The Genetic Counseling Program, a Master of Science program, will be accommodated on the upper floor of the Gerstenzang Library since the Kalman science building, in which it is currently accommodated, will come down this year, according to Provost Marty Krauss."Though the specific plans are not yet finalized, the space will include offices for the Genetic Counseling Program faculty, a dedicated classroom for the Program, a Commons area for students in the Program and a conference room that will be used for a number of different undergraduate and graduate classes," Director of the Genetic Counseling Program Judith Tsipis (BIOL) wrote in an e-mail to the Justice.

According to the Genetics Counseling Program's Web site, the Genetic Counseling Program is a Master of Science Program.

The Web site states that the curriculum consists of graduate level courses that "are designed to provide students with a solid scientific background, knowledge of counseling techniques and awareness of the social and ethical issues in human genetics today."

The academic component of the curriculum is completed through a series of seminars in genetic counseling and a laboratory-based project or a qualitative or quantitative study in the genetics field.

Vice President of Capital Projects Dan Feldman told the Justice last month that "[the Kalman and Friedland science buildings] are coming down because they are the two oldest buildings in the [Science Complex]; they are in terrible condition."

Krauss told the Justice March 31 that academic programs like the Genetics Counseling Program, that are currently accommodated in these buildings, will be relocated elsewhere in the University.

Krauss said that a part of the upper floor of the Science Library will not be used by the Genetic Counseling Program.

"We're considering alternative uses for [the remaining space], and it may basically remain as study space for students, but there are some other programmatic needs that may be taken into consideration," Krauss said.

"All students will continue to have access to the rest of the library-both on the first floor and the lower level," Tsipis wrote.

Vice President and Vice Provost for Libraries and Information Technology Perry Hanson wrote in an e-mail to the Justice that "many of the volumes [of the book that are currently housed on the upper floor of the Science Library] will be on the lower floor, and others will move to Goldfarb as appropriate."

Hanson added that what books are currently available online or only in print will be taken into account when determining how to accommodate the books that are on the upper level. "Our goal, obviously, is not to diminish information resources," he wrote.

The estimates for the renovation project of the upper floor of the Science Library are currently being worked out, according to Krauss. She added, however, "This isn't complicated space to build, so it should be pretty cost-effective."

Krauss said that the renovation of the upper floor should be completed by mid-August in time for the beginning of the fall semester.