PhD core courses

 

Ethics

• QBS 700 Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research

Computer Science

• QBS 103 Foundations of Data Science (0.5 unit)

Introduction to Research

• QBS 110 Integrative Biomedical Sciences Seminar (0.5 unit)

Biostatistics

• QBS 119 Applied Biostatistics OR QBS 120 Foundations of Biostatistics I: Statistical Theory 
• QBS 121 Foundations of Biostatistics II: Regression Modeling

Bioinformatics

• QBS 146 Foundations of Bioinformatics I
• Choose one of the following:
  • QBS 108 Applied Machine Learning
  • QBS 126 Analysis of Densely Collected Longitudinal Data
    

  • QBS 139 Advanced Methods in Health Services Research
  • QBS 140 Decision & Cost-Effective Analysis

Epidemiology

• QBS 130 Foundations of Epidemiology I
• QBS 131 Foundations of Epidemiology II: Theory and Methods 

Journal clubs

QBS Journal club offerings

• QBS 193 Independent Journal Club (0.5 unit)
• QBS 194 Biostatistics Journal Club (0.5 unit)
• QBS 270 QBS Journal Club: Epidemiology (0.5 unit)
• QBS 270 QBS Journal Club: Bioinformatics (0.5 unit)
• QBS 270 QBS Journal Club: Biostatistics (0.5 unit)
• QBS 271 Advanced Epidemiology Journal Club (0.5 unit)

Additional journal club offerings

• BIOL 265 Microbial Ecology and Environmental Biology
• BIOL 268 Genes and Gene Products
• COSC 189 Topics in Applied Computer Science
• ENGG 260 Advances in Biotechnology
• GENE 261 Cancer Biology
• MICR 264 and 265 Microbiology and Immunology - Graduate Research Colloquium

Supervised teaching

• QBS 196 Supervised Teaching in QBS

Graduate research

• QBS 187 QBS PhD Student Internship
• QBS 197 Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences I
• QBS 198 Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences II
• QBS 199 Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences III
• QBS 297 Advanced Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences I
• QBS 298 Advanced Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences II
• QBS 299 Advanced Graduate Research in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences III

Limits and requirements

• QBS 270 Quantitative Biomedical Sciences Journal Club is required for PhD students in their first year.
• Nine journal club courses are required.
• QBS 700 Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research does not count toward the units of coursework required for the PhD 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.