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
One Physiology course: 4 credit hours
Chemistry Courses: 4 courses - 16 credit hours
Take four Chemistry Courses.
BIOL 3610 may be used as a CHEM course.
Mathematics course: 3 or 4 credit hours
Take one of the following courses.
Statistics course: 3 or 4 credit hours
Take one statistics course.
Courses that are strongly recommended include:
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.