BS in Clinical Laboratory Sciences Course List 2026-27

Courses (123 hours total):

*Must have a C or better; **Must have a B or better

Semester offered

Pre-requisite(s)

Fall

Spring

Summer

CLS 1003/MLSC 11003 Making Connections (not required for transfer students)

x

General Education (35 hours)

*MATH 1023/MATH 11003- College Algebra (or any MATH course that requires MATH 102311003 as a prerequisite)

x

x

x

*ENG 1003/ENGL 10103 Composition I

x

x

x

*ENG 1013/ENGL 10203 Composition II

x

x

x

*CHEM 1011+1013/14201+14203 - General Chemistry I + lab

x

x

x

*BIO 2101+2103/BIOL 20001+20003 - Microbiology for Nursing and Allied Health + Lab

x

x

3 hours of Fine Arts

x

x

x

3 hours of Humanities

x

x

x

3 hours of Departmental Option (Oral Com, Arts, Humanities, or Social Sciences)

x

x

x

9 hours of Social Sciences including one course of HIST 2763, HIST 2773, or POSC 2103 

x

x

x

Major Core Courses/Program Pre-requisites (18 hours):

*BIO 2201+2203/BIOL 24001+24003 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I + Lab

x

x

x

*BIO 2221+2223/BIOL 24101+24103 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II + Lab

x

x

x

BIO 2201+2203/

BIOL 24001+24003

*CHEM 1021+1023/14201+14203 - General Chemistry II + Lab

x

x

x

CHEM 1011+1013/ 14201+14203

*CHEM 3003/33003 - Survey of Organic Chemistry (OR CHEM 3103/36053)

x

CHEM 1021+1023/ 14201+14203

**CLS 1511+1512/MLSC 11541+11532 - Principles of Clinical Laboratory Science + Lab

x

x

CLS Program (67 hours) – Application Required by April 15^th

Year 1:

*CLS 2521+2523/MLSC 22581+22553 - Hematology I + Lab

x

CLS 1511+1512/

MLSC 11541+11532

*CLS 2541+2543/MLSC 22541+22543 - Clinical Chemistry I + Lab

x

CHEM 1011+1013/ 14201+14203

CLS 1511+1512/

MLSC 11541+11532

*CLS 2571+2573/MLSC 22571+22573 - Clinical Immunology and Serology + LabImmunodiagnostics

x

BIO 2221+2223/

BIOL 24101+24103

CLS 1511+1512/

MLSC 11541+11532

*CLSMLSC 1521+1531/1501 (?) - Basic Lab Operations 

x

MLSC 11541+11532

*MLSC 11531+21101 - Urine and Body Fluid Analysis + Lab

x

CLS 1511+1512/

MLSC 11541+11532

*CLS 2531+2533/MLSC 22531+22533 - Medical Microbiology I + Lab 

x

BIO 2101+2103/

BIOL 20001+20003

*CLS 3511+3512/MLSC 42141+42142 - Medical Parasitology + Lab

x

BIO 2101+2103/

BIOL 20001+20003

*CLS 2561+2563/MLSC 22561+22563 - Immunohematology I + Lab

x

CLS 2571+2573/

MLSC 22571+22573

CLS 2521+2523/

MLSC 22581+22553

BIO 2221+2223/

BIOL 24101+24103

*HP 3123/HPMT 33103 - Intro to Disease 

x

x

Year 2:

*CLS 3112/MLSC 33102 - Laboratory Quality Management

x

x

CLS 2541+2543/

MLSC 22541+22543

*CLS 4441+4443/MLSC 44101+44103 - Medical Microbiology II + Topics

x

CLS 2531+2533/

MLSC 22531+22533

CLS 3511+3512/

MLSC 42141+42142

*CLS 4331+4333/MLSC 44331+44333 - Immunohematology II + Topics

x

CLS 2561+2563/

MLSC 22561+22563

*CLS 4222/MLSC 44302 - Senior Seminar I

x

CLS 2561+2563/

MLSC 22561+22563

*CLS 3221+3223/MLSC 33201+33203 - Hematology II + Lab

x

CLS 2521+2523/

MLSC 22581+22553

*CLS 4111+4113/MLSC 44101+44103 - Clinical Chemistry II + Topics course

x

CLS 2541+2543/

MLSC 22541+22543

*CLS 3153/MLSC 33153 - Clinical Biochemistry

x

CHEM 3003/33003 or
CHEM 3103/36053

*CLS 4232/MLSC 44232 - Senior Seminar II

x

CLS 2561+2563/

MLSC 22561+22563

Clinical Practicums – starts in year 2, taken in any order

*CLS 4173/MLSC 44173 - Clinical Practicum I (Clinical Chemistry)

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x

x

CLS 2541+2543/

MLSC 22541+22543

*CLS 4183/MLSC 44183 - Clinical Practicum II (Hematology)

x

x

x

CLS 2521+2523/

MLSC 22581+22553

CLS 1521+1531/

MLSC 11531+21101

*CLS 4194/MLSC 4419444193 - Clinical Practicum III (Medical Microbiology)

x

x

x

CLS 2531+2533/

MLSC 22531+22533

*CLS 4204/MLSC 4420444203 - Clinical Practicum IV (Blood Bank)

x

x

x

CLS 2561+2563/

MLSC 22561+22563