As many units of study have pre- or co-requisites, and some are offered in one semester only, some recommendations for the way you might structure your program of study are listed below. There are different options, depending on what you have studied to date, and hence what exemptions you have.

The examples are not exhaustive and variations are possible. You may wish to discuss your own program with the Biostatistics Program Coordinator at your home university.

The following tables include the complete set of units required to complete a Masters. The Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma are subsets of these. Please check the requirements for the specific course you wish to enrol in.

For an overview of requirements per course and unit prerequisites, see the curriculum.

Note: BAY and SGX are offered in alternate years.

Table A:  for students studying part-time, starting in Semester 1 and studying two units per semester

No
Exemptions
EPI
only
MFB
only
MFB + PSI
Year 1
Semester 1EPI + MFBMFB + DMCEPI + DMCEPI + DMC
Semester 2PSI + DMCPSI + electivePSI + electiveRM1 + elective
Year 2
Semester 1RM1 + electiveRM1 + electiveRM1 + electiveRM2 + elective
Semester 2RM2 + electiveRM2 + electiveRM2 + elective2 electives
Year 3
Semester 12 of *WPP/elective2 of *WPP/elective2 of *WPP/elective2 of *WPP/elective
Semester 22 of *WPP/elective2 of *WPP/elective2 of *WPP/elective2 of *WPP/elective

* Students undertaking a single-unit WPP would typically enrol in this in their final semester, although this is not mandated.

Table B: for students studying part-time, starting in Semester 1 and studying one unit per semester

No exemptionsEPI onlyMFB onlyMFB + PSI
Year 1
Semester 1MFBMFBDMCEPI
Semester 2DMCDMCPSIDMC
Year 2
Semester 1EPIPSIEPIRM1
Semester 2PSIRM1RM1RM2
Year 3
Semester 1RM1RM2RM2elective
Semester 2RM2electiveelectiveelective
Year 4
Semester 1electiveelectiveelectiveelective
Semester 2electiveelectiveelectiveelective
Year 5
Semester 1*WPP/elective*WPP/elective*WPP/elective*WPP/elective
Semester 2*WPP/elective*WPP/elective*WPP/elective*WPP/elective
Year 6
Semester 1*WPP/elective*WPP/elective*WPP/elective*WPP/elective
Semester 2*WPP/elective*WPP/elective*WPP/elective*WPP/elective
*Students undertaking a single-unit WPP would typically enrol in this in their final semester, although this is not mandated.

Table C: for students studying full-time, starting in Semester 1

No exemptionsEPI onlyMFB onlyMFB + PSI
Year 1
Semester 1EPI + MFB + DMC + electiveMFB + DMC + 2 electivesEPI + DMC + PSI + electiveEPI + DMC + RM1* + elective
Semester 2PSI + RM1 + 2 electivesPSI + RM1 + 2 electivesRM1 + 3 electivesRM2 + 3 electives
Year 2
Semester 1RM2 + WPP + electivesRM2 + WPP + electivesRM2 + WPP + electivesWPP + electives
* RM1: Program Coordinator approval is required for taking RM1 and EPI simultaneously.

Electives

Students enrolled in the Masters program can complete up to two elective units from outside of the pool of BCA electives. These can be chosen from the list of endorsed courses/programs at your home university. ​​

Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma program can complete one such elective unit.

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