The master's degree program is designed to provide students with the epidemiologic and biostatistical skills essential to engaging in clinical and population-based research. Students are trained in a wide range of applications of epidemiologic methods, from investigation into the causes of disease to the means for prevention. The program prepares students to participate in public health activities sponsored by government and non-governmental organizations such as health planning, disease control, and community health projects.

Credits

40 credits are required

Length

2-6 years, core courses can be completed in 2 academic years, but a student has up to 6 years to complete and defend a master’s thesis

Schedule

Typical 2 year schedule of courses is listed below (* denotes pre/co-requisite courses)

Fall & Spring Semesters	the year long 6 session non-credit workshops run by the Graduate School "Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) series". A brochure can be downloaded from: http://grad.msu.edu/rcr/
1st Fall:	EPI 810* (Intro to Epi) EPI 811 (Epi Applications) EPI 808* (Biostatistics I) EPI 851* (SAS Programming I) EPI 831 & 832 (Global Burden of Disease) STT 425* (Biostatistics I) (Epi elective)
1st Spring:	LCS 829 (Design of Epi studies and clinical trial) EPI 809 (Biostatistics II) EPI 852* (SAS Programming II) Epi 833 & 834 (Global Burden of Disease)
Summer	(Epi elective) (Thesis credits) EPI 899 Epi : every year, one-credit Research Ethics course
2^nd Fall:	EPI 812 (Causal Inference) EPI 826 (Research Methods in Epi) EPI 831 & 832 (Global Burden of Disease) (Epi elective) (Thesis credits) EPI 899
2^nd Spring:	EPI 813 (Outbreak Investigation) Courses not completed in 1^st Spring Epi 833 & 834 (Global Burden of Disease) (Epi elective) (Thesis credits) EPI 899