MS Plan of Study: 3.5 years

• CLR 520: Regulatory Affairs & Quality Management* (3 hrs)
• CLR 550: Clinical Research Trial Design & Data Management* (3 hrs)

TOTAL: 6 credit hours

• CLR 501: Clinical Research Monitoring & Ethics* (3 hrs)
• CLR 510: Advanced Scientific Writing & Interpreting Medical Literature* (3 hrs)

TOTAL: 9 credit hours

• CLR 512: Pharmacotherapeutics for Clinical Research and Product Development (3 hrs)
• CLR 515: Epidemiology & Safety (2 hrs)

TOTAL: 5 credit hours

• CLR 525 - Current Issues in Global Regulatory Development & Management (3 hrs)
• CLR 530 - Project Management in Clinical Research (3 hrs)

TOTAL: 6 credit hours

• CLR 545: Biopharmaceutical Technology Management (3 hrs)
• CLR 555: Innovative Drug Product Development (3 hrs)

TOTAL: 6 credit hours

• CLR 540: Post-Marketing Studies (3 hrs)
• CLR 597: Master’s Project – Part 1± (2 hrs)

TOTAL: 5 credit hours

• CLR 597: Master’s Project – Part 2± (1 hr)

TOTAL: 1 credit hour

TOTAL ACADEMIC CREDITS: 36

Information on the Master's Project (Capstone; CLR 597) (±)

• Students are eligible to enroll after completing the 4 required core courses.
• Course Coordinator (CC)/Instructor approval is required for course registration.
• During the spring semester (eg, February), student will receive a registration notice of their expected enrollment in Part 1. Students must inform the CC by the stated deadline (eg, March) of the student’s intent to enroll in the CLR 597 for the fall or spring term.
• CLR 597 is a 3 credit hours course completed over 2 semesters:
  • Part 1 - Proposal writing and proposal defense (2 credits; 1 semester)
  • Part 2 - Implementation and completion of the project, analysis, and reporting as a final paper and project defense presentation (1 credit; 1 semester)