Program Requirements
- 40 academic graduate course credits
- 19 credits of fieldwork (1,000 hours) for which tuition is not charged
- A Capstone project to be completed by the end of the final year
The program can be completed on a full-time basis in 21 months or part-time in three years. The academic year commences in late August.
A typical full-time program.
Year 1:
Fall:
- Advanced Human Genetics
- Advanced Human Genetics Special Topics Workshop
- Human Embryology
- Issues in Genetic Counseling I: Genetics Across the Lifespan
- The Empathic Attitude
- Introduction to Clinical Medicine
- Fieldwork
Spring:
- Reproductive Genetics
- Human Physiology
- Issues in Genetic Counseling II: Genetics Across the Lifespan
- Issues in Public Health Genetics
- Seminar in Genetic Counseling I
- Fieldwork Capstone Project preparation workshops
Summer:
- Clinical fieldwork (320 hours, 40 days = either 5 days/week for 8 weeks or 4 days/week for 10 weeks)
Year 2:
Fall:
- Medical Genetics Seminar
- Biochemical Genetics
- Seminar in Genetic Counseling II
- Issues in Genetic Counseling III:Professional Issues in Genetic Counseling
- Genetic Counseling Case Management Practicum
- Capstone Project preparation workshopsClinical fieldwork rotations
Spring:
- Medical Genetics Seminar
- Issues in Genetic Counseling IV:Small group case discussion
- Genetic Counseling Case Management Practicum
- Clinical fieldwork rotations
- Capstone project completion by mid-March