Comparative Biomedical Sciences (PhD): Population and Global Health

Degree Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses
CBS 565	Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences	3
ST 511	Statistical Methods For Researchers I	3
or ST 517	Applied Statistical Methods I
CBS 662	Professional Conduct in Biomedical Research	1
CBS 800	CBS Seminar	1
CBS 800	CBS Seminar	1
CBS 800	CBS Seminar	1
Total Hours		10

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses		10
See "Core Courses" listed above
Concentration Courses		12
CBS 650	Population Medicine Forum (Seminar in Pop Med & Vet Public Health) ¹
or CBS 595	Special Topics
CBS 650	Population Medicine Forum (Seminar in Pop Med & Vet Public Health)
CBS 650	Population Medicine Forum (Seminar in Pop Med & Vet Public Health)
CBS 775	Designing population-based research
Elective Courses		6
See "Elective Courses" listed below
Total Hours		28

Other concentration seminars can be substituted

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Select at least three of the following courses:
CBS 580	Epidemiology I	3
CBS 586	One Health: From Philosophy to Practice	2
CBS 649	Issues in Preventive Medicine and Public Health	1
CBS 713	Zoonoses and Public Health	3
CBS 754	Epidemiology II	3
CBS 776	Infectious Disease Dynamics
BMA 560	Population Ecology	3
BMA 567	Modeling of Biological Systems	4
GN 703	Population and Quantitative Genetics	3
SOC 755	Global Institutions and Markets	3
SOC 762	Sociology of Food Systems	3
SOC 761	Contemporary Debates in Food & Environment	3
PA 511	Public Policy Analysis	3
PA 715	Quantitative Policy Analysis	3
BIT 477	Metagenomics	2
BIT 815	Advanced Special Topics	1-6
ST 505	Applied Nonparametric Statistics	3
ST 506	Sampling Animal Populations	3
ST 512	Statistical Methods For Researchers II	3
ST 520	Statistical Principles of Clinical Trials	3
ST 531	Experimental Design	3
ST 533	Applied Spatial Statistics	3
ST 535	Statistical Methods for Quality and Productivity Improvement	3
ST 537	Applied Multivariate and Longitudinal Data Analysis	3
ST 540	Applied Bayesian Analysis	3
ST 544	Applied Categorical Data Analysis	3
ST 590	Special Topics (Intro to Bioinformatics)	1-6
ST 590	Special Topics (Bioinformatics II)	1-6
ST 745	Analysis of Survival Data	3