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Biostatistics
The Institute offers 100+ courses in statistics and analytics; this particular certificate program focuses on those courses relevant for the study of topics in biostatistics, which include controlled clinical trials, epidemiology and environmental science. Most courses are 4 weeks long, do not require you to be online at specific times during the week, and offer continuing education credits. The workload for the entire program is the equivalent of 21 credits in the U.S. academic system.
The courses are taught by recognized authorities with whom you share a private discussion forum for the entire course period.
Most PASS candidates choose to take one course at a time. With courses starting every week of the year, there is considerable scheduling flexibility. Admission applications are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year.
Application Fee: $75
Program Registration Fee:$495
Estimated Required Course Tuition: $2793
Estimated Electives Course Tuition: $2675
Estimated Material Cost: $980
Estimated Total Cost: $7018
Biostatistics
Program Objectives
Students completing the Program successfully will gain mastery of biostatistical topics, plus specific skills and use of software tools important to statistical analysis of data in the life sciences. There is a small group of required topics, plus a number of electives. Students select one of several concentration strands (see below) to guide their choice of electives.
Concentration Strands and Electives
The program offers a set of core courses that are required, as well as a set of electives from which you can choose those of interest. Different concentration strands within the program are available, corresponding to different sets of electives. These strands are optional; if you successfully complete the courses in the strand this will be reflected on your PASS transcript.
- Controlled Trials: We suggest Clinical Trials - Pharmacokinetics and Bioequivalence, Logistic Regression, and choosing two or more among Adaptive Designs for Clinical Trials, Sample Size for Cluster Randomized Trials, Biostatistics in R - Clinical Trial Applications, Safety Monitoring in Clinical Trials
- Epidemiology: We suggest Epidemiologic Statistics, Cluster Analysis, Logistic Regression, Sample Size for Cluster Randomized Trials
- Environmental and Ecological Statistics: We suggest Ecological and Environmental Sampling, Bayesian Environmental Statistics, Logistic Regression, Cluster Analysis, Spatial Statistics
- Bayesian Statistics: We suggest Introduction to Bayesian Statistics, Introduction to Bayesian Computing and Techniques, Bayesian Regression Modeling via MCMC, Bayesian Hierarchical and Multi-Level Models.
- Other electives, besides these strand-specific ones, are also available.
Planning your Program
Most courses are four weeks long, and are scheduled either once or twice a year. Courses start on specific dates, but do not require you to be online at any particular time of the day. Since various courses are available throughout the year, the Program provides flexibility in scheduling.
Use the interactive "Plan Your PASS" tool to map out your program. Additionally, the required and elective courses are listed below in alphabetical order with the next available date. IMPORTANT: The interactive planning tool does not include detailed information on prerequisites for each course. See the course description for that information.
After your successful acceptance into PASS, you can begin your program with any course, based on your own background, the level of difficulty and whether you meet individual course prerequisites.
As a PASS candidate, you are eligible for the academic affiliation tuition reduction - indicate "PASS" when prompted for your academic affiliation during online registration. As an added benefit, if you register online for three courses simultaneously, an automatic $200 reduction is applied. Please note that payment of tuition and fees does not include the purchase of any required texts or software.
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When To Apply
Applications are accepted and students are enrolled year round on a rolling basis. You pay an application fee and submit it with your application form. You may pay the fee online here, or enclose a check (USD drawn on a US bank) with your application. NOTE: The application is your opportunity to specifically outline your past education and experience, and provide any other information you want us to consider during our review. The value of this background and experience is the ability to place the statistical methods covered in the Program in an appropriate application context. Once we have accepted your application, we will be happy to assist you with more specific questions about PASS.
Admission Criteria
- A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
- The successful recent completion of an introductory statistics course equivalent to Statistics.com's introductory courses series,* (please provide proof in your PASS application).
*If you do not meet this requirement, you may still enroll in PASS. Upon review of your application, we will determine whether you need to take Statistics.com's Statistics 1 and 2. If you do require these foundational courses, we will register you for them and waive the entire tuition fee.
Procedure for Enrollment and Matriculation in PASS
- Complete and submit the application, your photograph, and the payment of the application fee. Notification of approval is sent usually within one week.
- After your application is approved, enroll in the PASS of your choice here and pay the enrollment fee.
- If you have NOT already met the introductory statistics requirement, you will be registered for the Institute's of Statistics 1 and 2 courses. Full tuition is waived for matriculated PASS candidates.
- After you submit your application and receive approval, pay the enrollment fee, and meet the introductory statistics requirement, you will be matriculated into the program and are considered a PASS candidate. You may now register for classes as a PASS candidate and receive our academic tuition deduction - specify PASS as your academic affiliation during the online registration process.
Rules and Policies
- Once you are matriculated in PASS, you are considered a student at the Institute for Statistics Education at Statistics.com.
- You must be a fully-matriculated PASS candidate to be able to register for courses and be eligible to receive the academic tuition deduction provided during online registration.
- The Program enrollment fee is a required one-time charge in addition to tuition for individual courses.
- You are expected to complete all the courses in your Program within 5 years of your matriculation into the program. Any exceptions must be approved in writing by the Institute prior to that 5-year deadline.
- Upon completion of your PASS, you will receive a Certificate and your official transcript.
- Up to three Institute courses may be taken prior to enrolling in PASS; credit for these courses may be applied to your PASS transcript once you are a matriculated PASS candidate, provided that adequate marks are earned.
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