Medical Laboratory Science, BS

English Composition (6 Credits)

• ENGL 10400 - English Composition I
• ENGL 10500 - English Composition II

Speech Communication (3 Credits)

• COM 11400 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication

Quantitative Reasoning (3 Credits)

• MA 16031 - Calculus I for Life Sciences

Natural Sciences (8 Credits)

• BIOL 10100 - Introductory Biology
• BIOL 10200 - Introductory Biology

Technology (3 Credits)

• CIS 20400 - Introduction to Computer-Based Systems

Humanities (3 Credits)

Select from the Humanities Core list

Social Sciences (3 Credits)

Select from the Social Sciences Core list

First-Year Experience (FYE) (1 Credit)

• BIOL 10700 - Freshman Experience in Biological Sciences

Biology Elective (6 Credits)

Biology elective courses for Medical Technology majors range from 3 to 5 credits. Choose (2) courses from the following:

• BIOL 35700 - Introductory Animal Physiology - may be replaced by BIOL 21400 . However, BIOL 21300 , a prerequisite of BIOL 21400 , is not counted as a biology elective to meet this requirement.
• BIOL 41800 - Drugs and Disease
• BIOL 50700 - Principles of Molecular Biology
• BIOL 50800 - Recombinant DNA Techniques
• BIOL 51601 - Food Microbiology
• BIOL 53300 - Medical Microbiology
• BIOL 59500 - Special Assignments - Cell and Tissue Culture
• BIOL 59500 - Special Assignments
    - Virology
• or courses approved by the department.

Clinical Training (32 Credits)

Two semesters of Clinical Training are completed in one of the affiliated hospitals - St. Margaret Mercy Health Care Centers, North Campus (Hammond, IN), OSF Saint Francis Medical Center (Peoria, IL), or Hines VA Hospital (Hines, IL). Students must be eligible to work legally in US to participate in clinical training at the affiliated hospitals. For acceptance into a clinical program: overall 2.5 GPA and a minimum of 2.5 GPA in the sciences. Completion of prerequisite courses at Purdue University Northwest does not guarantee admission to an affiliated hospital program. Consult your advisor for application procedure.

Humanities or Social Science Elective (3 Credits)

Department of Biological Sciences accepts Humanity Elective courses with the following course subject codes: AD, COM, ENGL, ETHN, FLL, HIST, LAS, MUS, PHIL, WOST, and THTR. The Department accepts Social Sciences Elective courses with the following subject codes: ANTH, BHS, CDFS, COM, ECON, MGMT, POL, PSY, SOC, & WOST.