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Students with no prior college, please provide an official high school transcript or GED.Students with prior college credit and those applying to the 2+2 program must submit official transcripts from all previously attended colleges. You can order transcripts from prior colleges here.
Students applying to the MLS 2+2 program who have recently completed their program can be admitted and begin working toward their bachelor's degree. However, they must pass the MLT exam within two semesters. Once accepted into the major courses, the program director will work with you to secure the necessary additional documents.
Students who wish to apply to the MLS post-baccalaureate certificate program must have completed a baccalaureate degree in biology, chemistry, microbiology or other physical science at a regionally accredited college with a Cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher. They must also fulfill the following pre-requisite courses or equivalent:
- College Algebra or higher
- Statistics
- Biology I or equivalent
- General Chemistry I
- General Chemistry II
- Anatomy & Physiology I
- Anatomy & Physiology II
- Survey of Organic Chemistry
Admission to the MLS program requires a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher. Students pursuing the Biomedical Laboratory Science program must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.
What is the career outlook for Medical Laboratory Scientists?
Overall employment of medical laboratory technologists and technicians is projected to grow five (5) percent from 2022 to 2032, faster than the average for all occupations. An increase in the aging population is expected to lead to a greater need to diagnose medical conditions, such as cancer or type 2 diabetes, through laboratory procedures.
What Can I Do with This Degree?
Laboratory Scientists in small laboratories perform many types of tests; in large laboratories, they sometimes specialize. They test and analyze body fluids, operate laboratory equipment such as microscopes, record data from medical tests and enter results into a patient's medical record and discuss results and findings with physicians and nurses.
The following are examples of types of specialized medical laboratory technologists:
- Blood bank scientists, or immunohematology scientists, collect blood, classify it by type, and prepare blood and its components for transfusions.
- Clinical chemistry scientists prepare specimens and analyze the chemical and hormonal contents of body fluids.
- Hematology scientists examine blood to identify conditions or diseases such as blood clots or cancer
- Molecular Biology Scientists perform protein and nucleic acid tests such as gene sequencing on cell samples.
- Microbiology scientists examine and identify bacteria and other microorganisms.
Laboratory Scientists and technicians often specialize after they have worked in a particular area for a long time, or have received advanced education or training. Some students use this program as a pre-professional track for medical school.
often specialize after they have worked in a particular area for a long time or have received advanced education or training in that area.
Some students use this program as a pre-professional track for medical school.
Source:
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Program Director and Clinical Coordinator:
Jeanette Norris, MS, MLS(ASCP)cm
Affiliate Professor:
Dawn Williamson, MS, MLS(ASCP)cm
Adjunct Professors:
Nickellatt Callihan-Walker, MHA, MLS (ASCP)
Rebecca James, MS, MLS(ASCP)cm
Hind Kurbaj, MS, MLS(ASCP)cm
Georgia Smith, M.Ed., MBA, MLS (ASCP)
Rebecca Stratford, MS, MLS(ASCP)cm
