MLS
300 Fundamental Concepts and Techniques in the Medical Laboratory
3 hrs, 3 cr.
Prereq: BIOL 100,102 CHEM
102,103,104,105 or equiv.
Function of the medical laboratory, data analysis and operation of
basic laboratory equipment
MLS
312 Human Physiology: Integration and Control 3 hrs, 3 cr.
Prereq: BIOL 100 and 102.
Study of function at cellular, systemic, and organismic
level, with emphasis on the integrated organism and associated control
systems.
MLS
347 Human Histology 5 hrs (2hr lec, 3 hr
lab), 3 cr.
Coreq. MLS 312.
Structure and function of normal human tissues and cells, including
systemic study of microscopic morphology.
MLS
348 Histology Laboratory 3 hrs. 1 cr.
Prereq or Coreq:
MLS 347. Preparation of tissues for microscopy.
Special staining techniques.
MLS
349 Hematology 5 hrs (2hr lec, 3 hr lab).
3 cr.
Prereq or Coreq:
MLS 353; Prereq: MLS 312.
Study of normal and pathological conditions of blood. Use of current
diagnostic techniques such as peripheral blood and bone marrow
differential counting and blood banking.
MLS
351 Clinical Microbiology I 5 hrs (2hr lec,
3 hr lab), 3 cr.
Prereq: BIOL 100,102, CHEM
102,103,104,105 or faculty perm.
Properties and mechanisms of pathogenesis of microorganisms associated
with disease and the antimicrobial agents used to control them;
laboratory diagnosis of bacterial infection.
MLS
352 Clinical Microbiology II 5 hrs (2hr lec,
3 hr lab), 4 cr.
Prereq: MLS 351 or equiv.
Continuation of MLS 351 with particular emphasis on anaerobic bacteria,
fungi, and viruses, including molecular methods.
MLS
353 Clinical Laboratory Instrumental Analysis 2 hrs, 2 cr.
Coreq. CHEM 222, PHY 110, MLS 300
or equiv.
Principles of analytical instrumentation including study of photometrics, electroanalysis,
particle counting, chemical analyzers.
MLS
354 Clinical Biochemistry I 5 hrs (2hr lec,
3 hr lab), 3.5 cr.
Prereq: MLS 353, CHEM 222.
Normal and pathological human chemical processes. Clinical chemistry
methodologies applied to biological specimens.
MLS
355 Clinical Biochemistry II 5 hrs (2hr lec,
3 hr lab), 3.5 cr.
Prereq: MLS 354.
Continuation of MLS 354.
MLS
361 Computers and Data Processing in the Medical Laboratory
3 hrs (1
lec, 2 lab), 3 cr.
Prereq: MATH 150 or STAT 113; Coreq: MLS 353.
Study of computer integration in the medical and research lab, data
compilation and medical information systems.
MLS
400 Topics in Biomedical Sciences 1-3 hrs, 1-3 cr.
Topics vary from semester to semester and are announced before
registration.
MLS
410 Professional Practice 8 wks, 4 cr.
Prereq: perm director. Directed
full-time experience in clinical laboratories, public health or other
biomedical laboratories. Arranged on individual basis.
MLS
420 Fundamentals of Pathology 2 hrs, 2 cr.
Prereq: BIOL 100, 102, MLS 347,
349, 351, 352, 354. MLS 312 or equiv.
General pathology: alterations occurring after injury or disease.
Relation between pathological and clinical findings.
MLS
450 Cell and Tissue Culture 5 hrs (2hr lec,
3 hr lab), 4 cr.
Prereq: MLS 351; coreq: MLS 347, 352.
Cell and tissue culture theory and techniques, including starting
primary cultures, passing and preservation of cells, cytotoxicity assays and monoclonal antibody
techniques.
MLS
454 Parasitology 5 hrs (2hr lec, 3 hr lab), 3 cr.
Prereq: MLS 351.
Ecology, life cycle, physiology, and identification of intestinal,
blood, tissue, and ectoparasites of humans.
MLS
457 Senior Seminar 3 hrs lec, 3 hrs lab, 3
cr.
Oral presentations and a written research proposal introduce students
to the use of the biomedical literature, research design, and effective
scientific communication.
MLS
459 Viral Mechanisms in Human Disease 2 hrs, 2 cr.
Prereq: MLS 351 and 352 or equiv.
Structure and replication of viruses, viruses as models in molecular
biology.
MLS
460 Immunology 5 hrs (2hr lec, 3 hr lab),
3 cr.
Prereq: MLS 349, 351, 352, 354.
Cellular reactions in immunology, structure of antibodies and antigens,
and laboratory determination of immune functions.
MLS
480.1, .2, .3 1, 2, 3 cr. respectively.
Prereq: perm director.
Independent Study Hrs TBA.
MLS
490 Honors hrs TBA, 3 cr.
Prereq: perm director.
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