Biostatistics
Table of units of study: Biostatistics
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Part 1 |
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| PUBH5010 Epidemiology Methods and Uses |
6 | N BSTA5011,CEPI5100 |
Semester 1 |
| BSTA5011 Epidemiology for Biostatisticians |
6 | N PUBH5010 |
Semester 2 |
Part 2 |
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| Graduate diploma students, with no waivers, must complete all units of study from Part 2 of table, except BSTA5009 | |||
| BSTA5009 is a compulsory unit of study for master's students | |||
| BSTA5001 Mathematics Background for Biostatistics |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| BSTA5002 Principles of Statistical Inference |
6 | P BSTA5023 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BSTA5004 Data Management and Statistical Computing |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| BSTA5006 Design of Randomised Controlled Trials |
6 | P BSTA5001 and (BSTA5011 or PUBH5010) |
Semester 2 |
| BSTA5007 Linear Models |
6 | P BSTA5023 and (BSTA5011 or PUBH5010) C BSTA5002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BSTA5008 Categorical Data and GLMs |
6 | C BSTA5007 |
Semester 2 |
| BSTA5009 Survival Analysis |
6 | P BSTA5007 |
Semester 1 |
| BSTA5023 Probability and Distribution Theory |
6 | P BSTA5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Part 3 |
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| BSTA5003 Health Indicators and Health Surveys |
6 | C BSTA5001 |
Semester 1 |
| BSTA5005 Clinical Biostatistics |
6 | P BSTA5002 and (BSTA5011 or PUBH5010) and BSTA5006 C BSTA5007 |
Semester 1 |
| BSTA5012 Longitudinal and Correlated Data |
6 | P BSTA5008 |
Semester 1 |
| BSTA5013 Bioinformatics |
6 | P BSTA5007 This unit of study is only offered in odd numbered years. It is available in 2017. |
Semester 2 |
| BSTA5014 Bayesian Statistical Methods This unit of study is not available in 2017 |
6 | P BSTA5001 and BSTA5002 and BSTA5007 and BSTA5008 and (PUBH5010 or BSTA5011) and BSTA5023 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5215 Introductory Analysis of Linked Data |
6 | P (PUBH5010 or BSTA5011 or CEPI5100) and (PUBH5211 or BSTA5004) |
Intensive June Intensive November |
| BSTA5013 is only available in odd years and BSTA5014 is only available in even years. | |||
Part 4 |
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| BSTA5020 Biostatistics Research Project Part A |
6 | P 24 credit points including BSTA5004 and BSTA5007 C BSTA5021 N BSTA5022 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BSTA5021 Biostatistics Research Project Part B |
6 | P 24 credit points including BSTA5004 and BSTA5007 N BSTA5022 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BSTA5022 Biostatistics Research Project Part C |
6 | P 24 credit points including BSTA5004 and BSTA5007 N BSTA5020 or BSTA5021 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| Master's degree students must submit a Biostatistics Research Project Portfolio, comprising either two projects (Part A and Part B) or one project (Part C). | |||
| A student must be enrolled in order to submit the biostatistics research project portfolio. If a student is not able to submit his/her biostatistics research project portfolio after enrolling once in Part C or once in both Part A and Part B, then he/she must re-enrol in a minimum of six credit points of biostatistics research project portfolio units of study, with the concomitant financial liability, every semester until he/she submits. | |||