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Originally Posted by tonym9428
Your math coursework is fine, especially in regard to a MS in Biostats. If you want a PhD in Biostats at a top school (Univ of WA, JHU, etc), then it may be a different story.
It depends on what you want to do. I generally suggested that anyone who is interested in Data Science or statistics jobs should study stats or biostats. Most DS jobs are technical, and statistics jobs have increasingly gone that route also, so whatever you do , make sure to take some CS coursework OR learn to program well.
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Thank you very much for your helpful commentary. I am only interested in a MS, not PhD. So, are you saying that the level of the math courses I'd take at a master's in biostats level would be easier than for a PhD? I was browsing through the descriptions of some of the coursework for my preferred schools and most of the classes seemed to have "introductory" or "basic grounding" as keywords, as opposed to the PhD courses which had "advanced".
I basically am very interested in anything related to epidemiology, infectious diseases, public health but at the same time I want to study something that'll be highly employable, well paid and sought after in the future and from my research so far, biostatistics seems to fit that bill perfectly. Plus, I wouldnt have to start from scratch, like I would if I were to do say, Medical School, since I already have what I think/hope is a pretty decent grounding in math and stats.
Thank you again.
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