Medical Technology (B.S.)
The medical technologist performs critical laboratory tests and analytical procedures that aid physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The curriculum is of interest to students desiring professional careers in hospital and clinical laboratories, public health and research laboratories, and pharmaceutical laboratories. Students will have two options to obtain a BS degree in Medical Technology:
- Upon completion of the B.S. degree in microbiology (medical technology option), those students who successfully complete 32 credits in a 12-month training course at an accredited hospital school of medical technology with a curriculum including clinical bacteriology, medical mycology, parasitology, clinical chemistry, toxicology, urinalysis, hematology, immunology-serology, immunohematology, and clinical correlations will be awarded the B.S. degree with major in medical technology.
- Students may also receive a BS in Medical Technology by completing the below coursework. With this option a student must successfully complete the below 96 credits of coursework in Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the U of I and 32 credits in a 12-month training course at an accredited hospital school of medical technology with a curriculum including clinical bacteriology, medical mycology, parasitology, clinical chemistry, toxicology, urinalysis, hematology, immunology-serology, immunohematology, and clinical correlations.
Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3) and:
General Microbiology and Lab (5 cr) |
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Biochemistry I (4 cr) |
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Principles of Chemistry I (4 cr) |
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Principles of Chemistry II (5 cr) |
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Quantitative Analysis and Lab (5 cr) |
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Organic Chemistry I (3 cr) |
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Organic Chemistry I: Lab (1 cr) |
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Organic Chemistry II (3 cr) |
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Introductory Microbiology (3 cr) |
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Seminar (1 cr) |
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Immunology (3 cr) |
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Pathogenic Microbiology (3 cr) |
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Statistical Methods (3 cr) |
One of the following (3-4 cr):
Genetics and Lab (4 cr) |
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General Genetics (3 cr) |
One of the following (4 cr):
Survey of Calculus (4 cr) |
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Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4 cr) |
One of the following (4 cr):
Phys 111, Phys 111L |
General Physics I and Lab (4 cr) |
Phys 211, Phys 211L |
Engineering Physics I and Lab (4 cr) |
One of the following (4 cr):
Phys 112, Phys 112L |
General Physics II and Lab (4 cr) |
Phys 212, Phys 212L |
Engineering Physics II and Lab (4 cr) |
One of the following English Courses (3 cr):
Persuasive Writing (3 cr) |
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Personal and Exploratory Writing (3 cr) |
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Technical Writing (3 cr) |
One of the following MMBB electives (3 cr):
Cellular and Molecular Basis of Disease (3 cr) |
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Virology (3 cr) |
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Molecular Parasitology (3 cr) |
Courses to total 120 credits for this degree