The Hayward Genetics Center offers a 1-year, post-baccalaureate Master in Medical Genetics and Genomics. This multidisciplinary program gives graduates an in-depth understanding of the rapidly advancing field of clinical human genetics. It is designed to prepare qualified individuals for careers in the health sciences, and to provide an educational experience that will enhance the opportunity of being admitted into a postgraduate professional school such as medical school or PhD programs.
- Most of our students are pre-med, and while it varies from year to year, we estimate that over 90% of our graduates who apply to medical school or osteopathy school have been accepted in subsequent years.
- In addition to medical school, graduates from our program have also gone on to other careers including dental school, PhD programs, genetic counseling masters programs, and working with biomedical technology companies.
- The curriculum includes courses that cover the same material as the Tulane Medical School’s first year Medical Genetics and Medical Biochemistry courses.
- We offer clinical shadowing opportunities in the Tulane Genetics clinics
To request more information regarding the Masters program please contact:
Dr. Karen Weissbecker
Director of Graduate Education
Hayward Genetics Center
Tulane University School of Medicine
1430 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2699
Telephone: 504 988-6242
Email: kremer@tulane.edu
The program begins every year in the fall semester and is a non-thesis degree. Students must complete a total of 30 hours of coursework and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 to receive their Master's degree. Students are required to write an extensive paper on a subject in the field of human genetics during their second semester for their Special Topics course. Because our program is intradepartmental, all students will take the same courses and follow the same schedule.
| Course ID | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Fall | ||
| HMGN 7010 | Grand Rounds in Human Genetics | 1 |
| HMGN 7020 | Intro to Human Genetics | 3 |
| HMGN 7030 | Clincal Aspects Humn Gen | 3 |
| HMGN 7040 | Human Cytogenetics | 3 |
| HMGN 7060 | Human Mol. Genetics & Genomics | 4 |
| Course ID | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | ||
| HMGN 7010 | Grand Rounds in Human Genetics | 1 |
| HMGN 7030 | Clincal Aspects Humn Gen | 3 |
| HMGN 7050 | Medical Biochemistry, Genetics | 3 |
| HMGN 7100 | Intro Population Genetic | 3 |
| HMGN 7950 | Advanced Topics in Genomics | 3 |
| HMGN 7980 | Spec Proj In Molec Genet | 1-6 |
| or HMGN 7990 | Sp Proj In Clinical Gen | |