The online post-baccalaureate certificate in microbiology for medical laboratory science is designed for those seeking to advance their career and become board certified as a laboratory technologist. Program participants learn to analyze blood, urine, tissue, and other body specimens to detect, diagnose and treat disease, as well as the latest molecular techniques to investigate and determine the causes of disease.
Coursework may be completed on a full- or part-time basis. The clinical practicum is usually taken on a full-time basis upon completion of didactic coursework. Program participants are typically in a clinical laboratory eight hours per day (daytime hours), five days per week. Students must be able to fulfill the time requirement for the practicum.
The certificate program teaches students what they need to qualify to sit for the ASCP Medical Laboratory Scientist (M) exam.
Those who complete the program coursework and hands-on practicum are prepared to:
- Apply principles of traditional and molecular laboratory procedures to perform diagnostic analyses.
- Correlate laboratory data and quality control data to assess patient test results.
- Apply knowledge of laboratory science principles as they relate to human disease diagnosis.
- Maintain a safe work environment.
- Comply with laboratory safety regulations and regulatory policies.
- Apply ethical decision making to issues related to clinical laboratory practice.
This is a STEM designated program.
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Course List Code | Title | Credits |
MLS 4116 | Clinical Bacteriology I | |
MLS 4117 | Clinical Bacteriology II | |
MLS 4119 | Parasitology, Mycology, and Virology | |
MLS 4141 | Immunology and Serology | |
MLS 4151 | Molecular Diagnostics | |
MLS 4158 | Laboratory Management and Operations | |
MLS 4164 | Clinical Microbiology Practicum | |
*Clinical rotations are completed at an approved clinical site and vary in length, lasting between one to four weeks each.