Proposed MMLS curriculum—draft student independent study plan
| Completion of MLS Program = 28 undergraduate hours and 15 graduate hours | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course/Level | Credit(s) | Semester/ Year | Example Graduate Application Project(s) |
| Laboratory operations (U) | 1 | Summer/1 | N/A |
| Introduction to chemistry/urinalysis (U) | 1 | Summer/1 | N/A |
| Introduction to hematology (U) | 2 | Summer/1 | N/A |
| Introduction to immunohematology (U) | 2 | Summer/1 | N/A |
| Introduction to microbiology (U) | 2 | Fall/1 | N/A |
| Clinical chemistry/urinalysis I (U) | 2 | Fall/1 | N/A |
| Clinical hematology I (U) | 2 | Fall/1 | N/A |
| Clinical microbiology I (U) | 2 | Fall/1 | N/A |
| Clinical immunohematology I (U) | 2 | Fall/1 | N/A |
| Clinical endocrinology & toxicology (U) | 1 | Fall/1 | N/A |
| Clinical core laboratory practicum I (U) | 1 | Fall/1 | N/A |
| Clinical microbiology practicum I (U) | 1 | Fall/1 | N/A |
| Clinical immunohematology practicum I (U) | 1 | Fall/1 | N/A |
| Clinical immunology & molecular diagnostics (G) | 2 | Fall/1 | Research paper w/molecular diagnostics focus |
| Clinical laboratory management I (G) | 2 | Fall/1 | Case study paper w/ethics focus |
| Clinical chemistry/urinalysis II (G) | 2 | Spring/1 | Poster project w/clinical chemistry focus |
| Clinical hematology II (G) | 2 | Spring/1 | Case study paper w/hematology focus |
| Clinical microbiology II (G) | 2 | Spring/1 | Educational e-learning module development w/microbiology focus |
| Clinical immunohematology II (G) | 2 | Spring/1 | Evaluate immunohematology focused research paper |
| Clinical core laboratory practicum II (U) | 1 | Spring/1 | N/A |
| Clinical microbiology practicum II (U) | 1 | Spring/1 | N/A |
| Clinical immunohematology practicum II (U) | 1 | Spring/1 | N/A |
| Clinical laboratory management II (G) | 3 | Spring/1 | Write a clinical laboratory procedure |
| Clinical laboratory science theory, application, and correlation (U) | 5 | Spring/1 | N/A |
| + Required Graduate Courses Not Part of MLS Program | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate Course | Credit (h) | Semester/Year | Example Graduate Application Project(s) | |
| Health care management I: managing people effectively | 3 | Fall/2 | Semester project related to the clinical laboratory | |
| Fundamentals of funds management and financial decision making | 3 | Fall/2 | Semester project related to the clinical laboratory | |
| Health care management II: managing processes | 3 | Spring/2 | Semester project related to the clinical laboratory | |
| Elective (eg, management or education) | 3 | Spring/2 | ||
| Elective (eg, management or education) | 2 | Spring or Fall/2 | ||
G, graduate; U, undergraduate