Subject: Biomedical Sciences
Course Number: 225A
Course Title: Biostatistics and Computational Biology
Units: 2.5
School: Graduate Division
Department: Biomedical Sciences Program

Course Description: This course provides a module-based overview of the biostatistical ideas and tools needed to work as a biomedical researcher.The course includes classes in Unix, Python and R. Other modules cover study designs, summarizing data, distributions, hypothesis testing, using R for biostatistical analysis, performing and reporting reproducible analysis, multiple test correction, and practical considerations for outliers and robust statistics.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to UCSF Graduate Program or permission of instructor.
Activities: Direct - Lecture, Direct - Workshop, Direct - Discussion, Student - Lecture, Student - Workshop, Student - Discussion

Instructor of Record: A. Ferguson
May the student choose the instructor for this course? No
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? Yes

Quarter(s) Offered: Fall
Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Graduate Division course: Yes
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? Yes
Repeat course for credit? No