Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 6 - Biological, Biomedical and Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• 61 - Biology and Biomedical Sciences
• 26.08 - Genetics

26.0806 - Human/Medical Genetics

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of human genetics from the standpoint of medical applications such as clinical diagnosis, genetic engineering and therapy, transplantation, and the study of genetic diseases and disabilities and their defence. These programs include courses in human molecular genetics; genetic factors causing disease; changes in gene expression during development, differentiation, and pathogenesis; recombinant DNA; gene therapy; clinical genetics; genetic epidemiology; immunogenetics; cytogenetics; and genetics of specific disorders and diseases.

• Example Program Names:

  • Human genetics
  • Medical genetics

• Exclusion

  • Genetic engineering(14.9999)
  • Genetics(26.0801)
  • Animal genetics(26.0804)
  • Genetic counselling(51.1509)