Medical Laboratory Science (MLS)

I, II. Open to all students. Techniques common to clinical laboratories. Stresses basic physical and chemical principles of disease process. 3 Lec.

A. Prerequisite: BIO 208 and 208L with a minimum grade of “C” or better. Study of the bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites as agents of human disease with emphasis on the pathogenesis, epidemiology, and diagnosis of infectious diseases. Credit for MLS 209 will not be awarded to students who have credit for BIO 273 or BIO 320. 3 Lec.

I, II. Laboratory methods in the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases. 2 Lab.

A. Prerequisite: BIO 308 and 308L; or BIO 111 and 111L with a minimum grade of “C” or better. Study of the bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites as agents of human disease with emphasis on the pathogenesis, epidemiology, and diagnosis of infectious diseases. Credit will not be awarded to students who have credit for BIO 273 or BIO 320. 3 Lec./1 Lab.

I. Formerly CLS 290 Prerequisite: CHE 112/112L and BIO 111/111L or BIO 121 with a grade C or better. The study of biochemical systems of the body with emphasis on medical consequences when these systems are disrupted. Topics: proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, DNA/RNA, and liver function. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS 290 and MLS 290.

I. Formerly CLS 300. Prerequisite: enrollment in upper division MLS program or departmental approval. Lab calculations, instrumentation, and quality assurance. 2 Lec. Credit for MLS 300 will not be awarded to students who have credit for CLS 300.

I, II. Formerly CLS 303. Prerequisite: enrollment in upper division MLS program or departmental permission. Skills for clinical laboratory practitioners, including laboratory safety, phlebotomy, microscopy, pipetting, universal precautions, and principles of quality assurance. Credit will not be awarded for CLS 303 and MLS 303.

II. Prerequisite: enrollment in upper division MLS program or departmental approval. Principles, procedures, and significance of analysis of urine, spinal fluid, and other fluids commonly examined in the clinical laboratory. 3 Lec/Lab.

I. Prerequisite: Enrollment in upper-division MLS program or departmental approval. Fundamental principles of the human immune system and their relationship to clinical serological analysis, including antigen-antibody reactions and the interpretation of laboratory results. Principles, analytical methods, and clinical applications of molecular diagnostic techniques. 3 Lec./Lab.

I, II. Formerly CLS 309. Prerequisite: Enrollment in upper division MLS program or departmental approval. Principles and techniques of antigen- antibody reactions of the human immune system and their relationship to the clinical laboratory. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS 309 and MLS 309.

I. Formerly CLS 310. Prerequisite: enrollment in upper division MLS program or departmental approval. Morphology of blood cells, determination of blood parameters and disorders/diseases associated with blood cells; biochemistry, procedures and disorders/diseases in coagulation. 3 Lec/4 Lab. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS 310 and MLS 310.

II. Formerly CLS 320. Prerequisite: enrollment in upper division MLS program or departmental approval. Blood banking, blood grouping, phenotyping, cell panels, compatibility testing, and transfusion practices. 2 Lec/2 Lab. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS 320 and MLS 320.

II. Formerly CLS 346. Prerequisite: enrollment in upper division MLS program or departmental approval. Introduction to theory and lab procedures, measurement of constituents of body fluids, instrumentation, and clinical interpretation of results in relation to biochemistry of human systems. 3 Lec/3 Lab. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS 346 and MLS 346.

I. Formerly CLS 350. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the upper division MLS program or departmental approval. Study of medically important bacteria with emphasis on the clinical laboratory methods of microscopy, cultivation, identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and quality control. 3 Lec/4 Lab. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS3 50 and MLS 350

II. Formerly CLS 355. Prerequisites: Enrollment in the upper division MLS program or departmental approval. Study of fungi, parasites, and viruses as agents of human disease, with emphasis on the clinical laboratory methods of microscopy, in vitro cultivation, identification, and quality control. 3 Lec/1 Lab. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS 355 and MLS 355

I, A. Formerly CLS 431. Prerequisites: enrollment in upper division MLS program and completion of all 300-level MLS courses. Correlates the sub-disciplines of clinical laboratory science. Reviews all areas and stresses laboratory medicine in the health professions. 3 Lec. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS 431 and MLS 431

II, A. Formerly CLS 432. Prerequisites: enrollment in upper division MLS program and completion of all 300-level MLS courses. Diagnostic chemical procedures in an affiliated laboratory. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS 432 and MLS 432

I, II. Formerly CLS 434. Prerequisites: enrollment in upper division MLS program and completion of all 300-level MLS courses. Clinical bacteriology, parasitology, and mycology in an affiliated laboratory. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS 434 and MLS 434.

I, II. Prerequisites: enrollment in upper division MLS program and completion of all 300-level MLS courses. Study of specific problems, topics, or issues in Medical Laboratory Science. Additional course topics include leadership, management and professionalism.

I, II. Formerly CLS 437. Prerequisites: enrollment in upper division MLS program and completion of all 300-level MLS courses. Case studies, advanced procedures, and problem solving in the clinical laboratory. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS 437 and MLS 437

I, A. Formerly CLS 438. Prerequisites: enrollment in upper division MLS program and completion of all 300-level MLS courses. Diagnostic blood parameters and morphology studies in an affiliated laboratory. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS 438 and MLS 438

I, A. Formerly CLS 439. Prerequisites: enrollment in upper division MLS program and completion of all 300-level MLS courses. Diagnostic urine and body fluid procedures in an affiliated laboratory. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS 439 and MLS 439.

II, A. Formerly CLS 440. Prerequisites: enrollment in upper division MLS program and completion of all 300-level MLS courses. Practical blood banking in an affiliated laboratory. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS 440 and MLS 440.

I, II, A. formerly CLS 441. Prerequisites: enrollment in upper division MLS program and completion of all 300-level MLS courses. Practical immunology in an affiliated laboratory. Credit will not be awarded for both CLS 441 and MLS 441