Program Overview

Curriculum

The intensive two-year program is composed of a didactic phase followed by directed clinical training at affiliated hospitals and laboratories. During the didactic phase, formal lectures are presented on the principles of medical genetics, molecular and biochemical basis of genetic disease, hematology, molecular biology, clinical molecular genetics, and molecular genetic technology. Laboratory sessions coordinated to lectures and covering the fundamentals of diagnostic laboratory procedures are included in the didactic phase.

Bachelor of Science in Molecular Genetic Technology

Students entering the two-year track at the junior level take 76 semester credit hours (SCH) towards their degree. Students entering the one-year track at the senior level take 46 SCH towards their degree. The semester-by-semester schedules include all courses needed to graduate, but the sequences are subject to change.

Two-Year Track (76 SCH)

• Junior Year (32)
  • Fall Semester (14)
    • HS 3102: Molecular Techniques Lab (1)
    • HS 3210: Laboratory Mathematics (2)
    • HS 3330: Pathology of Body Fluids (3)
    • HS 4102: Professionalism and Leadership in Health Care (1)
    • HS 4111L: Medical Microbiology Lab (1)
    • HS 4300: Pathophysiology for Health Professions (3)
    • HS 4310: Medical Microbiology (3)
  • Spring Semester (18)
    • HS 3203: Advanced Molecular Techniques (2)
    • HS 3300: Medical Immunology (3)
    • HS 3310: Introduction to Quality in Healthcare (3)
    • HS 3320: Medical Genetics (3)
    • HS 3333: Statistics (3)
    • HS 3340: Research Methods (3)
    • HS 4100: Health Care Ethics (1)
• Senior Year (44)
  • Fall Semester (17)
    • CC 4120: Introduction to G-Band Karyotyping (1)
    • GT 4300: Advanced Medical Genetics (3)
    • HS 4110: Introduction to Clinical Molecular Genetic Technology (1)
    • MG 4111: Bioinformatics for Clinical Diagnostics Lab (1)
    • MG 4200: Bioinformatics for Clinical Diagnostics (2)
    • MG 4211: Molecular Diagnostic Techniques (2)
    • MG 4280: Concepts in Molecular Diagnostics (2)
    • MG 4510: Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Laboratory I (5)
  • Spring Semester (13)
    • GT 4330: Genetics of Hematology Malignancies (3)
    • MG 4281: Advanced Concepts in Molecular Diagnostics (2)
    • MG 4290: Clinical Disease Application of Molecular Genetics (2)
    • MG 4310: Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Laboratory II (3)
    • MG 4320: Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Laboratory III (3)
  • Summer Semester (14)
    • HS 4371: Management and Education (3)
    • MG 4160: Molecular Journal Club I (1)
    • MG 4560: Molecular Diagnostics Clinical Rotation I (5)
    • MG 4570: Molecular Diagnostics Clinical Rotation II (5)

One-Year Track (46 SCH)

• Fall Semester (18)
  • CC 4120: Introduction to G-Band Karyotyping (1)
  • GT 4300: Advanced Medical Genetics (3)
  • HS 4102: Professionalism and Leadership in Health Care (1)
  • HS 4110: Molecular Genetic Technology (1)
  • MG 4111: Bioinformatics for Clinical Diagnostics Lab (1)
  • MG 4200: Bioinformatics for Clinical Diagnostics (2)
  • MG 4211: Molecular Diagnostic Techniques (2)
  • MG 4280: Concepts in Molecular Diagnostics (2)
  • MG 4510: Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Laboratory I (5)
• Spring Semester (14)
  • GT 4330: Genetics of Hematology Malignancies (3)
  • HS 4100: Health Care Ethics (1)
  • MG 4281: Advanced Concepts in Molecular Diagnostics (2)
  • MG 4290: Clinical Disease Applications of Molecular Genetics (2)
  • MG 4310: Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Laboratory II (3)
  • MG 4320: Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Laboratory III (3)
• Summer Semester (14)
  • HS 4371: Management and Education (3)
  • MG 4160: Molecular Journal Club I (1)
  • MG 4560: Molecular Diagnostics Clinical Rotation I (5)
  • MG 4570: Molecular Diagnostics Clinical Rotation II (5)