Admission Requirements


Admission Requirements The applicant must possess a baccalaureate degree or have satisfactorily completed a minimum of 90 semester hours (135 quarter hours) in an affiliated college or university, be eligible for a baccalaureate degree upon successful completion of the professional year of study at the hospital, and possess the required pre-program course work. The affiliated colleges and universities are the following: · Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, Iowa · Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa · Mount Marty College, Yankton, South Dakota · Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa · North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota · Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa · South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota · University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota · Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska
Minimum pre-clinical and credit requirements are: 16 semester hours of chemistry, to include: general chemistry, organic and/or biochemistry 16 semester hours of biological sciences, to include anatomy/physiology, genetics/molecular biology, microbiology, immunology. It is strongly recommended that immunology be a separate course. One course of mathematics to include statistics. The content of chemistry and biological science courses must be acceptable toward a major in those fields or in medical technology. Survey courses do not qualify as fulfillment of the prerequisites. Remedial mathematics courses will not satisfy the mathematics requirement. Applicants must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.80 on a 4.0 scale to be considered. Applicants with GPAs below 2.8 may submit a COMTE application. However, applications will be evaluated and considered only after candidates with GPAs 2.80 or higher have been processed. Individuals who meet the requirements seven or more years before application should update their academic preparation in a manner acceptable to NAACLS. A copy of Section IV Updating Course Work from the COMTE manual may be obtained from the program director. Individuals who possess a foreign baccalaureate degree and meet the program's requirements must submit their transcripts to a qualified evaluation agency that performs foreign transcript evaluations. This process is described in Section VIII in the COMTE manual. A copy of this may be obtained from the program director. The essential requirements provide criteria so that potential applicants can independently evaluate their own ability to meet, participate in education activities and successfully fulfill the expected competencies required of a medical technologist/clinical laboratory scientist. These standards are in compliance with the current regulations of the Rehabilitations Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Civil Rights Act and the Standards of NAACLS. The Committee on Medical Technology Education requires that all applicants read and sign the form providing this description. Essential Requirements Return to Clinical Lab Education Topics