Course Details
Number of Credits: 2
Course Director: Ji-Sun Kim, CGC
Pre-requisite: Enrollment in the Genetic Counseling Master of Science Program (MSGC) or permission from the program director.
Course Schedule
Semester: Spring I
Course Description: This course offers an overview of emerging molecular testing technologies and develops technical skills to understand the application of bioinformatics principles to sequencing data and variant analysis. Designed as an introductory course for first-year students, it provides foundational knowledge of rapidly evolving technologies and the variant interpretation process in genetics. Completion of this course is a prerequisite for MSGC 5012, Precision Medicine in the Era of Genomics, offered in Fall II.
Course Goal: Students will become equipped with the knowledge, technical, and critical thinking skills necessary for processing molecular methods and arriving at variant curation via bioinformatics process. By gaining the knowledge on the techniques of molecular testing, bioinformatics tools, databases, guidelines, functional studies, students can appreciate the process of variant curation and how it applies to genetic counseling.