Online Graduate Programs
Meeting the ongoing training needs for those wishing to pursue an online degree program to advance their careers.
Clinical Research Management (MS)
Wake Forest’s online degree program in Clinical Research Management (MS) focuses on the integration of clinical research and patient care, with the end goal of preparing graduates to play a key role in helping to bring innovative treatments to market in a timely, cost-effective manner.The primary objective of the program is to train and mentor well-qualified clinical research professionals and leaders that move the research and development process forward to advance health. Students will learn in an innovative, engaging, supportive, and interdisciplinary online environment.
The program is designed to allow those that are currently working professionals to enroll while working. Enrolled students do need to commit to a minimum of 5 academic terms (20 months) in our online program. A decelerated plan of study may be an option; that plan allows students to move at a slower pace, with fewer courses per term. We currently allow enrollment to begin in the summer, fall, and spring terms, allowing you a high degree of flexibility to schedule the degree pursuit around your personal circumstances.
Healthcare Leadership (MHL)
The Wake Forest online degree program in Healthcare Leadership (MHL) degree program prepares leaders for the task of driving sustainable, quality transformations amidst inherent challenges in rapidly evolving health care environments.Created by leaders at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, this program is focused on training in 4 key areas:
- Business management
- Health care landscape
- Professional responsibility
- Strategic leadership
Through structured training in these 4 core areas, the program allows you to develop the business acumen and leadership skills necessary to drive innovation and tailor solutions to current issues and future uncertainties within healthcare industries, supported by a diverse cohort of healthcare experts.
The program goes beyond the approaches of traditional business administration programs (MBA, MHA) to emphasize a path that embeds the leadership training often missing from those traditional degrees.
Effective 3/1/22: This program is not current accepting applications while the program undergoes an evaluation.
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These degree programs are administered by Wake Forest University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and located on the Bowman Gray Campus alongside Wake Forest University School of Medicine.