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Postbaccalaureate Clinical Laboratory Sciences Certificate Option

The postbaccalaureate certificate option in Clinical Laboratory Sciences is designed for students who hold a bachelor's degree in science from an accredited institution. The curriculum includes 62 semester credit hours of professional coursework. Prerequisite science requirements not completed as a part of a bachelor's degree may be taken as a part of the certificate
curriculum. The certificate option course of study is 18 months long.

In addition, the program offers a categorical certificate designed for individuals with a bachelor's degree in science who are interested in a particular subdiscipline of the clinical laboratory. These certificates are available in Microbiology, Clinical Chemistry, Immunohematology, and Hematology, Molecular Diagnostics and Cytogenetics. (The Molecular Diagnostics and Cytogenetics catagoricals may also be completed as a UTHSCSA baccalaureate degree.) Students can complete the categorized requirements in 12 to 18 months, based on part-time enrollment. Successful completion of the certificate curriculum qualifies students to take the national certification examinations as generalists or categorical scientists.

Interested persons should contact the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences at UTHSCSA for further details.

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