Clinical Laboratory Science Major, BS

Students who complete the clinical laboratory science curriculum receive the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in clinical laboratory science from the College of Arts and Sciences. The curriculum requires a minimum of 90 hours of credit which includes the Basic Skills and Distribution requirements of the college and the University General Education Requirement prior to application for admission to a final year of study at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville (UTMCK). After the course of study is completed, UTMCK awards the student a Certificate of Laboratory Training. Students are then eligible for examination by the Board of Registry of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists or the National Credentialing Agency to earn certification as clinical laboratory scientists or medical technologists. Admission to the clinical year is at the discretion of the admissions committee of the clinical laboratory science program at the UT Medical Center. Admission to and successful completion of the program below does not assure admission to the clinical phase of the clinical laboratory science program.