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Nov 08, 2024
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2014-2015 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Medical Laboratory Sciences, BS
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About the Program
Medical Laboratory Science is a branch of health sciences concerned with the performance and analysis of clinical tests on patient tissues, blood and other body fluids. These disease detectives play a critical role in the patient care team by providing vital information concerning the accurate diagnosis and treatment of disease. Working with doctors and nurses, individuals in this profession draw on their critical thinking skills daily to aid in the promotion of patient health and overall well-being.
Summary of Program Requirements
The Summary of Program Requirements for Medical Laboratory Sciences is a comprehensive list of those categories which a student must fulfill in order to earn their degree. Unlike the full Detailed Program Requirements listed below, complete lists of selectives for any given category are not shown. These summaries are intended to be printer-friendly and less expansive in detail.
Detailed Program Requirements
Please see below for detailed program requirements and possible selective fulfillments.
HLSC-BS
MLAB
120 credits
3 years plus 1 year clinical (application required for clinical)
A cumulative GPA of at least 3.00 and a minimum science (CHM, BIOL, PHYS, MA)
GPA of at least 2.75 is required for admission into the clinical year.
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Medical Laboratory Sciences Core (University Foundational Learning Outcomes) (26-27 credits)
Written Communication and Information Literacy
Fulfills 1 Science Core Course
Fulfills 1 Science Core Course
Humanities
- select from University list - Credit Hours: 3.00
Behavior/Social Science
- select from University list - Credit Hours: 3.00
Science, Technology & Society
Required Courses for Medical Laboratory Sciences (58 credits)
HSCI Humanities, Behavioral/Social Sciences Selectives - select from list (3 credits)
- select course from HSCI Humanities, Behavior/Social Sciences list - Credit Hours: 3.00
Clinical Year (32 credits)
A cumulative GPA of at least 3.00 and a minimum science (CHM, BIOL, PHYS, MA) GPA of at least 2.75 is required to apply for admission into the clinical year.
Student must have at least 88 credits completed prior to the start of the clinical year.
(Course title and number of credits per course listed below vary by clinical location.)
- Clinical Chemistry
- Clinical Hematology
- Clinical Immunohematology
- Clinical Microbiology
- Clinical Serology
- Clinical Urinalysis
- Intro to Laboratory Education & Management
- Special Topics
All students must complete 32 credits of 300 level or higher courses at Purdue for graduation
120 credits required for Bachelor of Science degree
Note
Medical Laboratory Sciences students graduate in August
HSCI Humanities, Behavioral/Social Sciences Selectives List - select any course(s) from the following subjects
- Anthropology (ANTH)
- Art & Design (AD)
- Classics (CLCS)
- Communication (COM)
- Dance (DANC)
- Economics (ECON)
- English (ENGL)
- Foreign Languages & Literatures (FLL)
- History (HIST)
- Interdisciplinary Studies (IDIS)
- Music (MUS)
- Philosophy (PHIL)
- Political Science (POL)
- Psychology (PSY)
- Sociology (SOC)
- Theatre (THTR)
Program Requirements
120 credit hours required
Effective: Fall 2014 Beginners
A cumulative GPA of at least 3.00 and a minimum science (CHM, BIOL, PHYS, MATH) GPA of at least 2.75 is required to apply for admission into the clinical year.
Fall 1st Year
Freshman Year First Semester
Spring 1st Year
Second Semester
Fall 2nd Year
Sophomore Year Third Semester
Spring 2nd Year
Fourth Semester
Fall 3rd Year
Junior Year Fifth Semester
Spring 3rd Year
Sixth Semester
Fall 4th Year
**Senior Year Seventh Semester
Spring 4th Year
Eighth Semester
Note
*(BSS) Behavioral/Social Science - 1 course
*(H) Humanities - 1 course
*(OC) Oral Communication - 1 course
*(QR) Quantitative Reasoning - 1 course
*(S) Science - 2 courses
*(IL) Information Literacy - 1 course
*(STS) Science, Technology, & Society) - 1 course
*(WC) Written Communication - 1 course
Purdue students must complete 32 credit hours of 300 level or above courses for graduation with a Bachelor of Science degree.
Student is responsible for completing and fulfilling all graduation requirements.
**These courses are simply representations of the types of courses for which students selected for clinical placement will register. The numeric designations, course titles and credits may vary depending on the affiliate site but will adhere to the overall total of 32 credits and 40000 level courses.
Critical Course
The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.
Expired Course
Any course without a link to its description is one that has been expired. However, this course could fulfill the degree requirement historically.
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