Additional faculty are listed under Pathology elsewhere in this section. Undergraduate Programs Degree. B.S. in medical laboratory science. The B.S. degree curriculum gives the student early exposure to the profession through professional course work and clinical experience integrated with other University classes. The student typically begins professional course work the junior year, and continues fall and spring semesters and early summer session of senior year.
Clinical experience occurs during the senior year and utilizes local affiliated institutions.
This program provides students the knowledge and technical skills to work in a modern diagnostic medical laboratory. The performance of laboratory tests and analyses by the medical laboratory scientist aids the physician in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health. Medical laboratory science is comprised of study in clinical chemistry, microbiology, immunology, immunohematology, and hematology. A scheduled clinical practicum through each of these areas of the laboratory in a clinical facility is required. Upon completion of the degree program, students are eligible to take a national certification examination.