Medical Laboratory Practice Minor

18 Credit Hours Required

Minor Requirements (13 credit hours)

• BIOL 151 - General Biology I (C) [SGR #6, HSDC] ^a
• BIOL 151L - General Biology I Lab (C) [SGR #6, HSDC]
• MLS 228 - Medical Laboratory Parasitology
• MLS 228L - Medical Laboratory Parasitology Lab
• MLS 239 - Advancing Clinical Quality: Turning Data into Decisions
• MLS 332 - Intro to Med Lab Procedures
• MLS 332L - Intro to MLS Procedures Lab

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  ^aBIOL 151/L will fulfill the prerequisite to the following optional electives: MLS 325, MLS 415, MLS 331/L.

Electives

5 credit hours minimum required; additional hours earned will count towards the 120-hour baccalaureate electives (courses that require a prerequisite are paired in the list below). Courses with the MLS prefix are preferred by the department however all electives in the list below fulfill this requirement.

Each course/group of courses lists required prequisite courses. The first course does not have a required prequisite. The rest of the list reflects whether a single course prequisite is required or if several are required for the course groupings.

• MLS 111 - Introduction to Medical Lab Science

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• The following 3 courses prerequisite is met by BIOL 151/L that is a required course in the core:

• 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 415 - Communicable Diseases and Public Health