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. Attendance at Phlebotomy Information Session. (This satisfies the "Interview with Program Head" requirement.)
2. NVCC application on file with Annandale as home campus.
3. Satisfactory scores on the NVCC placement/assessment tests: ENG III, Math 126 placement.
4. Qualifies for or has completed ENG III.
5. Evidence of high school graduation, a General Equivalency Diploma (GED), or college degree.
6. Two high school math courses or equivalent with 'C' or better.
7. One high school biology course with lab or its equivalent (BIO 101) with 'C' or better.
8. One high school chemistry course or its equivalent (CHM 001) with '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.
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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 110 Urinalysis and Body Fluids .............. 3
STD Elective .................................... 1
BIO 150 Intro. Microbiology or
BIO 205 General Microbiology ............... 4
MDL 120 Principles of Hematology ................ 4
MDL 215 Immunology .............................. 2
(1) PED 116 Lifetime Fitness & Wellness ............. 1
SPD 110 Intro. to Speech Communication or
SPD 126 Interpersonal Communication ........ 3
MDL 276 Clin. Hematology Techniques ............. 4
(1) PED/RPK .......................................... 1
(2) ___ Social science elective ..................... 3
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Total Credits 18 14 8
Credits
Second Year 1st Semester 2nd Semester
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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
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Total Credits 17 15
Total minimum credits for the Medical Laboratory Technology major (A.A.S. degree) = 72.
(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).