SPH BS at Boston University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SPH BS coursework.

• SPH BS 723Introduction to Statistical Applications in SASopens 19 courses (14 directly)
• SPH BS 730Introduction to Statistical Applications in Ropens 12 courses (11 directly)
• SPH BS 851Applied Statistics in Clinical Trials 1opens 3 courses (3 directly)
• SPH BS 818Basic Survival Analysisopens 1 course (1 directly)
• SPH BS 857Analysis of Correlated Dataopens 1 course (1 directly)
• SPH BS 858Statistical Geneticsopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate SPH BS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 32 SPH BS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 9 more SPH BS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in SPH BS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at SPH BS 854

  1. SPH BS 704Introduction to Biostatistics
  2. SPH BS 723Introduction to Statistical Applications in SAS
  3. SPH BS 851Applied Statistics in Clinical Trials 1
  4. SPH BS 861Applied Statistics in Clinical Trials 2
  5. SPH BS 854Bayesian Methods in Clinical Trials

• 4 courses deep, ending at SPH BS 807

  1. SPH BS 704Introduction to Biostatistics
  2. SPH BS 723Introduction to Statistical Applications in SAS
  3. SPH EP 854Advanced Epidemiology

• 4 courses deep, ending at SPH BS 828

  1. SPH BS 704Introduction to Biostatistics
  2. SPH BS 723Introduction to Statistical Applications in SAS
  3. SPH BS 818Basic Survival Analysis

• 4 courses deep, ending at SPH BS 860

  1. SPH BS 704Introduction to Biostatistics
  2. SPH BS 723Introduction to Statistical Applications in SAS
  3. SPH BS 858Statistical Genetics

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for SPH BS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SPH BS yet.

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Department events

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