Note: Medical Laboratory Technology courses may be taken by laboratory personnel who desire a review or have a professional interest in a particular course with the permission of the MLT Program Coordinator.
5 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the medical laboratory technology career program.
A Laboratory Course: 4 hours in the classroom and 2 hours in the lab each week.
Beginning with an overview of medical and allied health organizations, careers, and philosophy, this course teaches students to perform complete blood counts, phlebotomy, hematology and coagulation procedures, and to interpret results of these tests as they relate to anemia, leukemia, or hemostatic disorders in the human body.
5 Semester Hours Prerequisite: ML 101. Co-requisite: ML 103. A Laboratory Course: 4 hours lecture and 2 hours in the lab each week. This course emphasizes testing of body fluids, beginning with a discussion of the techniques of quantitative analysis as applied in the medical laboratory. Water, minerals, electrolytes, acid-base balance and gases in body fluids will be studied, as well as non-protein nitrogen, total protein, globulins, immunoglobulins, and enzymes in abnormal and normal states. Carbohydrates, fats, lipids, hormones of the endocrine system and toxicology are also included. Methods of analysis, laboratory instrumentation, laboratory mathematics and various organ systems will be discussed.
5 Semester Hours Prerequisite: ML 101. Co-requisite: ML 102. A Laboratory Course: 4 hours lecture and 2 hours in the lab each week. This course begins with an overview of immunology and genetics, and teaches the student the technical and theoretical skills necessary for performing blood banking operations, including information related to blood group antigens and antibodies. An introduction to the field of serology is included.
1 Semester Hour Prerequisite: ML 102 and ML 103. A Laboratory Course: 40 hours in the hospital lab each week for a 2 week period during the summer session. MLT students work along side laboratory phlebotomists in hospital laboratories, learning the daily routine, technical procedures and use of equipment related to phlebotomy. Under supervision, students perform daily tasks in venipuncture, capillary sticks and other phlebotomy procedures.
1 Semester Hour Prerequisite: ML 200. Co-requisite: ML 202. A Laboratory Course: 1 hour lecture each week. This course concentrates on the theoretical and procedural aspects concerning the analysis of nonblood body fluids, such as urine, gastric fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, feces and various other body fluids. Laboratory findings related to these fluids are correlated to disease states as well.
5 Semester Hours
Prerequisite: ML 200 with a grade of "C" or better.
Co-requisite: ML 201.
A Laboratory Course: 4 hours lecture and 2 hours in the lab each week.
This is a course in theoretical and practical medical microbiology. The student learns to obtain specimens for bacterial, fungal, and viral cultures, to isolate in pure culture, to identify various pathogenic and commensual organisms, and to identify human parasites of the blood, tissue, and intestinal tract. Various pathogenic organisms are correlated to disease states as well.
2 Semester Hours Prerequisite: ML 201 and ML 202. Co-requisite: ML 210. A Laboratory Course: 2 hours lecture each week. This capstone course is an individual and directed review of MLT program courses in preparation to taking MLT/CLT certification examinations. This course may have guest speakers and include discussions on current, special, and work-related topics. Additionally, there will be a review of the process related to procuring a job in the field of Medical Laboratory Technology as well as role transition from student to professional.
12 Semester Hours Prerequisite: ML 201 and 202.Co-requisite: ML 205. A Laboratory Course: 32 hours in the hospital lab each week. MLT students work along with laboratory personnel in hospital laboratories, learning daily routines, technical procedures and proper use of various types of laboratory equipment. Under supervision, students perform daily tasks in chemistry, hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, blood bank, serology and microbiology departments of the laboratory. Students will be in clinical rotations for a 16-week period consisting of four 8-hour days each week.
1-3 Semester Hours Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chair. Presents courses in Medical Laboratory Technology which the College expects to offer only once or occasionally in response to specific community needs. The course may consist of seminars, specialized or individual instruction, and/or research in an area related to medical laboratory technology.