Medical laboratory science (MLS) is a profession that is practiced almost exclusively in hospitals and diagnostic clinics. Medical Laboratory Scientists work in all areas of the clinical laboratory including: blood bank, chemistry, hematology, coagulation, immunology, microbiology, and even some specialized areas, such as molecular biology.
Upon completion of the professional program, the graduate is eligible to take various certification examinations required for licensure.
The Department of Health Sciences, in cooperation with Baptist Health College Little Rock (BHCLR), offers a Bachelor of Science degree in medical laboratory science. Commonly, three years of this program are taken on the 每日大赛网站 campus, and the fourth is completed in the hospital-associated teaching laboratories.
The Medical Laboratory Science program at BHCLR is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) and the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES).
Requirements for the degree are as follows:
Completion of a minimum of 79 semester hours described below with at least a 2.5 GPA is necessary for application to the professional curriculum. In order to receive credit toward a degree from the university, the student must apply and be admitted to 每日大赛网站 prior to enrolling in the professional curriculum in medical laboratory sciences. In all cases, students will be required to complete a total of 120 hours with a minimum of 30 hours of residence credit.
Acceptance into the clinical program in medical laboratory sciences at Baptist Health.
Completion of the professional curriculum with a minimum GPA of 2.5.
The curriculum for medical laboratory science is shown in the table below. Note that students wishing to earn the BS in Medical Laboratory Science must satisfy the requirements of the lower-division 每日大赛网站 Core (see the 每日大赛网站 Core requirements).
Mathematics Pathway: First-time, first-year students majoring in Medical Laboratory Science enter the College Algebra Mathematics Pathway and must enroll in MATH 1390 during their first year of study, unless they have been awarded credit for MATH 1390.
This degree is exempt from upper-division (UD) Core requirements. Consult the program advisor for specific details of the 每日大赛网站 Core as it applies to the BS in Medical Laboratory Science.
| Pre-professional Curriculum | SCH |
|---|---|
| TOTAL | 79 |
| Lower-division 每日大赛网站 Core courses not listed below | 27 |
| Specified 每日大赛网站 Core and other requirements: | |
| MATH 1390 or above | 3 |
| 聽BIOL 1440 and 1441 | 聽 聽8 |
| BIOL 2405 | 4 |
| BIOL 2411 or 3420 | 4 |
| BIOL 2490 | 4 |
| BIOL 3402, 3410, 4401, 4405, or higher-level biological science including a lab | 4 |
| CHEM 1450, 1451, 2401, and 3411 | 16 |
| GEOG 2330, MATH 2311, PSCI 2312, PSYC 2330, SOC 2321, or CISA 2330 | 3 |
| General Electives (Baptist strongly recommends taking cell biology and immunology courses such as BIOL 3402, BIOL 3420, and BIOL 4340, and other higher-level chemistry courses such as CHEM 4320 and 4121) | 6 |
| Professional Curriculum | SCH |
|---|---|
| TOTAL | 41 |
| MDT 3101 Spiritual Perspectives | 1 |
| MDT 4302 Immunology / Serology | 3 |
| MDT 4523 Immunohematology | 5 |
| MDT 4513 Hematology | 5 |
| MDT 4202 Urinalysis & Body Fluids | 2 |
| MDT 4710 Microbiology | 7 |
| MDT 4514 Clinical Chemistry | 5 |
| MDT 4108 Lab Fundamentals | 1 |
| MDT 4110 Seminar II | 1 |
| MDT 4200 Internship I | 2 |
| MDT 4201 Internship II | 2 |
| MDT 4411 Internship III | 4 |
| MDT 4311 Internship IV | 3 |