I haven taken all the required math courses for the MS degree. Can I be admitted to the MS (MPH, DrPH, PHD) program?
For the MS and DrPH degrees, we seek applicants with two years of calculus and at least one quarter or semester of linear algebra to enter. We do admit applicants who have not had that full set of courses, but the applicant will need to make up the deficiency. If you do have deficiencies in your math background, we strongly encourage you to make up as much as possible before next Fall quarter. It is possible to make up maybe one or two courses after admission, but taking math courses while at UCLA will interfere with taking available special-topic courses in Biostatistics. For the PhD degree, we would encourage more mathematics background. For the MPH degree, we seek applicants with at least one year of advanced mathematics. Not having taken all the recommended preparation math courses will not make you ineligible, but it will be an indicator to the admissions committee that you do not have adequate math background to be able to follow the pace of our courses. In general, the more math
