Curriculum and Calendar
Program Curriciulum
| Program Course/Schedule | Clinical Rotation Length | Student Laboratory Hours | Classroom Lecture Hours |
| Chemistry (Manual, Automated, and Special) | 4 weeks (144 hrs) | 9 hours | 27 hours |
| -- Point of Care | 1 day (8 hrs) | ||
| -- Blood Gases | 1 day (8 hrs) | ||
| Microbiology (Bacteriology, Parasitology, Mycology, Virology) | 5 weeks (200 hrs) | 96 hours | 72 hours |
| -- Molecular (Microbiology) | 1 week (40 hrs) | ||
| Urinalysis/Clinical Microscopy | 1 week (40 hrs) | 15 hours | 17 hours |
| Immunohematology | 5 weeks (192 hrs) | 30 hours | 30 hours |
| -- Donor Processing (1 day) | 1 day (8 hrs) | ||
| -- HLA | 1 week (40 hrs) | ||
| Hematology/Coagulation/Body Fluids | 5 weeks (200 hrs) | 81 hours | 36 hours |
| Flow Cytometry | 1 week (40 hrs) | ||
| Molecular Diagnostics (Pathology) | 1 week (40 hrs) | 13 hours | |
| Serology/Immunology | 1 week (40 hrs) | 18 hours | 25 hours |
| Management and Educational Methods | n/a | 20 hours | |
| Seminar | 1 week (40 hrs) | ||
| Introduction to Medical Laboratory Science | n/a | 10 hours | |
| -- Phlebotomy | 1 week (40 hrs) | 14 hrs | 5 hours |
| -- Laboratory Math | n/a | n/a | 5 hours |
| Reviews and Final Exams | n/a | n/a | 80 hours |
| Total | 27 weeks (1080 hours) | 263 hours | 340 hours |
Program Calendar
The student will have ten (10) days of time off during their 11.5 month clinical year. This time off is prearranged with one week in March and one week in August. Holidays that occur during prearranged time off are considered part of the 10 days.
Students, as unpaid employees, do not accrue personal time.
Students will be entitled to all official Hospital holidays as they apply to hospital personnel. The School of Medical Laboratory Science will recognize the following as holidays:
- New Year's Day (January 1) *
- Martin Luther King's Birthday (3rd Monday in January)
- Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
- Independence Day (July 4)*
- Labor Day (first Monday in September)
- Veteran's Day (November 11)
- Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November)
- Friday following Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Eve (December 24) *
- Christmas Day (December 25) *
* May be included in vacation time.