Development of a Biostatistics Major: The Simmons College Story

摘要

In 2010 the faculty at Simmons College voted to approve a new major in biostatistics. The proposal for the new major passed easily enough, but some faculty expressed concern about the "recent proliferation of new majors." Indeed, our dean was skeptical about the new major. I seem to recall a bet involving her buying me dinner if we had more than six new majors in three years. I won the bet but thought it prudent not to remind the dean of its existence.