BS Medical Laboratory Sciences at University of Minnesota Twin Cities

The Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) BS degree program consists of two years of prerequisite courses and a two and a half year professional program sequence. Students may also be admitted directly into the final professional year after completion of the prerequisites and the upper-division science requirements. Admission is once a year for the upcoming fall semester.

Faculty: College of Pharmacy  |  Duration: 4.5 years / 120 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Minneapolis, MN, United States

What you will study

Required components: Preparatory Courses, Professional Year Courses (Senior Year), Clinical Courses, Upper Division Writing Intensive within the Major. Students will work with their Academic Advisor on course sequencing and planning. All students must have liberal education requirements completed by the end of the spring semester before beginning the Year 4 curriculum.

Career pathways

Graduates are eligible to take the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification examination and be certified as medical laboratory scientists (MLS). With the curriculum emphasis on developing a quality understanding of laboratory methods and their diagnostic interpretation, our graduates are also excellent candidates for graduate research degree programs or graduate medical professional schools.

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