Diagnostic Genetic Sciences (DGS)
- educational and training program preparing highly skilled professionals for the expanding genetics and genomics workforce
- DGS = Cytogenetics + Molecular diagnostics for evaluation of chromosomes & DNA for genetic disease risk prediction, diagnosis & prognosis
- graduates are competitive applicants to genetic counseling, life sciences and medical graduate programs
- program well known and highly respected across the country
- students have been recipients of many professional research and scholarship awards
- faculty provide students with personalized career advisement
- lab classes have 16 or fewer students with an average class size of 14
- curriculum includes full-time 6-month internship
- high pass rate on the American Society for Clinical Pathology certification exam
- graduates in high demand in a job market that has remained plentiful, even in rough economic times
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