Program Requirements
A minimum of 75 credits including coursework practica, clinical internships, and thesis.
Satisfactory completion of four clinical internships at approved sites with participation in at least 50 supervised cases.
A research paper (thesis) satisfactorily completed during the second year. An overall minimum GPA of 3.0
maintained throughout the program. A grade below “C” is not acceptable
toward the degree. Continuous enrollment.
First Year
Fall Semester (21 credits)
GC 501 Advanced Genetics (4 credits) GC 502 Medical Physiology (4 credits) GC 503 Laboratory and Diagnostics I (2 credits) GC 509 Introduction to Genetic Counseling (2 credits) GC 510 Practicum (3 credits) PY 521 Research Design,
Methods and Evaluation (3 credits)
PY 685 Psychopathology and Theories and Techniques for Genetic Counselors (3 credits) Spring (15 credits) GC 504 Laboratory and Diagnostics II (2 credits) GC 505 Clinical Applications (2 credits)
GC 506 Topics in Human Genetics (2 credit)
GC 507 Human Embryology and Teratology (4 credits) GC 511 Practicum (3 credits) GC 540 Introduction to Cancer Genetics (2 credits) PY 688 Cultural Bases of Counseling (3 credits) Second Year Summer I (6 credits) GC 530 Introduction to Thesis (1 credit)
GC 541 Reproductive Genetics (2 credits)
GC 542 Clinical Internship (3 credits)
Fall Semester (16 credits)
GC 545 Clinical Internship (3 credits) GC 550 Medical Genetics I (3 credits) GC 552 Genetic Counseling Techniques I (2 credits) GC 554 Grand Rounds I (1 credit) GC 558 Thesis I (2 credits) GC 565 Biochemical Genetics (2
credits)
HE 575 Family in Contemporary Society (3 credits)
Spring Semester (14 credits)
GC 546 Clinical Internship (3 credits) GC 551 Medical Genetics II (3 credits) GC 553 Genetic Counseling Techniques II (2 credits) GC 555 Grand Rounds II (1 credit) GC 556 Topics in Professional
Development (2 credits) GC 557 Ethical Issues in Genetic
Counseling (1 credit) GC 559 Thesis II (2 credits)
Elective Courses Up to 3 elective courses from the following can be taken: PY 605 Addictive Behaviors:
Substance Abuse and Eating Disorders Counseling (3 credits) PY 610 Group Counseling
(3 credits)
PY 611 Couples and Family Therapy (3 credits) HE 560 Issues in Community and
Environmental Health (3 credits)
HE 530 Theories of Health Behavior and Health Education (3 credits) HE 573 Human Sexuality
(3 credits)
HE 578 Stress: Use and Misuse (3 credits)
HE 583 Contemporary Health Topics (3 credits)
at Arcadia University
Global Perspectives…Personal Attention…Real-World Integrative Learning Experiences In July 2012, Arcadia’s Department of
Education transitioned into the University’s School of Education. This new status is reflective of the University’s deep and sustained commitment to educating teachers and educational leaders through rigorous and personally meaningful experiences that cultivate creative and critical understandings of teaching and learning.
As a result of becoming a School of Education, we have reorganized into three departments--the Department of Teaching and Learning; the Department of Curriculum, Cultures and Child/Youth Studies; and the Department of Leadership for Educational Equity and Excellence. This new structure enables our faculty, many of whom are in new leadership roles, to better advise students, oversee courses, and develop innovative programs on the undergraduate and graduate level. While this period of change heralds a new era in the way
Arcadia educates those who teach and lead, we have retained our trademarks:
Individualized instruction, personal attention from faculty, and meaningful, mentored fieldwork. These hallmarks inform our approach, through which we aim to make Arcadia’s education students the great teachers and educational leaders the world needs.
Faculty
Leif Gustavson, Ph.D., Interim Dean, School of Education, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Secondary English Education and Middle School Education, Chair
Christina L. Ager, Ph.D., Professor and Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Special Education and Director of BBEST
Peter Appelbaum, Ed.D., Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Mathematics Education and Curriculum Studies Programs
Kira Baker-Doyle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Foram Bhukhanwala, Ph.D., Assistant
Professor, Elementary and Early Childhood Education
Jodi Bornstein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Coordinator Social Studies Education
Program and Faculty Liaison for School Collaborations
Bruce Campbell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Educational Leadership
Erica R. Davila, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Coordinator of Urban Education
Kimberly Dean, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Five-Year Special Education Program
Janet Chance, Director of School and
Community Collaborations, Office of Student Teaching and Supervision
Steven P. Gulkus, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Peggy Hickman, P.D., Associate Professor of Education, Coordinator of the Arcadia University Community Learning Center and Doctoral Program Cohort Coordinator
Steven Dale Hooker, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, Assistant Professor of Education
Smita Mathur, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Erik Nelson, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor; Coordinator of Instructional Technology, Dean of the School of Continuing Studies and Director of Arcadia Online
Clare K. Papay, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education
Deborah Pomeroy, Professor Emeritus of Education and Director of Science Education Research and Co-PI Math Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia
Tanya Santangelo, Ph.D., Associate
Professor of Education and Doctoral Cohort Mentor
Douglas J. Sauber, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Education
Jeffrey Shultz, Ph.D., Professor and Assistant Provost for Special Projects
Ellen Skilton-Sylvester, Ph.D., Associate Professor Coordinator of ESL and TESOL Master’s Programs
Graciela Slesaransky-Poe, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Graduate Special Education and Certification Program
Kathy A. Trainor, Ed.D., Adjunct Professor of Early Childhood Education and Coordinator of the E-Portfolio Program
Jerry Weiner, Ed.D., Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Science Education
Kathy Wirth, Ed.D., Adjunct Professor of Education, Coordinator of the Reading Certification Program and Administrative Assistant to the Arcadia Community Learning Center