The Bachelor’s degree program in Clinical Laboratory Sciences prepares students for technical, supervisory and managerial positions in traditional clinical laboratory sciences practice areas such as hematology, clinical chemistry, diagnostic microbiology, immunohematology and serology. Other areas of practice include molecular diagnostics, histocompatibility testing, toxicology, assisted reproductive technology, crime investigation and parentage testing laboratory work based on DNA Technology, laboratory testing related to gene therapy and stem cell therapy and many other emerging areas of clinical laboratory medicine.
Lower Division Requirements
* Fulfills Gordon Rule writing requirement.
** From these courses students must choose two which fulfill the Gordon Rule writing requirement.
See your advisor for clarification.
*** Fulfills Gordon Rule math requirement.
**** The two course sequence of Anatomy & Physiology I and II may be substituted for these.
Foreign language requirement: Students must have either 2 years of the same foreign language in high school or 2 semesters in college
The Clinical year of the CLS Program has limited access. Enrollment is limited to 20 students per class. Only one class is selected each year, during the Spring semester.
Admission into the University as a CLS major does not guarantee selection into the clinical year.
Students should apply for entry into the clinical year during the Spring semester in which they are taking Hematology I and Diagnostic Microbiology I.
Eligibility is limited to those students who have completed all of the prerequisite courses with a minimum GPA of 2.5. A student with a GPA between 2.0 - 2.5 will be considered if showing strength in other criteria, and space is available.
Eligible students are required to submit an application (by February 1), as well as three letters of recommendation (by February 15), to the Program director to be considered for selection into the clinical year.
Student selections are completed by April 1st, and the clinical year begins during the first week of May.
Student selection is based on evaluation of the application form and references, completion of prerequisite courses, GPA, other merit recognition, and an interview with the selection committee.
Students not selected may complete a B.S. degree in Biology and apply for clinical year selection the following year.
