Program Director
Joan O'Connell
(330) 941-1761
joconnell02@ysu.edu
Overview
Medical Laboratory Programs
Laboratory data plays an important role in the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. Laboratory scientists perform complex tests to aid physicians and other healthcare providers in the prevention, treatment, and monitoring of disease states.
For more information, contact Joan O'Connell 330-941-1761
joconnell02@ysu.edu
Medical Laboratory Science (BS-MLS) Curriculum
The medical laboratory science program is a four-year program leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Laboratory Science (BSMLS). Students in the program must complete and provide records of their immunizations, including the hepatitis B immunization series.
All course work in the MLS program must be completed with a minimum grade of "C". Students must maintain an overall GPA of 2.75 and a GPA of 2.75 in all MLS courses.
The MLS program follows a "3+1" format. Students complete university general education requirements and pre-professional courses in medical laboratory science, general chemistry, and biological sciences, during the first three years of the program. The final year of the program is completed at an accredited MLS hospital based internship program. Upon successful program completion, graduates are qualified to take the certification examination offered through ASCP and become certified as MLS (ASCP).
Medical laboratory scientists perform, interpret, and report medical tests ranging from routine to complex. They operate and troubleshoot complex analytical instrumentation and perform sophisticated computations to ensure accurate results.
Medical laboratory scientists hold positions as laboratory managers, department supervisors, and technical consultants. In addition to traditional careers in hospitals and other medical facilities opportunities exist in education, research, and industry.
The diverse academic and clinical experience provided by the BSMLS curriculum provides graduates with a solid foundation for continued graduate studies in medicine and other chemical and biological fields of study.
MLS 3+1 Internship Guidelines
Students must apply for Medical Laboratory Science Internship year upon completion of the second year of the program or after completing 60-65 semester hours. Information on clinical affiliations and the application process is available from the program director. Students should apply for graduation at the beginning of the junior year to allow for evaluation of transcripts by an academic advisor in the Bitonte College of Health and Human Services. This application will help ensure that a requirements for internship and graduation have been fulfilled.
The University does not guarantee acceptance into the fourth year hospital based internship. Selection and acceptance are based on clinical site admission and selection criteria. Internship placement is competitive, and students are urged to maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA, especially in Chemistry, Biology and Medical laboratory Science courses. Students are encouraged to apply to all our affiliated programs, a list of these programs is available through the program director. Students should notify the program director upon their acceptance to a professional program.
| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST YEAR REQUIREMENT -STUDENT SUCCESS | ||
| YSU 1500 | Success Seminar | 1-2 |
| or YSU 1500S | Youngstown State University Success Seminar | |
| or HONR 1500 | Intro to Honors | |
| General Education | ||
| ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3-4 |
| or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 with Support | |
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| Gen Ed Math Course | ||
| STAT 2601 | Introductory Statistics | 3-4 |
| or STAT 2625 | Statistical Literacy and Critical Reasoning | |
| Social Sciences (2 courses) | 6 | |
| Arts & Humanities (2 courses) | 6 | |
| Natural Science course requirement Met with required courses in the major | ||
| General Education Electives (9 s.h.) Met with required science courses in the major | ||
| Major Courses | ||
| MLS 1501 | Introduction to the Medical Laboratory Profession | 2 |
| MLS 1501L | Introduction to the Medical Laboratory Profession Laboratory | 1 |
| MLS 1502 | Urinalysis and Body Fluids | 2 |
| MLS 1502L | Urinalysis and Body Fluid Laboratory | 1 |
| MLS 1503 | Immunohematology | 3 |
| MLS 1503L | Immunohematology Laboratory | 1 |
| MLS 2601 | Clinical Chemistry 1 | 2 |
| MLS 2601L | Clinical Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 1 |
| MLS 2603L | Advanced Immunohematology Laboratory | 1 |
| MLS 2605 | Molecular Diagnostics | 2 |
| MLS 3700 | Clinical Chemistry 2 | 4 |
| MLS 3701 | Clinical Hematology 1 | 2 |
| MLS 3701L | Clinical Hematology 1 Laboratory | 1 |
| MLS 3702 | Clinical Hematology 2 | 2 |
| MLS 3702L | Clinical Hematology 2 Laboratory | 1 |
| MLS 3704 | Clinical Immunology and Serology | 3 |
| MLS 3704L | Clinical Immunology and Serology | 1 |
| MLS 3787 | Diagnostic Microbiology | 3 |
| MLS 3787L | Diagnostic Microbiology Laboratory | 2 |
| Biology Courses | ||
| BIOL 2601 | General Biology 1: Molecules and Cells | 3 |
| BIOL 2601L | General Biology I: Molecules and Cells Laboratory | 1 |
| BIOL 1545 | Allied Health Anatomy and Physiology | 5 |
| BIOL 1545L | Allied Health Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory | 0 |
| Chemistry Courses | ||
| CHEM 1510 | Chemistry for the Allied Health Sciences | 4 |
| CHEM 1510L | Chemistry for the Allied Health Sciences Laboratory | 0 |
| CHEM 1515 | General Chemistry 1 | 3 |
| CHEM 1515L | General Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 1516 | General Chemistry 2 | 3 |
| CHEM 1516L | General Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 3719 | Organic Chemistry 1 | 3 |
| CHEM 3719L | Organic Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 1 |
| Internship Year | ||
| MLS 4800 | MLS Chemistry Clinical Experience | 7 |
| MLS 4801 | MLS Hematology Clinical Experience | 7 |
| MLS 4802 | MLS Immunohematology Clinical Experience (7) | 7 |
| MLS 4803 | MLS Microbiology Clinical Experience | 7 |
| MLS 4804 | Miscellaneous Clinical Experience | 7 |
| Elective to meet 120 hrs | 3 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120-123 | |
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | S.H. | |
| YSU 1500 | Success Seminar or Youngstown State University Success Seminar or Intro to Honors | 1-2 |
| ENGL 1550 or ENGL 1549 | Writing 1 or Writing 1 with Support | 3-4 |
| MLS 1501 | Introduction to the Medical Laboratory Profession | 2 |
| MLS 1501L | Introduction to the Medical Laboratory Profession Laboratory | 1 |
| Elective (Any) | 3 | |
| STAT 2601 or STAT 2625 | Introductory Statistics or Statistical Literacy and Critical Reasoning | 3-4 |
| Semester Hours | 13-16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| BIOL 2601 | General Biology 1: Molecules and Cells | 3 |
| BIOL 2601L | General Biology I: Molecules and Cells Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 1510 | Chemistry for the Allied Health Sciences | 4 |
| CHEM 1510L | Chemistry for the Allied Health Sciences Laboratory | 0 |
| MLS 1502 | Urinalysis and Body Fluids | 2 |
| MLS 1502L | Urinalysis and Body Fluid Laboratory | 1 |
| Semester Hours | 14 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| BIOL 1545 | Allied Health Anatomy and Physiology | 5 |
| BIOL 1545L | Allied Health Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory | 0 |
| CHEM 1515 | General Chemistry 1 | 3 |
| CHEM 1515L | General Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 1 |
| Select one Social Science Gen Ed | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 12 | |
| Spring | ||
| CHEM 1516 | General Chemistry 2 | 3 |
| CHEM 1516L | General Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 1 |
| MLS 1503 | Immunohematology | 3 |
| MLS 1503L | Immunohematology Laboratory | 1 |
| MLS 2601 | Clinical Chemistry 1 | 2 |
| MLS 2601L | Clinical Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 1 |
| MLS 2605 | Molecular Diagnostics | 2 |
| Semester Hours | 13 | |
| Summer | ||
| MLS 3700 | Clinical Chemistry 2 | 4 |
| MLS 3701 | Clinical Hematology 1 | 2 |
| MLS 3701L | Clinical Hematology 1 Laboratory | 1 |
| Semester Hours | 7 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| MLS 2603L | Advanced Immunohematology Laboratory | 1 |
| MLS 3702 | Clinical Hematology 2 | 2 |
| MLS 3702L | Clinical Hematology 2 Laboratory | 1 |
| MLS 3787 | Diagnostic Microbiology | 3 |
| MLS 3787L | Diagnostic Microbiology Laboratory | 2 |
| Select 1 course; Arts and Humanities | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 12 | |
| Spring | ||
| MLS 3704 | Clinical Immunology and Serology | 3 |
| MLS 3704L | Clinical Immunology and Serology | 1 |
| CHEM 3719 | Organic Chemistry 1 | 3 |
| CHEM 3719L | Organic Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 1 |
| Select 1 course Social Science 1 | 3 | |
| Select 1 course Arts and Humanities | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 14 | |
| Summer | ||
| MLS 4804 | Miscellaneous Clinical Experience | 7 |
| Semester Hours | 7 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| MLS 4801 | MLS Hematology Clinical Experience | 7 |
| MLS 4802 | MLS Immunohematology Clinical Experience | 7 |
| Semester Hours | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| MLS 4803 | MLS Microbiology Clinical Experience | 7 |
| MLS 4800 | MLS Chemistry Clinical Experience | 7 |
| Semester Hours | 14 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120-123 | |
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General education courses must fulfill the requirements for the baccalaureate degree.
Learning Outcomes
The student learning outcomes for the medical laboratory programs (MLS-BS and MLT-AAS) are as follows:
- Graduates will be prepared to function as entry-level health care professionals in the medical laboratory as medical laboratory technicians and medical laboratory scientists. At entry level, the medical laboratory graduate will be able to demonstrate the ability to comprehend, apply and evaluate information relative to the medical laboratory profession.
- These learning outcomes include comprehension of the theory and the ability to apply and evaluate the didactics of hematology, clinical chemistry, immunohematology, microbiology, immunology, coagulation, molecular diagnostics, and other emerging diagnostics.
- Graduates will be prepared to function as entry-level health care professionals in the medical laboratory as medical laboratory technicians and medical laboratory scientists. Upon completion of the program, graduates will demonstrate technical proficiency in laboratory applications.
- These psychomotor learning outcomes include the performance of laboratory procedures in hematology, clinical chemistry, immunohematology, microbiology, immunology, coagulation, molecular diagnostics, and other emerging diagnostics. The graduate will demonstrate proficiency in the functions of all phases of laboratory analysis (pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical processes).
- Graduates will demonstrate professional conduct and interpersonal communication skills consistent with the medical laboratory profession.
- Students will exhibit the ability to think critically across all 3700-level courses through the application of fundamental didactic and psychomotor skills to assess the medical relevance and significance of specific aspects of laboratory testing.