Graduate Certificate in Clinical Research

Boost Your Career by Expanding Your Expertise in Clinical Trials

In this flexible three-course program at our Boston campus and online, you’ll gain a solid understanding of research methodology and protocol development, clinical trial conduct, and ethical and regulatory oversight. Your online and face-to-face coursework will feature executives with experience in drugs, devices, biologics, healthcare, and policy. You’ll graduate with an expanded toolkit for developing, conducting, and monitoring clinical trials without the commitment of a graduate-degree program. The program starts in the fall, spring, and summer.

Your Three-Course Journey

Our research-and-development focused curriculum prepares you to help carry scientific breakthroughs through the arduous process of product development, clinical trials, and regulatory management.

Topics include:

Clinical trial management
Protocol design
Proposal development
Human-subject protection
Research methodologies.

Many students choose to take two courses in their first semester and one course in their second semester.

Admission Requirements

For admission to the program, an applicant must have:

Baccalaureate degree in related field preferred
Experience, interest or current employment in a research field

Curriculum

COURSE	TITLE	SEMESTER HOURS
MCR 802	Research Methodology and Development of Protocols and Proposals	3
MCR 803	Conduct of Clinical Trials	3
DRA 808	Protection of Human Research Subjects	3
Total Semester Hours		9

Sample Curriculum

Our flexible course schedule allows students to go customize their curriculum plan to fit their needs. The following is a sample curriculum plan for the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Research.