Refer to the Timetable of Class Meetings for up-to-date course offerings and schedules.
Year 1 students (click to expand)
Pre-term 2022
QBS 110 Integrative Biomedical Sciences Seminar
QBS 103 Foundations of Data Science
QBS 700 Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research
Fall 2022
QBS 119 Applied Biostatistics OR QBS 120 Foundations of Biostatistics I: Statistical Theory
QBS 130 Foundations of Epidemiology I: Theory and Methods
QBS 270 QBS Journal Club: Epidemiology
QBS 197 Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences I (first rotation)
Winter 2023
QBS 121 Foundations of Biostatistics II: Statistical Modeling
QBS 131 Foundations of Epidemiology II: Theory and Methods
QBS 270 QBS Journal Club: Biostatistics
QBS 197 Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences I (second rotation)
Spring 2023
QBS 146 Foundations of Bioinformatics I
QBS 270 QBS Journal Club: Bioinformatics
QBS 197 Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences I (third rotation)
One of the following:
- QBS 108 Machine Learning
- QBS 139 Advanced Method in Health Services Research
- QBS 140 Decision and Cost-effective Analysis
Summer 2023
Year 1 students who are teaching assistants during Summer 2023 enroll in QBS 196 Supervised Teaching in QBS.
Year 1 students begin work on their qualifying exam.
Year 1 students enroll in one research course, determined by their workload.
Year 2 students (click to expand)
Year 2 students enroll in QBS 196 Supervised Teaching in QBS during terms when they are teaching assistants.
Year 2 students are expected to work on and defend their qualifying exam during this year.
Year 2 students enroll in one research course each term, determined by their workload and qualifying exam status.
Fall 2022
Winter 2023
Spring 2023
Summer 2023
Year 3 students (click to expand)
Year 3 students enroll in QBS 196 Supervised Teaching in QBS during terms when they are teaching assistants.
Year 3 students enroll in one research course each term, determined by their workload and qualifying exam status.
Fall 2022
Winter 2023
Spring 2023
Summer 2023
Research courses
- QBS 197 Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences I: 1 unit, pre-qualifying exam
- QBS 198 Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences II: 2 units, pre-qualifying exam
- QBS 199 Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences III: 3 units, pre-qualifying exam
- QBS 297 Advanced Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences I: 1 unit, post-qualifying exam
- QBS 298 Advanced Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences II: 2 units, post-qualifying exam
- QBS 299 Advanced Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences III: 3 units, post-qualifying exam
Fall 2022 journal clubs
- QBS 270 Quantitative Biomedical Sciences Journal Club: Epidemiology
- QBS 194 Biostatistics Journal Club
- QBS 193 Independent Journal Club
Journal clubs in programs outside QBS may be accepted for the PhD requirement. Email Dr. Kristine Giffin for information.
Winter 2023 journal clubs
Coming soon.
Spring 2023 journal clubs
Coming soon.
Fall 2022 electives
- QBS 101 Foundations of Programming for Data Scientists
- QBS 110.5 Integrative Biomedical Sciences Seminar Project
- QBS 123 Biostatistics Consulting Lab
- QBS 132 Molecular Biologic Markers in Human Health Studies
- QBS 181 Data Wrangling
- QBS 195 Independent Study
Winter 2023 electives
- QBS 101 Foundations of Programming for Data Scientists
- QBS 123 Biostatistics Consulting Lab
- QBS 125 Biomedical Informatics
- QBS 136 Applied Epidemiological Methods
- QBS 177 Methods of Statistical Learning for Big Data
- QBS 180 Data Visualization
- QBS 192 Health Informatics
- QBS 195 Independent Study
Spring 2023 electives
- QBS 101 Foundations of Programming for Data Scientists
- QBS 108 Machine Learning
- QBS 122 Foundations of Biostatistics III: Modeling Complex Data
- QBS 123 Biostatistics Consulting Lab
- QBS 124 Advanced Biomedical Data Analysis
- QBS 126 Analysis of Densely Collected Longitudinal Data
- QBS 133 Clinical Epidemiology
- QBS 139 Advanced Methods in Health Services Research
- PH 147 Advanced Health Services Research with ILE Project
- QBS 140 Decision and Cost Effectiveness Analysis
- QBS 195 Independent Study
Summer 2023 electives
Coming soon.