MSBS in Clinical Research

Core Curriculum
PUBH 6000Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis in Public Health3
PUBH 6010Public Health Epidemiology3
HURM 6730Performance Management3
MGMT 6150Leading and Developing Yourself3
MLS 6100Interdisciplinary Research Methods3
INDI 6020On Being a Scientist1
SURG 6010Leadership in Health Care3
SURG 6020Medical Research, Simulation, Innovation, and Education3
Electives - select from following for total of 9 credits
BIPG 5100Fund Bioinformatics Proteomics3
BIPG 5200Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics3
EFSB 6590New Venture Creation3
EFSB 6690Strategic Management of Innovation3
BMSP 6250Grant Writing Workshop2
PUBH 6030Advanced Epidemiology3
PUBH 6060Advanced Biostatistics3
PUBH 6550Chronic Disease Epidemiology3
PUBH 6120Epidemiology Infectious Diseas3
PUBH 5410Hazard Control3
LAWM 5000Law And The Legal System2-3
LAWI 6710Patent Law2-3
LAWI 6720Intellectual Property Survey2-3
Additional electives may be approved on an individual basis, according to student career goals, at the graduate level within BIPG, EFSB, INDI, PUBH, LAWI, or other areas
Plan of Study Grid
First Year
First TermHours
SURG 6010 Leadership in Health Care 3
SURG 6020 Medical Research, Simulation, Innovation, and Education 3
 Hours6
Second Term
PUBH 6000 Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis in Public Health 3
PUBH 6010 Public Health Epidemiology 3
BIPG 5100 Fund Bioinformatics Proteomics 3
BIPG 5200 Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics 3
 Hours12
Third Term
HURM 6730 Performance Management 3
MGMT 6150 Leading and Developing Yourself 3
MLS 6100 Interdisciplinary Research Methods 3
PUBH 6030 Advanced Epidemiology 3
INDI 6020 On Being a Scientist 1
 Hours13
 Total Hours31
  • PLO 1) Master the essence of statistics in behavioral science needed to help analyze and describe data.
  • PLO 2) Describe how to study populations using epidemiological methods and compare populations.
  • PLO 3) Demonstrate health care in general and type of leaderships in health care.
  • PLO 4) Understand how to manage working groups and laws governing employment.
  • PLO 5) Design a research project in health care, formulate a research theory, execute a study and follow the steps from conception to publication.
  • PLO 6) Implement use of information technology in health care.
  • PLO 7) Describe leadership in general and in health care in particular.
  • PLO 8) Demonstrate concepts of leading people influencing and motivating workers to work and achieve goals.
  • PLO 9) Introduce methods of grant writing and methods of trying to obtain grants in health care.
  • PLO 10) Be effective in leading teams in research and designing research to help improve quality in health care.