This degree prepares graduates to work with individual patients, families, and groups. Graduates learn to counsel clients, taking into consideration their genetic status, social, psychological, moral, and ethical concerns.
Graduates also learn to consult in hospitals and other settings, and to participate in research.
All graduates learn to conduct multidisciplinary investigations of the role of genes in human health and disease and in preventive public health activities and clinical services. The genetic counseling program is accredited by the American Board of Genetic Counseling. Human Genetics Select a course or scroll through this document. Human Genetics Introduction to basic genetic principles and their application to human heredity. Advanced work or research with the approval and under the guidance of a faculty member.