CLINICAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM

For either the Certificate or undergraduate students, the following courses or their equivalent must be completed or transferred before the student begins clinical training.  BS degree students must also complete all general studies requirements before the start of clinical training. California state licensure for medical technology requires that 3 units in physics, including light and electricity, be completed prior to issuing the clinical trainee license.  Each medical technology student is required to consult with an advisor regarding this regulation.

Medical Technology Option (94 units)

Common Core Requirements for all Clinical Science Majors (45 units)

A. Lower Division Requirements (31 units)
BIO 120/121           Principles of Biology I (3) with Laboratory (1)
BIO 122/123           Principles of Biology II (3) with Laboratory (1)
BIO 250                   Elements of Human Anatomy and Physiology (3)
CHE 110                  General Chemistry I with Laboratory (5)
CHE 112                  General Chemistry II with Laboratory (5)
CHE 230                  Quantitative Analysis with Laboratory (4)
HSC 201                  Health Perspectives (3)
MAT 131                  Elementary Statistics and Probability (3)

B. Upper Division Requirements (14 units)
BIO 324/325           Microbiology with Laboratory (4)
CHE 316                  Introductory Organic Chemistry (3)
CHE 317                  Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1)
CLS 301                   Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Procedures (2)*
CLS 306                   Clinical Immunology and Immunohematology with Laboratory (4)*

C. Pre-Clinical Courses (21 units)
CLS 302                   Clinical Practice (1)*
CLS 307                   Clinical Hematology with Laboratory (3)*
CLS 401                   Overview: Virology/Mycology (1)*
BIO 425/435           Medical Bacteriology with Laboratory (4)*
BIO 458/459           Human Parasitology with Laboratory (4)*
CHE 450                  Biochemistry I (4)
CHE 451                  Biochemistry Laboratory I (1)
CHE 456                  Clinical Chemistry with Laboratory (3)*

* Note: These are pre-clinical courses from which grade point averages are calculated to determine clinical placement eligibility.  They must have been taken within the last five years in the United States. 

D. Clinical Year: Laboratories (14 units)
CLS 430                   Clinical Microbiology Laboratory (3)
CLS 431                   Clinical Chemistry Laboratory (3)
CLS 432                   Clinical Hematology/Urinalysis Laboratory (4)
CLS 433                   Clinical Immunohematology/Serology Laboratory (3)
CLS 434                   Clinical Special Procedures Laboratory (1)

E. Clinical Year: Lectures (14 units)
CLS 440                   Correlations in Clinical Microbiology (2)
CLS 441                   Correlations in Clinical Chemistry (2)
CLS 442                   Correlations in Clinical Hematology/Urinalysis (2)
CLS 443                   Correlations in Clinical Immunohematology/Serology (2)
HSC 491                  Management Skills in the Health Sciences (3)
HSC 492                  Research Methods in Health Sciences (3)

Certificate Program in Clinical Science: Medical Technology
All pre-clinical requirements must be completed prior to starting the clinical internship. See BS degree Curriculum A, B and C above.  The Certificate in Clinical Science – Medical Technology is awarded upon successful completion of Clinical Year Laboratories (D) and Lectures (E) as a California Licensed Clinical Laboratory Technologist Trainee in an affiliated clinical facility.  Awardees are eligible to sit for the state approved national certification examinations and for the California issued license as a generalist Clinical Laboratory Scientist.

 Cytotechnology Option (88 units)

A. Lower Division Requirements (31 units)  Same as Medical Technology above.

B. Upper Division Requirements (14 units)
BIO 324/325  Microbiology with Laboratory (4)
CHE 316       Introductory Organic Chemistry (3)
CHE 317        Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1)
CLS 301*       Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Procedures (2)*
CLS 306*       Clinical Immunology and Immunohematology (4)*

C.  Pre-Clinical Courses (13 units)
BIO 320* Cell Biology (3)
BIO 422* Histology with Laboratory(4)
CLS 307* Clinical Hematology with Laboratory(3)
HSC 308* Pathophysiology for Health Professions (3)

* Note: There are pre-clinical courses from which grade point averages are calculated to determine clinical placement eligibility.  They must have been taken within the last five years in the United States.

D. Clinical Year: Laboratories (16 units)
CLS 450   Microscopy: Female Genital Tract (4)
CLS 451   Microscopy: Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Tract (2)
CLS 452   Microscopy: Genitourinary Tract and Body Cavity Fluids (2)
CLS 453   Microscopy: Fine Needle Aspirations (2)
CLS 454   Microscopy: Systems Overview (4)
CLS 455   Cytologic Preparation (2)

E. Clinical Year: Lectures (14 units)
CLS 460   General Cytology, Cytogenetics, Cytology of the Female Genital Tract (3)
CLS 461   Cytology of the Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Tracts (2)
CLS 462   Cytology of the Genitourinary System and Body Cavity Fluids (2)
CLS 463   Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology  (1)
HSC 491  Management skills in the Health Sciences (3)
HSC 492 Research Methods in Health Sciences (3)

Certificate Program in Clinical Science – Cytotechnology 
All pre-clinical requirements must be completed prior to starting  the clinical internship program. See BS degree Curriculum A, B,and C above.  The Certificate in Clinical Science – Cytotechnology is awarded upon satisfactory completion of Clinical Year Laboratories (D) and Lectures (E) as a Cytotechnology Trainee in an affiliated clinical facility.  Awardees are eligible to sit for the ASCP- BOC and the California issued state license.