS 700 Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research

Epidemiology

• QBS 130/BIOL 072 Foundations of Epidemiology I: Theory and Methods
• QBS 131/BIOL 073 Foundations of Epidemiology II: Theory and Methods 
• QBS 136 Applied Epidemiological Methods I (0.5 unit)
• QBS 137 Applied Epidemiological Methods II (0.5 unit)
• Choose two of the following:
  • QBS 132 Molecular Biologic Markers in Human Health Studies 
  • QBS 133 Clinical Epidemiology
  • QBS 134 Topics in Epidemiology

Biostatistics

• QBS 119/PH 217 Applied Biostatistics OR QBS 120/PH 271 Foundations of Biostatistics I: Statistical Theory 
• QBS 121/PH 271 Foundations of Biostatistics II: Statistical Modeling

Bioinformatics

• QBS 146/GENE 146 Foundations of Bioinformatics I

Computer Science

• QBS 103 Foundations of Data Science (0.5 unit)
• QBS 101 Foundations of Programming for Data Scientists (0.5 unit)
  • Students may have the option to test out each quarter. These units must be fulfilled with additional elective units.

Capstone

• QBS 185.5 QBS MS Capstone Preparation Course (0.5 unit)
• QBS 185 QBS MS Capstone (3 units)

Limits and requirements

• QBS 700 Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research does not count toward the 18 units of coursework required for the MS degree.
• Students who matriculate Fall 2021 and beyond may not take more than 4 units of coursework per quarter unless approved by QBS administration and leadership. For the Fall quarter, this unit limit does not count pre-term courses QBS 103 Foundations of Data Science, QBS 700 Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research, and QBS 110 Integrative Biomedical Sciences Seminar.