Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut

Molecular Diagnostics, Plan of Study
DIAGNOSTIC GENETIC SCIENCES PROGRAM
Molecular Concentration

The plan of study for undergraduate students entering in the Fall and completing their clinical semester in the Spring of their senior year is as follows:

Fall
MCB 203 Biochemistry (or elective) 4 cr.
AH 243 Health Care Issues 3 cr.
MLS 201 Intro. Med. Lab Sciences 2 cr.
MCB 200 Human Genetics 3 cr.
MCB 210 Cell Biology 3 cr.
14 cr.

Spring
DGS 222 Medical Cytogenetics 4 cr.
DGS 223 Lab. in Cytogenetics 2 cr.
MCB 229 Fund. of Microbiology 4 cr.
MLS 208 Immunology for MLS 3 cr.
DGS 225 Chromosome Imaging 1 cr.
15 cr.

Summer Session II
DGS 224 Cancer Cytogenetics 2 cr.

Fall
AH 241W Research 3 cr.
AH 244 Management 3 cr.
DGS 246 Contemp. Issues Genetics 3 cr.
DGS 234W Dx. Mol. Technologies 3 cr.
DGS 235 Lab. Mol. Diagnostics 2 cr.
14 cr.

Spring
(CLINICAL ROTATION: January 2 -June 30)
DGS 250 Specimen Processing 2 cr.
DGS 251 Nucleic Acid Isolation 4 cr.
DGS 261 Amplification Methods 6 cr.
DGS 273 Research in Mol. Genetics* 1 cr.

One of the following courses**:
DGS 275 In Situ Hybridization Methods 2 cr. -
DGS 276 Topics in Molecular Genetics 2 cr.
DGS 278 DNA Sequencing 2 cr.
DGS 279 Mol. Appl. in Microbiology 2 cr.
DGS 252 Cloning Techniques 2 cr.
DGS 253 Blotting Applications 2 cr.
15 cr.

**Not all option courses are available at all practicum sites
*Honors students substitute DGS 290 (Honors Research – 3 credits) for DGS 273

Department of Allied Health Sciences
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
358 Mansfield Rd U-2101
Storrs, CT 06268-2101
Phone: (860) 486-2834 Fax: (860) 486-5375