• CLRES 1000: Clinical Research Methods (3 credits)

  This course introduces students to the fundamental principles of clinical research, such as the design, conduct, analysis, and interpretation of clinical research studies. Topics include an introduction to clinical research, observational and experimental study design, and bias and confounding. Through a combination of didactics, case studies, and practical exercises, students will gain skills necessary to critically evaluate clinical research literature and participate in future clinical research projects.

• CLRES 1010: Clinical Research Management (3 credits)

  This course will introduce students to the Good Clinical Practice framework, including responsibilities in designing, conducting, monitoring, documenting, and reporting clinical research studies. Topics will include federal regulations; study monitoring and audits; Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) roles, responsibilities, and regulations; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); database structures, data collection, and effective presentation of data in required reports and forms.

• CLRES 1040: Scientific Communication Skills (3 credits)

  Students in this course will develop excellent scientific writing and presentation skills. Students will learn to write effectively, producing a variety of scientific products such as a research manual, IRB protocol, and scientific abstract. Students will be expected to practice specific skills in individual and small-group projects.

• CLRES 1050: Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Research (3 credits)

  This course introduces students to fundamental ethical principles such as autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice; ethical issues arising from clinical research such as informed consent, vulnerable populations, using animals for research, and using placebos; conflicts of interest; data fabrication; authorship; and protection of human subjects. Students will complete CITI training modules as part of this course.

• CLRES 1200 Clinical Research Synthesis and Application (3 credits)

  Students in this course will obtain practical experience in clinical research through observing clinical research, shadowing clinical research teams, or gaining other hands-on clinical research experience. Students may create a clinical research study protocol, a clinical research data collection system, or other clinical research project. This course will culminate in a scientific poster session, where all students will present their projects.

• ARTSC 1020 – First Experiences in Research
• ARTSC 0121 – Continuing Experiences in Research
• ATHLTR 1800 –Principles of Research Methodology
• BIOENG 1024 – Medical Product Design
• BIOENG 1355 – Medical Product Regulation and Reimbursement
• BIOENG 2166 – Managing Medical Product Research and Development
• BIOS 1010 – Communicating in the Biological Sciences
• BIOSC 1120 – Biostatistics
• BIOSC 1250 – Human Physiology
• CHEM 1460 – Introduction to Modern Computational Science
• CMPINF 1061 – Foundations of Data Science
• COMMRC 1147 – The Rhetoric of Science
• CS 1656 – Introduction to Data Science
• ENHYG 1544 – Introduction to Research Analysis
• ENGCMP 0530 – Writing for the Sciences
• ENGCMP 0535 – Writing in the Health Science Professions
• ENGCMP 1101 – Language of Science and Technology
• ENGCMP 1400 – Grant Writing for Nonprofits
• HHD 1007 – Methods of Evidence-Based Practice
• HPS 0611 – Principles of Scientific Reasoning
• INFSCI 0510 – Data Analysis
• INFSCI 1500 – Database Management Concepts and Applications
• INFSCI 1520 – Information Visualization
• INFSCI 1550 – Geospatial Information Systems (GIS)
• INFSCI 1700 – Data–Driven Communication
• NROSCI 1049 – Research Topics in Neuroscience
• NROSCI 1014 – Speaking of Science
• NUR 0088 – Introduction to Basic Statistics for Evidence-Based Practice
• PHARM 0178 – Scientific Principles & Administrative Approvals that Transform a Chemical into a Drug
• PS 1702 – Visualizing and Understanding Social Data
• PSY 0036 – Research Methods Lecture
• PSY 1059 – Topics in Advanced Research Methods
• PSY 1305 – Experimental Child Psychology
• PSY 1309 – Mixed Methods Lab in Mental Health
• PUBHLT 0310 – Introduction to Public Health Biostatistics
• PUBHLT 0411 – Statistical Packages for Public Health Analysis
• PUBHLT 0431 – Understanding and Interpreting Health Research
• PUBHLT 0442 – Fundamentals of Management for Health Industry Leaders
• PUBSRV 1315 – Managing Projects and Contracts
• SOC 0230 – Social Research Methods
• SOC 0312 – Science in Society
• SOC 0477 – Medical Sociology
• SOC 1450 – Health and Illness
• SOC 1467 – Topics Mental Health and Illness
• SOC 1488 – History Medicine and Health Care
• STAT 0200 – Basic Applied Statistics
• STAT 1000 – Applied Statistical Methods
• STAT 1060 – Data Science Foundations
• STAT 1221 – Applied Regression
• STAT 1261 – Principles of Data Science
• STAT 1301 – Statistical Packages
• URBNST 0030 – Introduction to GIS
• URBNST 0160 – Data Visualization
• Or other elective as approved by the Program Director

Students may satisfy the Clinical Research Certificate for Undergraduate Students course requirements by taking an alternative course that is required by their program of study. Examples of approved alternative courses are below. Alternatively, if a student believes that a course should satisfy the course requirements for the certificate, they may obtain approval from the certificate Program Director.

Alternatives for Clinical Research Methods:

• CSD 1233 - Introduction to Research
• EM 1154/1175 – Health Care Research
• HI 1650 - Introduction to Statistics and Research Design
• NUR 0067 - Nursing Research: An Introduction to Critical Appraisal and Evidence-based Practice
• NUTR 1000 - Introduction to Research
• PUBHLT 0330 - Introduction to Epidemiology — WEB
• PSY 0036 - Research Methods Lecture
• REHSCI 1000 - Principles of Research Methodology

Alternative for Scientific Communication Skills:

• ENGCMP 0530 – Writing for the Sciences

Alternatives for Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Research:

• NUR 1085 - Ethics in Nursing and Health Care
• REHSCI 1230 - Rehabilitation Ethics