Although not a requirement for graduation, students are prepared and eligible to take national certification examinations. As vital members of the health-care team, medical technologists work closely with pathologists and other physicians to provide information needed for the diagnosis and therapeutic management of disease. Technologists may pursue diverse career opportunities. They may work in hospital, university, government, or industrial laboratories. They represent the upper division of laboratory personnel and can establish challenging careers in laboratory administration, specialized research, technical development, marketing, or in medical-technology education.
Graduates are qualified to enter graduate programs leading to masters, and doctoral degrees.
The program represents a cooperative effort between the college and local clinical laboratories in developing a four-year curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Medical Technology. Students have a strong foundation in liberal arts and take courses in biology, chemistry, math, and computer science in preparation for advanced clinical courses. Clinical courses include hematology, clinical microscopy, immunohematology, clinical microbiology, and clinical chemistry. The curriculum emphasizes an understanding of the pathogenesis and manifestation of disease analyzed by laboratory testing and the theoretical principles supporting these tests. Students spend six months in an affiliated medical laboratory studying diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic monitoring of actual patient cases.