Master of Science in Health Data Science Core Courses

Ethics:

• QBS 700 Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research

• QBS 103 Foundations of Data Science
• QBS 101 Foundations of Programming for Data Scientists 
• QBS 101.1: Intermediate Programming for Data Scientists

Biostatistics & Algorithms: 

• QBS 108 Applied Machine Learning
• QBS 119 Foundations of biostatistics I: Applied Biostatistics OR QBS 120 Foundations of Biostatistics I: Statistical Theory for the Quantitative Biomedical Sciences
• QBS 121 Foundations of Biostatistics II: Regression Modeling
• QBS 177 Methods of Statistical Learning for Big Data
• QBS 194 Biostatistics Journal Club  (0.5 unit Fall) OR QBS 270 QBS Journal Club: Epidemiology (0.5 unit Winter)

• One of the following:

• QBS 122 Foundations of Biostatistics III: Modeling Complex Data
• QBS 124 Advanced Biomedical Data Analysis
• QBS 126 Analysis of Densely Collected Longitudinal Data
• QBS 146 Foundations of Bioinformatics I

Epidemiologu

• QBS 130 Foundations of Epidemiology I: Theory and Methods

Data Visualization & Wrangling

• QBS 180 Data Visualization (0.5 unit)
• QBS 181 Data Wrangling

Capstone (Optional) 

• QBS 185.5 QBS Masters Capstone Preparation Course (0.5 unit course taken in Winter term)
• QBS 185 QBS Masters Capstone Experience (3 units)

Limits and requirements

• QBS 700 Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research does not count toward the units of coursework required for the MS degree.
• Students who matriculate Fall 2021 and beyond may not take more than 4 units of coursework per quarter unless approved by QBS administration and leadership.