Courses

BIOSTATISTICS

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • Special students and students from other departments or universities require the permission of the course instructor.
  • Course numbers BIOS 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698 and 699 belong to a group of Special Topics course numbers, and can be used only once. If you have used any of these numbers in a previous course, please contact the Student Affairs Office.
  • Several required courses and relevant elective courses for our programs are offered at the department of Mathematics and Statistics. Please visit their website for further details on these courses.
  • Elective courses may also be taken from other universities in Montreal. Please see the ISM listings for courses open to McGill students.
  • Courses from other departments may also be appropriate; see, for example, PSYC 541.

Fall 2023

Classes begin: August 30

Fall Reading Break: October 6, 10 and 11

Makeup Days: Thursday, Nov. 30 is the make-up lecture day for Monday classes and will follow a Monday schedule (see www.mcgill.ca/importantdates/key-dates)

Classes end: December 5

BIOS 601 Epi: Intro&Statistical Models 4 Credits
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BIOS 612 Adv. Generalized Linear Models 4 Credits
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BIOS 624 Data Analysis & Report Writing 4 Credits
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BIOS 694 Special Topics in Biostats 4 4 Credits
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Topic: Machine Learning
This course aims to interconnect the traditional concepts of biostatistics with the emerging methodologies of machine learning. The objective is to foster a deeper understanding of the insights emerging from machine learning and enrich the analytical skills developed from conventional graduate-level Biostatistics courses. The course will introduce students to innovative machine learning algorithms and data analytics techniques that are critical for prediction, classification, and data pattern recognition tasks as well as their challenges and issues. Primarily, we'll focus on the application of these techniques within the realms of biostatistics and epidemiology. By the end of this course, students will be better equipped to navigate health science problems with an enriched statistical toolkit.

BIOS 702 Ph.D. Proposal
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MATH 533 Regression and ANOVA 4 Credits
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MATH 556 Mathematical Statistics 1 4 Credits
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Winter 2024

Classes begin: January 4

Winter Reading Break: March 4 to 8

Makeup Days: Thursday, April 11 is the make-up lecture day for Monday classes and will follow a Monday schedule. (see www.mcgill.ca/importantdates/key-dates)

Classes end: April 12

BIOS 602 Epidemiology:Regression Models 4 Credits
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BIOS 702 Ph.D. Proposal
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MATH 523 Generalized Linear Models 4 Credits
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MATH 557 Mathematical Statistics 2 4 Credits
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