Medical Laboratory Technician

Allied Health

A.A.S. Degree (G)

The Medical Laboratory Technician Associate Degree program prepares the student who wishes to seek employment as a medical laboratory technician in hospital laboratories, independent laboratories, physicians' offices, community health agencies, or as a technician in research centers, pharmaceutical laboratories, biomedical laboratories, or as a quality control technician in food processing or manufacturing companies.

Students wishing to enroll in the program will be required to submit evidence of a physical examination. The program includes didactic course work on campus followed by a clinical affiliation in an approved hospital. The program is fully accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) 5600 N. River Road, Suite 720, Rosemont, IL 60018, (773) 714-8880 which qualifies the graduates to take the ASCP registry examination for Medical Laboratory Technicians. Students will be required to complete the program within five calendar years.

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

  1. Collect, process, and analyze biological specimens and other related substances.
  2. Recognize factors that affect procedures and results, and take appropriate actions within predetermined limits when corrections are indicated.
  3. Perform and monitor quality control within predetermined limits.
  4. Apply basic scientific principles for application in medical laboratory procedures and methodologies.
  5. Employ safety principles according to health and environmental regulations.
  6. Correlate laboratory results with common disease processes and treatments for diagnosis.
  7. Demonstrate professional conduct and interpersonal communication skills with patients, laboratory personnel, other healthcare personnel, and the public.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

  1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
  2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
  3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
  5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
  6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Graduation Requirements

Core Courses

ENG 101Composition I

3

ENG 102Composition II

3

MAT 162Statistical Reasoning

4

PSY 121General Psychology

3

SOC 213Ethical Issues in Healthcare

3

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1

Program/Major Courses

MLT 120Hematology I

4

MLT 121Hematology II

4

MLT 220Clinical Chemistry I

4

MLT 221Clinical Chemistry II

4

MLT 250Clinical Microbiology I

4

MLT 251Clinical Microbiology II

4

MLT 260Immunology

4

MLT 261Blood Banking

4

MLT 291Clinical Practicum

7

Program/Major Support Courses

BIO 120Anatomy & Physiology I

5

BIO 121Anatomy & Physiology II

5

Select 1 course(s) from:

CHM 110General Chemistry

4

CHM 150Chemical Principles I

5

Select 1 course(s) from:

CHM 111Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry

4

CHM 151Chemical Principles II

5

Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)

Semester 1

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1

BIO 120Anatomy & Physiology I

5

 

CHM 150Chemical Principles I

5

Or

CHM 110General Chemistry

4

 

MAT 162Statistical Reasoning

4

MLT 120Hematology I

4

Semester 2

BIO 121Anatomy & Physiology II

5

 

CHM 151Chemical Principles II

5

Or

CHM 111Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry

4

 

ENG 101Composition I

3

MLT 121Hematology II

4

Semester 3

MLT 250Clinical Microbiology I

4

MLT 220Clinical Chemistry I

4

ENG 102Composition II

3

MLT 260Immunology

4

PSY 121General Psychology

3

Semester 4

MLT 221Clinical Chemistry II

4

MLT 251Clinical Microbiology II

4

MLT 261Blood Banking

4

SOC 213Ethical Issues in Healthcare

3

Semester 5

MLT 291Clinical Practicum

7

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 73 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on your need for developmental education courses and the elective choices you make (if electives are a part of the program). Some programs also have college-level courses that you must take if you do not score at a certain level on the College Placement Test. If this applies to your program, the courses are listed at the top of the sequence sheet before the first semester of the course list.

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