2015-2016 Undergraduate General Catalog


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:

BIOL 120Biological Principles I

4

BIOL 121Biological Principles II

4

 

BIOL 225Human Physiology

4

OR

BIOL 366Advanced Human Physiology

4

 

BIOL 233Genetics

4

BIOL 344General Microbiology

4

BIOL 397Topics:

4

 

CHEM 116General Chemistry I

4

AND

CHEM 117General Chemistry II

4

OR

CHEM 120Accelerated General Chemistry

4

 

CHEM 201Organic Chemistry

4

CHEM 202Organic Chemistry and Introductory Biochemistry

4

ENGL 110First-Year Composition

4

PSYC 270/ECON 270Statistics

4

MATH 140Quantitative Reasoning

3

OR

MATH 150Pre-Calculus

4

OR

MATH 151Calculus I

4

16 credits are required in Chemistry. These can be finished with either:

BIOL 354Biological Chemistry

4

AND/OR

CHEM 242Analysis

4

Courses that are strongly recommended include:

BIOL 150Human Anatomy

4

BIOL 234Cell Biology

4

BIOL 358Molecular Biology

4

CHEM 311Advanced Analytical Chemistry

4

COMM 110Introduction To Communication

3

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.