However, any student who is able to gain admission prior to finishing a degree and who completes the three-year premedical or predental curriculum may be awarded, upon completion of one year of satisfactory work in an accredited medical or dental school, the degree of Bachelor of Science from Mississippi College. Application for the degree must be made through the Registrar's Office. The degree will be awarded at the next regular commencement after the completion of the first year in a professional school. The medical technologist is responsible for performing the clinical laboratory tests and interpreting the results. These laboratory procedures require sophisticated testing with an array of complex automated and electronic equipment.
Major employment is in a larger hospital or clinical laboratory.
The program leading to a Mississippi College degree in medical technology involves three years of work at Mississippi College and one year in an affiliated hospital. The hospital with which Mississippi College is affiliated is Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. Acceptance to the hospital training is competitive and is determined by the academic background. In cooperation with the Schools of Engineering at the University of Mississippi and Auburn University, a pre-engineering program has been arranged whereby a student may take three years of work at Mississippi College, then transfer to either of these universities for two years of engineering course work. At the successful completion of the two years, the student will receive a Bachelor of Science degree from Mississippi College and the appropriate bachelor's degree in engineering from that university.