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Suggested Course Sequence

This is a suggested schedule for completing your course requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in clinical laboratory sciences, including the CLT Associate of Applied Science. Please see a faculty advisor for complete information and advice on course selection.

Freshman Fall		Freshman Spring
**CHEM PS 1110 Elementary Chemistry	5	*CHEM 1120 Elementary Organic/Biochemistry	5
CLS 1113/1113L Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Practice	4	CLS 1123/1123L Principles of Clinical Hematology and Hemostasis	5
*HTHSCI LS 1110 Biomedical Core	4	*HTHSCI LS 1111 Biomedical Core	4
HU/CA/SS General Education	3	HU/CA/SS General Education	3
Total Hours	16	Total Hours	17

**Alternate courses to HTHS 1110 & 1111 are ZOOL 2100, Human Anatomy, & ZOOL 2200, Human Physiology, or PHSX 1010, Elementary Physics

Sophomore Fall		Sophomore Spring
CLS 2211/2212L Principles of Clinical Chemistry I	5	CLS 2213/2213L Principles of Clinical Chemistry II	5
*CLS 2212/2212L Principles of Clinical Microbiology I	4	CLS 2214/2214L Principles of Clinical Microbiology II	4
CLS 1154 Supervised Clinical Experience First Year	1	*CLS 2215/2215L Principles of Clinical Immunohematology	4
**MICR 1113 Principles of Microbiology	3	CLS 2256 Supervised Clinical Experience I	1
ENGL 1010 Introduction to Writing	3	CLS 2257 Supervised Clinical Experience I	1
HU/CA/SS General Education	3	ENGL 2010 Intermediate Writing	3
Total Hours	19	Total Hours	18

*MICR 1113 or MICR 2054 is a prerequisite to this course or may be taken concurrently.

**Alternate course is MICR 2054, Principles of Microbiology (4), which is designed for microbiology and science majors and has a lab component, while MICR 113 does not.

Track I - Junior and Senior Years
(For those intending to work as clinical laboratory scientists)

Junior Fall		Junior Spring
CLS 3302/3302L Advanced Clinical Lab Practices I	4	CLS 3314/3314L Advanced Clinical Chemistry	3
CLS 3311/3311L Advanced Clinical Immunohematology	3	CLS 3316/3316L Advanced Clinical Microbiology	3
CLS 3313/3313L Advanced Clinical Hematology and Hemostasis	4	HU/CA/SS General Education (two classes)	6
Chemistry 2310 Organic Chemistry	5	American Institutions (General Education)	3
Total Hours	16	Total Hours	15

Senior Fall		Senior Spring
CLS 4401 Working Laboratory Theory I	1	CLS 4405 Working Laboratory Theory II	1
CLS 4414 Laboratory Teaching and Supervision I	2	CLS 4409 Clinical Correlation	1
CLS 4442 Applied Working Laboratory I	4	CLS 4417 Laboratory Teaching and Supervision II	1
CLS 4453 Supervised Clinical Experience I	1	CLS 4446 Applied Working Laboratory II	4
MICR 3254 Immunology or HTHS 3328 Pathophysiology of Cells and Tissues AND HTHS 3329 Pathophysiology of Organs and Systems	4/4	CLS 4454 Supervised Clinical Experience II	1
HU/CA/SS General Education	3	MICR 3305 Medical Microbiology or MICR 3603 Medical Microbiology for the Health Professions	5/3
Total Hours	15	Total Hours	11- 13

Track II - Junior and Senior Years
(For pre-med/pre-dental/pre-veterinarian/other pre-professional students)

Junior Fall		Junior Spring
CLS 3302/3302L Advanced Clinical Lab Practices I	4	PHYS SI2020 College Physics II	5
ZOOL 3300 Genetics	4	HU/CA/SS General Education (two classes)	6
PHYS PS/SI2010 College Physics I	5	American Institutions (General Education)	3
Chemistry 2310 Organic Chemistry	5	CHEM 2320 Organic Chemistry or CHEM 3070 Biochemistry	5/4
Total Hours	18	Total Hours	18- 19

Senior Fall		Senior Spring
CLS 3311 Advanced Clinical Immunohematology	3	CLS SI3314 Advanced Clinical Chemistry	3
CLS 3313 Advanced Clinical Hematology and Hemostasis	4	CLS 3316 Advanced Clinical Microbiology	3
CLS 4453 Supervised Clinical Experience I	1	CLS 4409 Clinical Correlation	1
MICR 3254 Immunology	5	CLS 4454 Supervised Clinical Experience II	1
HU/CA/SS General Education	3	MICR 3305 Medical Microbiology	5
		CLS 4801 Research Projects in CLS	1
Total Hours	15	Total Hours	11- 13