Working as a laboratory processor
- Grant Klinger
Medical Laboratory Science
MLS 3+1 program
3 years at Bluffton University
1 year at West Central Ohio Medical Laboratory Science Program
Live on the Bluffton campus. Participate in Bluffton athletics and extracurriculars. Prepare for an exciting career in the health field helping find answers to diagnose and treat disease.
First three years of the MLS curriculum include prerequisite courses in biology, chemistry and mathematics providing foundational course work required in the laboratory science program. These courses are taken on Bluffton’s campus.
Senior year coursework is held at nearby Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. Classes will end by 3 p.m. each weekday, allowing Bluffton students to continue participation on Bluffton sports teams their senior year.
After four years (plus one summer semester) students graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Bluffton and are eligible to sit for the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification) exam, which allows them to become a certified medical laboratory scientist.
The West Central Ohio Medical Laboratory Science Program is the only National Accrediting
Agency of Clinical Laboratory Sciences-accredited program run by a private school
in the state of Ohio.
MLS admission
Bluffton’s MLS four-year plan recommends students take Anatomy and Physiology I and II their first year.
To ensure success in these courses MLS students must have completed high school chemistry and high school biology with a B or better (or college equivalent courses with C or better.) Rare exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
For admission to senior year coursework, students must complete all prerequisite courses with a minimum of a C in each course. A minimum 2.80 cumulative GPA with a minimum 3.0 GPA in science courses (biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics) on a 4.0 scale. Admission will also be based on professionalism and an interview.
Those not accepted into the senior year WCOMLS program could complete a biology major at Bluffton.
EXPLORE THE COURSES REQUIRED FOR:
Major in medical laboratory science
Complete a major in medical laboratory science in four years with the following guidelines.
