Biology Medical Technology Major (59 credits):
The clinical laboratory science/medical technology program, a four-year course of instruction, is designed to provide a bachelor of arts degree with a major in biology medical technology from Saint Mary’s University. The student may complete his/her degree at Saint Mary’s and then complete the clinical training. As an alternative, the student may choose to complete three years of prescribed course work at Saint Mary’s University and complete his/her degree with the credits from the medical technology clinical training course work. If the student chooses this 3-1 plan, the student must complete all general education requirements, a minimum of 90 semester hours, and 30 semester hours of upper division course work at Saint Mary’s before entering the clinical program.
Upon successful completion of the prescribed program, the student affiliates with an accredited hospital-based program of medical technology for a year of clinical training. Acceptance into the fourth year of clinical training is contingent upon the student’s academic achievement and potential as a medical technologist. Completion of the requirements for the clinical internship enables the student to take the Medical Technology Board of Registry examination. Certification as a Registered Medical Technologist is granted after successful completion of the examination.
Students may also choose to fulfill all of the biology major degree requirements prior to entering the clinical training (see C below).
A. Biology Core
All of the following:
B110 Botany and Zoology I
B111 Botany and Zoology I Lab
B120 Botany and Zoology II
B121 Botany and Zoology II Lab
C131 General Chemistry I
C133 General Chemistry I Lab
C321 Organic Chemistry I
M151 Calculus I
B. All of the following:
B305 Human Anatomy
B311 Cell Biology
B313 Physiology
B434 Microbiology
B435 Immunology
C142 General Chemistry II
C144 General Chemistry II Lab
C322 Organic Chemistry II
P201 Introductory Physics I
P202 Introductory Physics I Lab
C. Section C or D
Clinical Training (minimum of 32 semester credits):
D. Section C or D
All of the following (either B301 or B310):
B301 Ecology
B310 Genetics
B392 Biometrics
B492 Experimental Planning
B493 Research and Thesis
Clinical training experience is to be completed at an accredited and approved hospital program of medical technology over a twelve-month period. The school of medical technology currently affiliated with Saint Mary’s University is the Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, IL.
The following courses are recommended but not required. An asterisk (*) indicates courses that may be especially helpful.
B306 Medical Terminology*
B312 Molecular Biology
B409 Biochemistry*
B450 Radiation Biology
B495 Clinical Lab Procedures*
C341 Analytical Chemistry
P350 Radiation Physics
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