The MHE program offers an emphasis in education and teaching in the laboratory profession and requires a project. The MS program has a research emphasis and requires a thesis. International transcripts must be evaluated by a U.S. professional evaluation agency prior to application. You may apply any semester, but for best chance of acceptance, application should be made by June 1st. Classes begin Fall semester, mid-August.
States vary as to licensing exams, with California, Tennessee, and Florida requiring state exams.
The states of Nevada, Hawaii, West Virginia, Rhode Island, Montana, Louisiana, and the island of Puerto Rico require licensing based upon national certification, but do not have a state exam. Certification is not required in other states, but strongly suggested because most individual employers will require that their laboratory employees have certification. On campus, students take most didactic and laboratory courses in the Shepeard Building. Their clinical training will also take place at our hospital affiliates. All students may receive the B.S. in Medical Technology from the Medical College of Georgia.