Medical Laboratory Science, B.S.
- General Education Course
- Milestone course: a key success marker for your major. See your advisor to discuss the importance of this course in your plan of study.
Major
The Core Curriculum is designed to foster critical thinking skills and introduce students to basic domains of thinking that transcend disciplines. The Core applies to all majors. Information on specific classes in the Core can be found at https://www.marshall.edu/gened/.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Core Curriculum | ||
Core 1: Critical Thinking | ||
FYS 100 | First Yr Sem Critical Thinking | 3 |
CLS 105 ![]() | Medical-Lab Terminology (CT) | 3 |
SOC 200 ![]() ![]() | Introductory Sociology (CT) | 3 |
Core 2 | ||
ENG 101 ![]() ![]() | Beginning Composition | 3 |
ENG 201 ![]() | Advanced Composition | 3 |
CMM 103 | Fund Speech-Communication | 3 |
MTH 130 | College Algebra | 3 |
BSC 228 ![]() ![]() | Human Physiology | 4 |
Core II Humanities (WI) | 3 | |
SOC 200 ![]() ![]() | Introductory Sociology (CT) (MC, WI) | 3 |
Core II Fine Arts | 3 | |
Additional University Requirements | ||
Writing Intensive (Core II Humanities) | 3 | |
Writing Intensive (SOC 200 WI) | 3 | |
SOC 200 ![]() | Introductory Sociology (CT) (Multicultural or International) | 3 |
CLS 468 ![]() | Clinical Lab Research (Capstone) | 3 |
Major-Specific | ||
CHM 211 ![]() ![]() | Principles of Chemistry I | 3 |
CHM 217 ![]() ![]() | Principles of Chem Lab I | 2 |
CLS 105 ![]() | Medical-Lab Terminology (CT) | 3 |
CHM 212 ![]() | Principles Chemistry II | 3 |
CHM 218 ![]() | Principles of Chem Lab II | 2 |
BSC 227 | Human Anatomy | 4 |
CLS 200 ![]() | Clinical Biochemistry | 4 |
CLS 230 | Clinical Hematology | 4 |
CLS 210 ![]() | Clinical Immunohematology | 4 |
CLS 220 | Clinical Microbiology | 4 |
CLS 255 ![]() | Clinical Lab Problems | 3 |
CLS 270 | Clin Practicum Hematology (15 Week Hospital Based Practicum) | 3 |
CLS 271 | Clin Practicum Chemistry (15 Week Hospital Based Practicum) | 3 |
CLS 272 | Clin Pract Immunohematol (15 Week Hospital Based Practicum) | 3 |
CLS 273 | Clin Pract Microbiology (15 Week Hospital Based Practicum) | 3 |
CHM 327 ![]() | Intro Organic Chemistry | 3 |
ECN 200 | Survey of Economics | 3 |
or ECN 250 | Principles Microeconomics | |
STA 225 ![]() ![]() | Introductory Statistics (CT) | 3 |
CLS 310 ![]() | Clin Immun & Mol Diag | 3 |
CLS 320 | Advanced Topics in CLS | 3 |
CLS 400 | Adv Clinical Chemistry | 2 |
CLS 410 ![]() | Adv Clin Immunohematology | 2 |
CLS 420 | Adv Clinical Microbiology | 2 |
CLS 430 | Adv Clinical Hematology | 3 |
CLS 460 | Clinical Lab Mgt and Educ | 3 |
CLS 464 | Lab Instrumen Inform Sys | 3 |
CLS 466 | Diagnostic Physiology | 3 |
CLS 472 | Adv CLS Clinical Practicum I | 1-3 |
CLS 473 | Adv CLS Clinical Practicum II | 1-3 |
CLS 468 ![]() | Clinical Lab Research (Capstone) | 3 |
CLS 499 | Seminar in Lab Medicine | 2 |
Major Information
- Students are required to know and track their degree requirements for graduation or for entrance to a professional school.
- Course offerings and course attributes are subject to change semesters. Please consult each semester’s schedule of courses for availability and attributes.
- The MLT and BS-MLS programs are fully accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences. Students who complete CLS programs through Marshall University will be eligible for national certification examinations.
- Medical Laboratory Technology Students complete the associate degree, graduate then progress into the Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science.
- MLS online students from other institutions must have completed an AAS in MLT from a NAACLS accredited program and will be required to fulfill the core curriculum requirements through a combination of transfer credits and MU courses; each student will be evaluated on an individual basis.
- 15-week hospital-based clinical practicum sequence Summer or Fall prior to beginning online MLS classes.
- General Education Course
- Milestone course: a key success marker for your major. See your advisor to discuss the importance of this course in your plan of study.
Four Year Plan
Medical laboratory scientists perform a variety of specialized tests in the clinical laboratory that provide information used by the physician to determine the extent and cause of disease. The tests performed by or supervised by the medical technologist are completed in such areas as hematology, blood banking, serology, immunology, clinical chemistry, bacteriology, and parasitology. The graduate medical technologist is prepared with the knowledge and abilities needed for certification by nationally recognized professional agencies. Certified medical laboratory scientists are accorded the status of professionals in the medical team. They often supervise laboratory sections, exercise independent judgement, and evaluate the work of others.
First Year | ||
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First Semester | Credit Hours | |
CHM 211 ![]() ![]() |
Principles of Chemistry I | 3 |
CHM 217 ![]() ![]() |
Principles of Chem Lab I | 2 |
ENG 101 ![]() ![]() |
Beginning Composition | 3 |
FYS 100 | First Yr Sem Critical Thinking | 3 |
CLS 105 ![]() |
Medical-Lab Terminology (CT) | 3 |
UNI 100 | Freshman First Class | 1 |
Credit Hours | 15 | |
Second Semester | ||
CHM 212 ![]() |
Principles Chemistry II | 3 |
CHM 218 ![]() |
Principles of Chem Lab II | 2 |
CMM 103 | Fund Speech-Communication | 3 |
SOC 200 ![]() ![]() |
Introductory Sociology (CT) (MC, WI) | 3 |
MTH 130 | College Algebra | 3 |
Credit Hours | 14 | |
Second Year | ||
First Semester | ||
BSC 227 | Human Anatomy | 4 |
CLS 200 ![]() |
Clinical Biochemistry | 4 |
CLS 230 | Clinical Hematology | 4 |
ENG 201 ![]() |
Advanced Composition | 3 |
Credit Hours | 15 | |
Second Semester | ||
BSC 228 ![]() ![]() |
Human Physiology | 4 |
CLS 210 ![]() |
Clinical Immunohematology | 4 |
CLS 220 | Clinical Microbiology | 4 |
CLS 255 ![]() |
Clinical Lab Problems | 3 |
Credit Hours | 15 | |
Third Semester | ||
Summer Term | ||
CLS 270 | Clin Practicum Hematology | 3 |
CLS 271 | Clin Practicum Chemistry | 3 |
CLS 272 | Clin Pract Immunohematol | 3 |
CLS 273 | Clin Pract Microbiology | 3 |
Credit Hours | 12 | |
Third Year | ||
First Semester | ||
CHM 327 ![]() |
Intro Organic Chemistry | 3 |
CLS 320 | Advanced Topics in CLS | 3 |
ECN 200 or ECN 250 |
Survey of Economics or Principles Microeconomics |
3 |
Core II Humanities (WI) | 3 | |
Clin Practicum Hematology (if not taken during summer) | ||
Clin Practicum Chemistry (if not taken during summer) | ||
Clin Pract Immunohematol (if not taken during summer) | ||
Clin Pract Microbiology (if not taken during summer) | ||
Credit Hours | 12 | |
Second Semester | ||
CLS 310 ![]() |
Clin Immun & Mol Diag | 3 |
STA 225 ![]() ![]() |
Introductory Statistics (CT) | 3 |
Core II Fine Arts | 3 | |
CLS 466 | Diagnostic Physiology | 3 |
Free Elective | 3 | |
Credit Hours | 15 | |
Fourth Year | ||
First Semester | ||
CLS 400 | Adv Clinical Chemistry | 2 |
CLS 410 ![]() |
Adv Clin Immunohematology | 2 |
CLS 420 | Adv Clinical Microbiology | 2 |
CLS 430 | Adv Clinical Hematology | 3 |
CLS 460 | Clinical Lab Mgt and Educ | 3 |
CLS 499 | Seminar in Lab Medicine | 2 |
Credit Hours | 14 | |
Second Semester | ||
CLS 464 | Lab Instrumen Inform Sys | 3 |
CLS 472 | Adv CLS Clinical Practicum I | 1-3 |
CLS 473 | Adv CLS Clinical Practicum II | 1-3 |
CLS 468 ![]() |
Clinical Lab Research (Capstone) | 3 |
Free Elective | 3 | |
Credit Hours | 11-15 | |
Total Credit Hours | 123-127 |
Part Time Enrollment Plan
Full-time enrollment at Marshall University requires that students take a minimum of twelve credit hours. Prerequisite courses, other than CLS courses, that are listed in Year Three in the curriculum may be taken in any sequence and in any combination. Part-time enrollment in CLS courses at the BS-MLS level is permitted for working MLTs; however students must take the following courses together and in this sequence:
First Year | ||
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First Semester | Credit Hours | |
CLS 460 | Clinical Lab Mgt and Educ | 3 |
CLS 499 | Seminar in Lab Medicine | 2 |
Credit Hours | 5 | |
Second Semester | ||
CLS 310 | Clin Immun & Mol Diag | 3 |
CLS 466 | Diagnostic Physiology | 3 |
Credit Hours | 6 | |
Second Year | ||
First Semester | ||
CLS 400 | Adv Clinical Chemistry | 2 |
CLS 410 | Adv Clin Immunohematology | 2 |
CLS 420 | Adv Clinical Microbiology | 2 |
CLS 430 | Adv Clinical Hematology | 3 |
Credit Hours | 9 | |
Second Semester | ||
CLS 464 | Lab Instrumen Inform Sys 1 | 3 |
CLS 468 ![]() |
Clinical Lab Research (Capstone) 1 | 3 |
CLS 472 | Adv CLS Clinical Practicum I 1 | 3 |
CLS 473 | Adv CLS Clinical Practicum II 1 | 3 |
Credit Hours | 12 | |
Total Credit Hours | 32 |
1 | CLS courses in this final Spring Semester can only be taken immediately preceding anticipated commencement in May. |
Once a student has been accepted into the BS-MLS online program, he/she will work together with the chair/program director to outline an acceptable curriculum completion plan.