POPH90013 Biostatistics (University of Melbourne): rated 4.7/5 overall across 7 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
POPH90013 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences in Population Health. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 生物统计学
Type: Graduate coursework subject
Subject area: Population Health
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Level: Graduate coursework Level 9
Handbook year: 2026
This subject is compulsory for students enrolled in the Master of Public Health, Master of Epidemiology and the Master of Science (Epidemiology). Students should enrol in this subject early in their program of study.
POPH90013 has 7 scored reviews: overall 4.7/5 · usefulness 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 4 StudentVIP reviews (average 5.0 stars); 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.3/5).
On Reddit: "I did the subject last year. I had Enes but I believe there's a new coordinator for the subject starting this year (I've heard it's Anurika but correct me if I'm wrong - she taught us about odds and pooled ratios for 2 weeks and she was great). I had very little knowledge prior …"
On Reddit: "I think POPH90013 is also a good choice for electives, I study like 3 hr/week and get an H1. COMP90059 definitely is a really useful subject, it just needs a lot more practice to be able to solve questions faster during an exam."
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Q: Is POPH90013 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 7 reviews: usefulness 5.0/5, overall 4.7/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches POPH90013, and when is it offered?
A: POPH90013 is taught by the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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