The Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology offers an accelerated master’s degree option in Biostatistics. Interested undergraduates apply for this program in the fall of their junior year. Accepted students will take four courses (12 credits) at the graduate level during their junior and senior years. These four courses must be above and beyond the requirements for their Bachelor's degree and the additional credits will be transferred to the M.S. program. The MS in Biostatistics requires 45 credits.