Curriculum

If you are interested in the statistics area of concentration, you should speak to the Chair of your PhD Supervisory Committee. You will need to work with your chair and your supervisory committee members to develop a Statistics Area of Concentration Coursework Proposal as part of your overall Program of Study.

To begin work in this statistics area of concentration, you must meet the following requirements:

• You must have completed the basic statistical and methodological course requirements for the PhD program.
• Your supervisory committee must be established, and include one member related to the statistics area of concentration: a School of Nursing graduate faculty member who is currently teaching quantitative methodology in nursing; a School of Nursing faculty member who is also a CSSS affiliate faculty member; and/or a core faculty member from CSSS.
• If your program of study has already been approved by your supervisory committee, you will need to submit a revised program of study to the Office of Student and Academic Affairs.

Your Coursework Proposal describes your coursework’s relevance to the statistics area of concentration and should contain the following elements:

1. At least two quarters of CS&SS 590: CSSS Seminar.
2. At least four additional advanced statistics courses for a minimum of 12 credits; at least three of the courses must be selected from the CSSS list of approved courses for the nursing concentration.
3. The rationale for the selection of specific courses.
4. The proposed sequence (quarter and year) in which you will take each statistics course.

Successful completion of the program will be based on:

• Completion of a minimum of 12 credits from at least four advanced statistical courses described and justified in the approved Area of Concentration Coursework Proposal. At least three of the courses should be CSSS 500-level courses.
• A grade of 3.3 or greater in each course designated in the area of concentration.
• Participation in at least two quarters of the CSSS Seminar, CS&SS 590.
• Upon completion of all courses and the seminar. You must submit summaries of courses completed, course syllabi, grades, and any relevant assignments, including papers or projects to your PhD Supervisory Committee for review.

Your committee will review your coursework, and your chair will inform you in writing whether or not you have successfully completed the Nursing Science Statistics Area of Concentration.

The Nursing Science Statistics Area of Concentration requires a minimum of fourteen credits of advanced statistical methods coursework above and beyond the 12 credits of statistics required for the PhD degree. Of these, two credits are fulfilled by the CSSS Seminar, and a minimum of 12 credits are fulfilled by at least four advanced statistics courses, three of which must come from the list of CSSS courses approved for the concentration.

All courses taken as part of the statistics concentration must be graded.*

A minimum of 2 quarters in CS&SS is required. The most up-to-date course descriptions for statistics course options can be found on the CSSS website.

The most up-to-date course descriptions for statistics course options can be found on the CSSS website.