Experiential learning to integrate knowledge and theory from the classroom with practical application and skills development in a professional setting.

Comprehensive coverage of topic with emerging issues, significant trends, unique perspectives, or major advances.

Independent investigation toward scholarship in the discipline.

Foundational concepts and application of genetics and genomics in the context of human disease.

Investigation of fundamental mechanisms underlying normal and abnormal development related to embryogenesis and organogenesis. Relates defects in development to congenital anomalies.

Principles, clinical applications, and interpretation of genetic and genomic testing methods.

An Introduction to the theoretical framework, skillsets, and applications necessary to provide scientific communication of genetics and genomics, resources, diagnoses, and counseling in the clinical setting.

Focuses on the connections between human development and inherited disease. Includes core principles of development of the body plan and signaling pathways involved in development and differentiation. Discusses fundamental principles regarding congenital malformations, dysmorphology and syndromes. Discussion of a number of genetic disorders from a systems approach. Discussions include diagnosis, etiology, genetics, prognosis and management. Either semester and summer. Online.

Focuses on the connections between human development and inherited disease. The course will include core principles of inborn errors of metabolism and cardiovascular genomics.

Provides knowledge and skills fundamental to the practice of cancer genetic counseling. Students will apply cancer genetics knowledge to multiple clinical situations. This course will cover hereditary cancer syndromes, cancer risk assessment models, and germline and somatic genomic testing. Either semester and summer. Online.

Introduces the genetics specialty focusing on potential risks to pregnancy, including chromosome disorders, genetic conditions, or congenital disabilities. Applying knowledge of genetics and genomics core concepts, selecting screening, diagnostic, and assisted reproductive techniques dependent on clinical indication, family history, and ultrasound findings.

Developing skills necessary to support personal values and client well-being while managing genetic counseling cases. Exploration of professional guidelines and issues related to clinical genetics practice within a framework of inclusivity and according to ethical, legal, and societal guidelines.

Essential skills to propose new research questions, articulate research progress, and evaluate research outcomes. Incorporating history, diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, prepare a research proposal for genetics/genetic counseling in health care.

Theoretical knowledge and practical communication, counseling and support skills for the benefit of connecting practitioners and consumers within the context of health care and genomics.

Connecting the impact of cultural differences with the delivery of counseling services and health care discussions.

Critical concepts and application of health literacy, health communication, and provider-consumer communication models.

Critical concepts of death, loss, and grief and their impact on consumer-provider discussions of death, within a health care setting.

Fundamentals of genomic data analysis, high throughput sequencing technologies, and computational tools and infrastructure used to analyze and communicate results from genomic data.

In-depth introduction to genome assembly, variant detection, functional genomics, and tools to manage bioinformatic code-bases and ensure reproducibility, git and nextflow.

Practical introduction to genomic data analysis. Introduction to coding using Linux/bash, R/tidyverse and SLURM on a high performance computing cluster through the use of real data.

Practical instruction in how to accomplish various genomic workflows including genome assembly, variant detection, differential expression using RNA-seq.

Introduction to research questions and techniques within a specialized discipline of systems genomics.

Interrogation of database resources for the identification and interpretation of genetic variation in the context of clinical case management. Accurate communication of genetic information in an accessible format according to established guidelines. Either semester and summer. Online.

Using knowledge of clinical genetics and genomics, students will evaluate the accuracy, impact, and outcomes of primary research. Producing effective presentations for delivering complex science at an audience-appropriate level.

Career skills development toward effective practice in health care research, diagnostic and/or clinic settings. May be repeated with a change in topic for a total of 10 credits.