Thesis Guidelines

About Your Thesis

The Clinical and Translational Science – M.S. degree requires students to formulate a research question, investigate a problem/issue, report the results and discuss the findings and implications of the study.

Our thesis candidates are expected to design, implement, and complete a research project. The prepared thesis may be developed into a manuscript that is ready for submission to a peer-reviewed professional journal. Below is a list of guidelines and resources for your project.

Eligibility

About Your Eligibility

The Clinical and Translational Science - M.S. Degree is primarily intended for students with advanced science degrees, especially Ph.D., M.D., PharmD, D.O., D.D.S., D.V.M., or other advanced degrees in healthcare-related fields.

Requirements are flexible in that relevant experience may substitute for the educational degree requirements. The M.S. in Clinical and Translational Science is offered as a dual degree option for Robert Wood JMS M.D. students.

Curriculum

About Our Curriculum

Our Clinical and Translational Science – Certificate curriculum requires only 18 credit hours for completion at Rutgers University. Many of our courses are offered late in the afternoon/evening to accommodate working professionals.

Application Info

About Your Application

Please follow these instructions to submit an application for our Medical Physics – Certificate Program:

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Eligibility

About Your Eligibility

Because our Medical Physics – Certificate Program at Rutgers University is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP), all applicants must have both:

Requirements

About Your Requirements

Anatomy Instruction – Certificate at Rutgers University School of Graduate Studies in New Brunswick/Piscataway, NJ requires 18 credits, which may be obtained within a 12-month period (if starting in the fall semester).  Anatomy Instruction training will have separate exams, which will have letter grades.

All Anatomy Instruction students will take the same eight credits in the fall semester. To earn a certificate in Anatomy Instruction, you will be required to complete: