Postgraduate Diploma in Biostatistics (645AA) // Course structure
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About this course
Coordinator
Professor John Carlin
Contact
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
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Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: MSPGH Website
- Email: Enquiry Form
Course structure
This course is available on a part-time basis only, and at the maximum rate of 2 subjects per semester requires 2 years to complete (100 credit points).
All subjects are taught by distance education, via a consortium of universities known as the Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia (BCA). For further details, see the BCA website: www.bca.edu.au.
Subject options
Core Subjects
Students must complete the following CORE subjects (unless exemptions are granted on the basis of equivalent prior study).
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| POPH90018 | Data Management & Statistical Computing |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| POPH90016 | Epidemiology |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| POPH90015 | |||
| POPH90017 | Principles of Statistical Inference |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| POPH90148 | Probability and Distribution Theory |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| POPH90121 | Categorical Data & GLMs | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90119 | Design of Randomised Controlled Trials | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90120 | Linear Models |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| POPH90118 | Clinical Biostatistics | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90117 | Health Indicators and Health Surveys | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90123 | Longitudinal and Correlated Data | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90122 | Survival Analysis | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90139 | Bayesian Statistical Methods | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| POPH90124 | Bioinformatics | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 21 February 2025