Purpose: The curriculum is designed to prepare the students for certification and employment as medical laboratory technicians in hospital laboratories, private laboratories, physicians' office laboratories, health department laboratories, and industrial medical laboratories. Upon completion of the program graduates will be eligible to take the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) Board of Registry and other national certification exams.
Students must comply with all General Requirements for Health Technologies as specified in Section I.
Admission Requirements:
1. One additional unit of high-school mathematics (2 units total required) with a grade of "C" or better.
2. One additional unit of high-school level science (2 units total required, 1 unit of biology, 1 unit of chemistry) with a grade of "C" or better.
Special Accreditation Status: The program is accredited the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS).
Credits First Year 1st Sem. 2nd Sem. 3rd Sem. ________________________________________________________________________________ BIO 101 General Biology I or BIO elective ................................ 4 CHM 101 General Chemistry I or CHM 111 College Chem. I ..................... 4 ENG 111 College Composition I ................... 3 MDL 101 Intro. to Med. Lab Tech. ................ 3 MDL 140 Clinical Microscopy ..................... 2 STD Elective .................................... 1 BIO 150 Intro. Microbiology or BIO 205 General Microbiology ................ 4 CHM 102 General Chemistry II or CHM 112 College Chem. II .................... 4 MDL 120 Principles of Hematology ................ 4 MDL 215 Immunology .............................. 2 (1) PED 116 Lifetime Fitness & Wellness ............. 1 SPD 110 Intro. to Speech Communication .......... 3 MDL 276 Clin. Hematology Techniques ............. 4 MTH Elective .................................... 2 (1) PED /RPK ........................................ 1 (2) ___ Social science elective ..................... 3 _________________________ Total Credits 17 18 10
Credits Second Year 1st Semester 2nd Semester ________________________________________________________________________________ MDL 130 Basic Clinical Microbiology ............. 3 MDL 216 Blood Banking ........................... 4 MDL 255 Diagnostic Microbiology ................. 3 MDL 261 Clin. Chem./Instrumentation I ........... 4 (2) ___ Social science elective ..................... 3 MDL 265 Advanced Clin. Chemistry ................ 2 MDL 266 Clin. Chemistry Techniques .............. 4 MDL 277 Clin. Immunohem./Immuno. Tech. .......... 4 MDL 278 Clin. Microbiology Tech. II ............. 4 MDL 281 Clinical Correlations ................... 1 _________________________ Total Credits 17 15
Total minimum credits for the Medical Laboratory Technology major (A.A.S. degree) = 77.
(1) The PED requirement may be met by one of the following options: PED 116, 2 cr.; PED 116, 1 cr. plus a PED activities course, 1 cr.; or PED 116, 1 cr. plus RPK 205, 207, 208, 216, or 225. PED 116 is offered as both a 1-credit and a 2-credit course.
(2) Social science courses may be selected from the following: economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, or sociology (includes anthropology).