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CLS Concentration: Microbiology

Students with this concentration will earn their CLT certification and will then be eligible for national microbiology categorical certification. Graduates traditionally serve in microbiology labs in hospitals and clinics, public health labs, as well as in research and industrial laboratories.

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• Total Credits Required for Degree

  125

• Courses Required for Concentration

  62
• Concentration Core Courses

  44
• CLS 202 Clinical Chemistry

  4
• CLS 214 Diagnostic Microbiology

  3
• CLS 250M Clinical Practice

  1
• CLS 250T Clinical Practice

  2
• CLS 251 Clinical Hematology Practicum

  3
• CLS 252 Clinical Chemistry Practicum

  4
• CLS 253 Blood Bank Practicum

  3
• CLS 254 Clinical Microbiology Practicum

  4
• CLS 404 Advanced Clinical Microbiology I

  2
• CLS 436 Medical Genetics

  4
• CLS 440 Advanced Clinical Bacteriology

  8
• CLS 441 Advanced Clinical Mycology

  2
• CLS 442 Advanced Clinical Parasitology

  2
• CLS 443 Advanced Clinical Mycobacteriology/Virology

  2
• Other Required Course in Concentration

  18
• BI 218 Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology [SCII]

  4
• CH 220 Introduction to Organic Chemistry **

  5
• BI 423 Parasitology

  3
• BI 404 Virology (3 cr.) or

  3-5
•      BI 303 General Microbiology (5 cr.)
• BI 405 Immunology

  3

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*See Clinical Laboratory Science Major for a complete list of required courses.

**Prerequisites are CH 111 and CH 112.