Medical Laboratory Science (B.S.)

Departmental Requirements (52-53 hours)

• MLS 111 - Introduction to Medical Lab Science
• MLS 228 - Medical Laboratory Parasitology
• MLS 228L - Medical Laboratory Parasitology Lab
• MLS 239 - Advancing Clinical Quality: Turning Data into Decisions
• MLS 325 - Medical Laboratory Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics
• MLS 331 - Introduction to Hematology and Hemostasis in the Medical Laboratory
• MLS 331L - Intro to Hematology and Hemostasis Lab
• MLS 332 - Intro to Med Lab Procedures
• MLS 332L - Intro to MLS Procedures Lab

Nondepartmental Requirements (36-37 hours)

• BIOC 310 - Biological Chemistry
• BIOC 310L - Biological Chemistry Laboratory
• BIOL 151 - General Biology I (C) [SGR #6, HSDC]
• BIOL 151L - General Biology I Lab (C) [SGR #6, HSDC]
• CHEM 112 - General Chemistry I (C) [SGR #6, HSDC]
• CHEM 112L - General Chemistry I Laboratory (C) [SGR #6, HSDC]

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• CHEM 114 - General Chemistry II (C) [SGR #6, HSDC]
• CHEM 114L - General Chemistry II Laboratory (C) [SGR #6, HSDC]

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• CHEM 116 - Honors Principles of Chemistry [SGR #6, HSDC]
• CHEM 116L - Honors Principles of Chemistry Laboratory [SGR #6, HSDC]

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• Select one of the following courses with lab:

• CHEM 310 - Fundamental Organic Chemistry
• CHEM 310L - Fundamental Organic Chemistry Lab
• CHEM 326 - Organic Chemistry I (C)
• CHEM 326L - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory (C)
• CHEM 332 - Analytical Chemistry (C)
• CHEM 332L - Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (C)

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• MICR 418 - Fundamentals of Immunology
• MICR 420 - Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• MICR 422 - Microbiology and Infectious Disease Laboratory
• PHGY 220 - Human Anatomy and Integrated Physiology I [SGR #6, HSDC]
• PHGY 220L - Human Anatomy and Integrated Physiology Laboratory I [SGR #6, HSDC]
• PHGY 230 - Human Anatomy and Integrated Physiology II [SGR #6, HSDC]
• PHGY 230L - Human Anatomy and Integrated Physiology II Laboratory [SGR #6, HSDC]

Suggested Course For All MLS Majors

• MLS 415 - Communicable Diseases and Public Health
• BIOL 153 - General Biology II (C) [SGR #6, HSDC]
• BIOL 153L - General Biology II Lab (C) [SGR #6, HSDC]

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  Notes:

  • Laboratory fees will be levied on all MLS 200-300 level specific courses.
  • General Biology II can be beneficial, as a recommended elective, particularly for those who may be considering graduate programs such as pre-Medicine, pre-Physician Assistant, pre-Occupational Therapy, or pre-Physical Therapy.

Four-Year Program Guides and Costs

USD encourages students to take 15 credits per semester or 30 credits within the year in order to graduate in 4 years. To help students complete their academic degree program in four years, we provide a sample academic plan. Please work with your academic advisor to confirm your plan. 

• Medical Laboratory Science, B.S. 4-year plan guide  

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Students will connect ideas and experiences in order to synthesize and transfer learning to new, complex situations within and beyond the campus. 
2. Students will interact with other students and evaluate the effort put into team tasks, interactions with others, and the quantity and quality made to team discussions.
3. Students will recognize when there is a need for information and identify, locate, evaluate and effectively and responsibly use and convey that information to address the need or problem at hand.
4. Students will comprehensively explore issues, ideas, artifacts and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion, and combine or synthesize existing ideas, images or expertise in original ways reflecting a high degree of innovation, divergent thinking, and risk taking.
5. Students will be able to systematically explore issues, objects or works through the collection and analysis of evidence that results in informed conclusions or judgments, and break down complex topics or issues into parts to gain a better understanding of them.
6. The Medical Laboratory Science student will demonstrate cognitive understanding of essential hematology, parasitology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, and clinical microbiology theory and the testing procedures that are associated with each area.
7. The Medical Laboratory Science student will demonstrate entry-level laboratory psychomotor skills.
8. The Medical Laboratory Science student will demonstrate affective professional behaviors in the classroom and at the clinical internship sites as they interact with clients, student classmates, instructors, clinical supervisors, and other health professionals.

Courses or Programs Leading to Professional Licensure or Certification-Special

USD, as of July 1, 2020, cannot confirm whether this program or any of its courses meets educational prerequisites for State professional licensure or certification. If you are planning to apply for licensure/certification in a State after completion of your program, contact the academic department offering your major or CDE at (605) 658-6152 or by email at cde@usd.edu. USD is working to comply with these requirements and will provide up-to-date information as it becomes available.

If your learning placement course (internship, externship, clinical, rotation, practicum, independent study, study away, etc.) or your online course will be taken outside South Dakota, please reference the State Authorization webpage below.

Information about State Authorization & Professional Licensure