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Medical Laboratory Technology MLT

Degree Type: Associate in Applied Science

Required Courses		Credit Hours
Required Courses
General Education
BIOL 108	Medical Microbiology*Z	3
BIOL 205	Human Anatomy/Physiology*Z	5
CHEM 114	Intro to General Chemistry*Z	4
CHEM 214	Fund of Organic Chemistry *Z	4
COMM 221	Small Group Decision Making	3
ENGL 150	English 1	3
ENGL 250	English 2	3
MATH 117	Contemporary Mathematics	4
Electives:
*	Cultural Enrichment	3
*	Social Foundation	3
Core
CCHS 101	Orientation - Health Care	3
CCHS 102	Safety Issues-Health Care	1
CCHS 103	Clinical Skills - Health Care Providers	1
FSUS 100	Ferris State Univ Seminar	1
*	(first year only)
MRIS 102	Orientation to Medical Vocabulary	1
*	Computer Competency
Major
CLLS 101	Clinical Lab Science Orientation	1
CLLS 122	Introduction to Specimen Collection	2
CLLS 123	Specimen Collection Laboratory	1
CLLS 216	Clinical Chemistry	3
CLLS 217	Clinical Chemistry Lab	1
CLLS 218	Body Fluid Analysis	1
CLLS 219	Hemostasis	1
CLLS 220	Body Fluid and Hemostasis Laboratory	1
CLLS 231	Hematology	2
CLLS 232	Hematology Laboratory	1
CLLS 236	Diagnostic Microbiology	2
CLLS 237	Diagnostic Microbiology Laboratory	2
CLLS 241	Medical Virology/Mycology/Parasitology	2
CLLS 242	Medical Virology/Mycology/Parasitology Laboratory	1
CLLS 252	Introduction to Clinical Immunology	2
CLLS 253	Introduction to Immunology Laboratory	1
CLLS 256	Simulated Clinical Lab	3
CLLS 258	Immunohematology	2
CLLS 259	Immunohematology Laboratory	1
CLLS 281	Application of Clinical Laboratory Science	1
CLLS 292	Applied Clinical Practicum 1	6
CLLS 293	Applied Clinical Practicum 2	6

Why Choose Medical Laboratory Technology

Medical Laboratory Technicians (MLT) perform laboratory analyses to help the physician detect, diagnose and treat disease. Technicians work with sophisticated laboratory instruments and computers that must be kept in optimal operating condition to give the most accurate results. The volume and sophistication of laboratory testing will increase as the population grows and lives longer. Physicians base about 70 percent of their diagnosis and treatment decisions on the results of laboratory testing.

Medical laboratory technicians work in such divisions of the medical laboratory in the blood bank, clinical chemistry, microbiology, hematology, serology and body fluid analysis under the supervision of the medical technologists and the medical director.

The program combines classroom instruction and laboratory practice on-campus with internships in hospitals throughout the state to prepare program graduates to perform a wide range of tests.

The program is fully accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences.

Get a Great Job

Career opportunities exist in the clinical laboratories in hospitals and medical centers; pharmaceutical industry in quality control, research and biotechnology; government crime labs, accreditation offices, environmental technology, veterinary medicine and lab information systems; humanitarian work in the Peace Corps, Project Hope and medical missionary workers.

The median annual base salary of full-time medical laboratory technicians in the Midwest was $34,798 in 2003. Salaries are increasing annually. Many employers are paying sign-on bonuses because of the shortage of qualified MLTs.

Admission Requirements

Students must be admitted to the university. To be qualified to enter the professional sequence of the program, a student must have earned at least a 2.5 gpa with a minimum grade of a "C" in the following courses or their equivalent: MATH 115 or MATH 117 ( or have an ACT Math subscore of 24) and CHEM 114, CHEM 214 and BIOL 205 with a minimum grade of "C".

To assure students of a quality technical education in classroom/lab and clinical practice, enrollment is limited. Students who meet or will have met the program’s qualification criteria by the end of Spring semester are required to apply to the program’s professional sequence between January 15 and January 30 of the year prior to the August professional sequence entry. Admission will be based upon date of qualification.

Graduation Requirements

To graduate from the program, a student must have earned a minimum grade of “C” in each CLLS course, BIOL 205, CHEM 114, and the CAHS core courses. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required.

Ferris will find you an internship in the last semester of the program, although due to limited space, specific clinical site locations cannot be guaranteed. If a student interrupts progression in the professional sequence of the program, re-entry cannot be guaranteed due to space limitations in laboratory and clinical placement sites.

More Information

College of Allied Health Sciences
Ferris State University
200 Ferris Drive
Big Rapids, MI 49307
Phone: 231-591-2270 or
1-800-462-8553, ext. 2266