The 42.5 credit SM is typically completed over Fall and Spring semesters of one academic year and is designed for applicants with a medical degree or master’s-level background in relevant disciplines (e.g., biology, chemistry, genetics, physiology, bioengineering, and related social and computational sciences). Some students begin the program by also completing one of the Summer programs in Clinical Effectiveness or Public Health Studies.
**The GRE is recommended but not required for the degree application. Applicants that are not submitting GRE scores should be able to show quantitative skills in other areas of their application (ie: transcripts, research experience, letters of recommendation). If you have questions about this, please contact Eric DiGiovanni at edigiova@hsph.harvard.edu
Questions regarding this program can be directed to either our Faculty Director, Pamela Rist (prist@mail.harvard.edu) or our program administrator Jeffrey Noyes (jnoyes@hsph.harvard.edu).
| Course Requirement (2.5 credits = 1/2 term course or ~7-8 weeks, 5 credits =full semester or ~15-16 weeks) |
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| Epi 201 | Introduction to Epidemiology (2.5 cr) |
| Epi 202 | Elements of Epidemiologic Research (2.5 cr) |
| Epi 203 | Study Design in Epidemiological Research (2.5 cr) |
| Epi 204 | Analysis of Case-Control and Cohort Studies (2.5 cr) |
| Bst 201 | Introduction to Statistical Methods (5 cr) |
| Bst 210 OR 213 |
Analysis of Rates and Proportions(5 cr) OR Applies Regression for Clinical Research (5 cr) |
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Course Requirements
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**All core courses listed above must be taken for ordinal grading**
At the end of the 42.5 Credit Master of Science program, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate basic skills in core public health sciences of epidemiology and biostatistics.
- Develop comprehensive knowledge of the role of epidemiology as a basic science for public health and clinical medicine to provide a quantitative approach to addressing public health and clinical problems.
- Interpret descriptive epidemiologic results in order to develop hypotheses of possible risk factors for a disease.
- Critically evaluate public health and medical literature through knowledge gained of the basic principles and methods of epidemiology, including disease (outcome) measures, measures of association, study design options, bias, confounding, and effect measure modification.
- Develop a foundation for designing valid and efficient protocols to address public health and clinical problems.
- Apply quantitative skills to analyze and synthesize epidemiologic data related to public health issues.
- Design, implement, analyze and/or summarize an epidemiologic research project.
