• 40 academic graduate course credits
• 19 credits of fieldwork (1,000 hours) for which tuition is not charged
• A Master’s Thesis in 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
• The Empathic Attitude
• Introduction to Clinical Medicine
• Fieldwork (laboratory and/or clinical)

Spring

• Reproductive Genetics
• Human Physiology
• Issues in Genetic Counseling II
• Issues in Public Health Genetics
• Delivery of Genetic Services
• Seminar in Genetic Counseling I
• Fieldwork (clinical and/or laboratory)
• Master’s Thesis 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
• Genetic Counseling Case Management Practicum
• Master’s Thesis preparation
• Clinical rotations
• Interviewing/resume building workshops

Spring

• Medical Genetics Seminar
• Issues in Genetic Counseling IV
• Genetic Counseling Case Management Practicum
• Clinical rotations
• Master’s Thesis completion by mid-March