Program/Course Requirements

Completion requirement

In addition to the Faculty of Graduate Studies (see regulations) and home program requirements, the Specialization requires:

MSc and PhD students complete:

Complete ALL of the following Courses:

MDCH600 - Introduction to Community Health Sciences
AND MDCH640 - Fundamentals of Epidemiology
AND STAT721 - Statistical Inference
AND BIST600 - Research Seminar

PhD students must also complete STAT641 or STAT631.

Earn at least 3 credits from the following:

Biostatistics Interdisciplinary Specialization, List A Epidemiology and Health

Relevant topics courses and directed study courses (e.g., MDCH710), and courses from other programs, may be approved by the graduate program director in consultation with the supervisor.

Earn at least 3 credits from the following:

Biostatistics Interdisciplinary Specialization, List B Biostatistics/Statistics

Relevant topics courses and directed study courses (e.g. STAT601), and courses from other programs, may be approved by the graduate program director in consultation with the supervisor.

Earn at least 3 credits from the following:

Biostatistics Interdisciplinary Specialization, List A Epidemiology and Health
OR Biostatistics Interdisciplinary Specialization, List B Biostatistics/Statistics

In addition, PhD students in the Mathematics and Statistics program must pass two Preliminary Examinations in Statistics based on material for two of the following courses: STAT701, STAT721, STAT631, STAT635, STAT641.

N.B. PhD required courses (or equivalents) are based on courses taken across graduate studies; i.e., if the student has taken equivalent courses in an MSc program, they are not required to retake these courses.

Students in the Community Health Sciences program must attend all CHS departmental seminars.

Additional Program Information

Completion requirement

Advanced Credit

The applicant should make requests for advanced credit at the time of application, as part of the admissions process. See Advanced Credit for further information.

Credit for Undergraduate Courses

See requirements of home program.

Flexible Grade Option (CG Grade)

See requirements of home program.

Time Limit

Expected completion time is two years for full-time students in a thesis-based master's program and four years in a doctoral program.

The maximum completion time allowed for a thesis-based master’s program is four years. The maximum completion time allowed for a doctoral program is six years.

Supervisory Assignments and Required Examinations

See requirements of home program and the Faculty of Graduate Studies academic regulations.

Faculty Members / Research Interests

Faculty members associated with the Biostatistics specialization have wide-ranging research interests. See the Biostatistics webpage for more information.

Research topics for thesis-based MSc and PhD applicants should be decided in discussion with supervisors.

Financial Assistance

Completion requirement

See home program.

Biostatistics Interdisciplinary Specialization

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