Program Overview

Genetic Counseling Master of Science

The Ohio State University College of Medicine offers a Masters degree in Genetic Counseling. The mission of The Ohio State University Genetic Counseling Graduate Program is to train graduates to be knowledgeable, compassionate, and scholarly genetic counselors.

About the Program

The Ohio State University Genetic Counseling Program will provide graduate students interested in entering a career in genetic counseling with an excellent integrated medical genetics graduate education at the masters level. Students will benefit from the Institutions environment with a culture embodied in its values of altruism, compassion, diversity, education, ethics, honesty, humanism, integrity, lifelong learning, personal and professional growth, professionalism, respect, responsibility, and safe spaces. Graduates from our program will have a unique perspective on the integration of emerging genetic and genomic technologies and healthcare.

Program Details

• The program is designed to prepare students to sit for applicable licensure or certification in Ohio.
• If students plan to pursue licensure or certification in a state other than Ohio, they should review state educational requirements for licensure, certification, and state licensing board contact information.
• The program provides an integrated medical genetics graduate education at the masters level.
• The program focuses on training graduates to be knowledgeable, compassionate, and scholarly genetic counselors.

Note

Ohio State academic programs are designed to prepare students to sit for applicable licensure or certification in Ohio. If you plan to pursue licensure or certification in a state other than Ohio, please review state educational requirements for licensure, certification, and state licensing board contact information.