HUM GEN 431DFieldwork
Human Genetics · 5 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)
Limited to Genetic Counseling students. Students utilize progressive genetic counseling skills with direct patient contact in different clinical settings. Students are supervised by certified genetic counselors and medical geneticists. Students see complex cases, and activities include follow-up activities on genetic test orders, referrals, resources, explaining genetic test results to patients, presenting cases at relevant case conferences, follow-up of action items from case conference, and exploring and addressing psychosocial aspects of patient encounters. Responsibility for conducting genetic counseling session from beginning to end. In group discussion setting, students present cases along with relevant psychosocial, ethical, and professional issues to engage in active reflection of clinical supervision experiences, understand dynamics and responsibilities of supervisor/supervisee relationship, and identify personal growth opportunities and limitations in scope of patient practice.
S/U grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 431C.
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confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
HUM GEN 431D
- HUM GEN 431CFieldwork
- HUM GEN 431BFieldwork
- HUM GEN 431AFieldwork
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 3 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
HUM GEN 431D
- HUM GEN 431EFieldwork
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.