CLSC: CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE 2007-2008 Catalogue

2000. Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Science (2) (F,S) Four major areas in the clinical lab: hematology, immunology, clinical chemistry, and microbiology.  Function of various health professionals in these areas and career opportunities.

3410, 3411. Hematology I Lecture and Laboratory (3,1) (F) 3 lecture hours and 3 lab hours per week. Formation and morphology of cellular elements of blood and hematologic findings in normal blood samples. Lab covers manual hematologic analyses, peripheral blood and bone marrow smear evaluations for normal samples, and samples from coagulation tests.

3420, 3421. Hematology II Lecture and Laboratory (3,1) (S) 3 lecture hours and 3 lab hours per week. P: CLSC 3410, 3411 Hematologic findings in anemias, various types of infections, storage diseases, leukemias and myeloproliferative disorders, myelodysplatic syndromes, plasma cell diseases, and lymphomas. Normal hemostasis, hemostatic disorders, and lab evaluation and monitoring of hemostasis.  Overview of hematology instrumentation.

3430 Clinical Immunology (2) (F) 2 lecture hours per week. P: Consent of instructor. Basic principles. Emphasis on concepts used in clinical lab.

3440, 3441. Clinical Microscopy and Serology Lecture and Laboratory (2,1) (SS) 2 lecture and 3 lab hours per week. P: CLSC 3430. Introduction to characteristics and methods of chemical and microscopic examination of urine and other non-blood body fluids. Basic concepts of immunology as applied to serological analyses used in clinical lab. Lab introduces basic tests and techniques used in clinical microscopy and serology.

4001, 4002, 4003. Independent Study in Clinical Laboratory Science (1,2,3) P: Admission to CLSC program; consent of department chair. Independent study in selected area of clinical laboratory science under the immediate direction CLSC faculty.

4210,4211. Immunohematology Lecture and Laboratory (3,1) (SS) 3 lecture and 3 lab hours per week. P: Consent of instructor. Basic concepts. Emphasis on basic lab techniques and resolution of problems in preparation and administration of blood components.

4430,4431. Clinical Chemistry I (2,1) (F) 2 lecture and 3 lab hours per week. P: 4 courses in chemistry, 1 course in statistics; consent of instructor. Applies basic principles of analytical and biochemistry to measurement of chemical constituents in body fluids.

4440/4441. Clinical Chemistry II (4,2)(S) 4 lecture and 6 lab hours per week. P: CLSC 4430,4431 or consent of instructor. Applies basic principles of analytical and biochemistry to analysis of chemical constituents in body fluids.

4500. Research Problems in Medical Technology (2) P: Consent of department chair. Individual study in selected area of CLSC under supervision of department faculty member.

4460, 4461. Clinical Microbiology I (4,2) (F) P: BIOL 2110, 2111; or 3220, 3221; or consent of instructor. 4 lecture hours and 6 lab hours per week. Essentials of clinical bacteriology.

4470, 4471. Clinical Microbiology II. (3,2) (S) 3 lecture hours and 6 lab hours per week. P: CLSC 4460, 4461 or consent of instructor. Essentials of select clinically significant bacteria (Mycobacteria, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, etc.), clinical mycology and clinical virology.

4772, 4773, 4774, 4777. Clinical Project in Hematology, Chemistry, Blood Bank, Microbiology. (4,4,4,4) (F,S,SS) P: CLSC major, consent of dept. chair.  Individualized clinical project from toopic area in specific laboratory under immediate supervision of CLSC faculty member.

4480, 4481. Clinical Microbiology III (2,1) (SS) 2 lecture and 3 lab hours per week. P: CLSC 4470,4471; or consent of instructor. Essentials of clinical parasitology.

4801, 4802. Professional Practice Issues I, II (4,4) (WI,WI) (F,S) 4 lecture hours per week. P: CLSC major. Professional issues related to current practice in clinical lab science. Basic research design and statisticsas applied to clinical lab, human rights protection in research, basic epidemiology, infection control monitoring, educational methodology as applied to clinical and continuing education in clinical lab science, management theories and practices as applied to the clinical lab, personnel and fiscal management of clinical lab resources, basic health care reimbursement, and research project applicable to clinical lab.

4803 Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Information Systems (3) (S) 3 lecture hours per week. P: CLSC major or consent of instructor.

4992. Clinical Education-Hematology, Coagulation, Urinalysis (4) (F) (S) 256 hours in appropriate department of an affiliated clinical lab. P: CLSC 3420, 3421; consent of instructor. Supervised clinical experience in hematology, coagulation, and urinalysis.

4993. Clinical Education-Chemistry (4) (F) (S) 256 hours in the appropriate department of an affiliated clinical lab. P: CLSC 4440, 4441. Supervised clinical experience in clinical chemistry.

4994. Clinical Education-Blood Bank and Serology (4) (F) (S) 256 hours in the appropriate department of an affiliated clinical lab. P: CLSC 4210, 4211; consent of instructor. Supervised clinical experience in blood bank and serology.

4997. Clinical Education-Microbiology (4) (F) (S) 240 hours in the appropriate department of an affiliated clinical lab. P: CLSC 4470, 4471; consent of instructor. Supervised clinical experience in clinical microbiology.

4998. Clinical Education in Alternate Settings (2) P: Consent of instructor. Supervised clinical experience in variety of lab settings.