Medical Laboratory Science Program of Study

The courses in Medical Laboratory Science are taken during the year of professional study at an approved program.

Several courses are required for admission to a program:

Five Biology courses: 19 credit hours

BIOL 120	Biological Principles I (NS)	4
BIOL 121	Biological Principles II	4
BIOL 233	Genetics	4
BIOL 331	Introduction to Immunology	3
BIOL 344	General Microbiology	4

One Physiology course: 4 credit hours

BIOL 225	Human Physiology	4
BIOL 366	Advanced Human Physiology	4

Chemistry Courses: 4 courses - 16 credit hours

Take four Chemistry Courses.

CHEM 116	General Chemistry I (NS)	4
CHEM 117	General Chemistry II	4
CHEM 120	Accelerated General Chemistry (NS)	4
CHEM 116	General Chemistry I (NS)	4
CHEM 201	Organic Chemistry I	4
CHEM 202	Organic Chemistry II	4
CHEM 222	Inorganic Chemistry	4
CHEM 242	Analysis	4
CHEM 305	Biochemistry	4
BIOL 354	Biological Chemistry (W)	4

BIOL 354 may be used as a CHEM course.

Mathematics course: 3 or 4 credit hours

Take one of the following courses.

MATH 140	Quantitative Reasoning (MT)	3
MATH 150	Pre-Calculus (MT)	4
MATH 151	Calculus I (MT)	4

Statistics course: 3 or 4 credit hours

Take one statistics course.

ECON 270/PSYC 270	Statistics (MT)	4
MATH 315	Probability and Statistics	3

Courses that are strongly recommended include:

BIOL 150	Human Anatomy	4
BIOL 234	Cell Biology	4
BIOL 358	Molecular Biology	4
CHEM 311	Advanced Analytical Chemistry (W)	4

A typical program in one of our affiliated schools is as follows:

Clinical Chemistry

Lecture and laboratory instruction in medically oriented biochemistry as applied to normal and abnormal physiology and analysis of body constituents. Includes instruction in instrumentation in clinical laboratory.

Clinical Hematology

Lecture and laboratory instruction in the analysis of cellular elements of the blood and bone marrow, both normal and abnormal, and of the hemostatic mechanisms.

Immunohematology

Lecture and laboratory instruction in the theory and practice of immunohematology as applied to blood transfusion, component therapy, immunologic diagnostic procedures and blood bank administration.

Microbiology

Lecture and laboratory instruction in the isolation and identification of pathogenic organisms and of their susceptibility to therapeutic agents. Includes bacteriology, mycology, virology and parasitology.

Clinical Microscopy

Lecture and laboratory instruction on body fluids and urine in regard to chemical and cellular composition. In addition, normal and abnormal kidney function is stressed.

Introduction To Lab Management

Lecture and exercises in the theory and practice of laboratory supervision, management and problem solving with a component on the education and research in the clinical laboratories.

Clinical Laboratory Theory, Application And Correlations

Lecture and case study exercises in the diagnosis and treatment of common disease states.