GCTP Program of Study

This two and one-half year Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling (ACGC)-accredited program provides academic preparation beyond that available from most genetic counseling programs and is based on coursework taken at the NIH and Johns Hopkins, a minimum of six hundred contact hours of supervised clinical rotations in a variety of settings, and completion of an original research thesis. The program qualifies graduates to attain certification from the American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC). Six students are accepted annually into the program.

Program faculty encourage students who are interested in continuing their education to apply to the doctoral degree (Ph.D.) program in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health, Behavior and Society. The Sc.M. degree requirements include a number of those required for the doctoral degree. Additional coursework, along with a doctoral dissertation, is required for the Ph.D. The master's thesis may provide pilot data for the doctoral dissertation. More information about the doctoral program can be found at: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health, Behavior and Society: Doctoral Programs.

Six students are accepted annually into the program.

The curriculum for the master's degree consists of at least 137 credit hours of didactic coursework and rotations in the areas of genetic counseling, human genetics, public health, public policy, research methodology, bioethics and health communication and decision-making.

The entire curriculum can be found in the program's e-catalogue.

The individual course descriptions can be found by searching the School's course directory.