Admission Requirements

1. Attendance at a program information session or call 410-777-7310 for schedule. You may also view the online information session. Detailed information regarding program, profession, admission and academic requirements and selection criteria will be discussed.
2. Submit a completed program application by the application deadline.
3. Eligibility for ENG 111  or ENG 115  or ENG 121 .
4. Eligibility for MAT 137 .
5. Must have a minimum adjusted grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 at this college.
6. Foreign educated students: must have their college and high school transcripts evaluated by one of the following credential evaluators: ECE (Educational Credential Evaluators) at www.ece.org or WES (World Education Services) at www.wes.org.
7. Foreign educated students: must successfully pass the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 550 (213 is the equivalent computer score and 79 is the equivalent Internet based score) OR must have completed the ENG 111 /ENG 112  or ENG 115 /ENG 116  or ENG 121  course sequence with grades of C or better prior to applying to the Medical Laboratory Technician program. Anne Arundel Community College’s code for TOEFL is 5019.

Selection Criteria

Students will be admitted to the Medical Laboratory Technician course sequence each fall as the number of students permit. Applications received by deadline will be assured consideration based on space availability. Applications received after the deadline will be considered on a space-available basis. Applications will be available in the Health Sciences office, Florestano Building Room 100 and on the college website after Dec. 1 for fall. To be considered for conditional acceptance, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• First consideration will be given to candidates whose resident address is in Anne Arundel County for at least 3 months prior to the application deadline date.
• Must satisfactorily complete all academic and admission requirements.
• Final selection for the medical laboratory technician course sequence will be based on the criteria described in the MLT department admission requirements available at a program information session.
• Final acceptance into the program shall be contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal background check, Health Examination Record, and submission of current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR certification card. Information and deadline for completion will be sent in applicant’s conditional acceptance packet. These are not to be completed prior to acceptance notification.

Technical Standards

Students who are conditionally accepted to this program of study will be required to submit a Health Examination Record completed by a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant validating that the student meets the technical standard of good physical and mental health as established by the School of Health Sciences, and verifying that the student is free of communicable diseases as evidenced by required immunizations/titers.

CPR

Students must successfully complete the American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR course by designated deadline.

Criminal Background Checks and Drug Screening

This program requires the satisfactory completion of a criminal background check and possible drug screening. For complete details, see the Health Sciences  section of this catalog.

Enrollment Restrictions

Limitations of hospital, clinical or laboratory facilities necessitate certain enrollment restrictions.

First Year - Term 1

• BIO 231-Human Biology 1 4 credit hours OR
• BIO 233-Anatomy and Physiology 1 4 credit hours

• *BIO 231  is the recommended course for the MLT program because BIO 101-Fundamentals of Biology  is a college prerequisite of BIO 233 . Therefore, it will take two semesters to complete this science sequence. Students who take BIO 233 must have the MLT Program Coordinator apply for BIO 231 program substitution before graduation. BIO 233 is recommended only for those students who have completed BIO 101 prior to entering the MLT program or those students who plan to continue their education in post BS professional programs such as medicine or pharmacy. Students who plan on transferring to Stevenson University’s MLS program should take BIO 231 in keeping with the requirements of the transfer articulation agreement.

• CHE 111-General Chemistry 1 4 credit hours
• MLT 100-Introduction to the Medical Laboratory 4 credit hours

First Year - Term 2

• BIO 223-General Microbiology 4 credit hours
• SOC 111-Introduction to Sociology 3 credit hours

• (satisfies the college diversity requirement)

• MAT 137-College Algebra 3 credit hours

• MAT 145 , MAT 151  or MAT 191  will satisfy the MAT 137  requirement.

• (Former MAT courses: MAT 121, MAT 131, MAT 141, or MAT 230 will also satisfy the MAT 137 requirement).

• MLT 101-Urinalysis and Body Fluids 3 credit hours
• MLT 102-Quality Assurance and Quality Control 1 credit hour

Summer

• COM 111-Fundamentals of Oral Communication 3 credit hours OR
• COM 116-Fundamentals of Oral Communication for Non-Native Speakers 3 credit hours

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• CTA 100-Computing and Information Technology 4 credit hours OR
• CTP 103-Theories and Applications of Digital Technology 4 credit hours

• (satisfies the college computer competency requirement)

Second Year - Term 1

• MLT 202-Clinical Microbiology 4 credit hours
• MLT 203-Clinical Chemistry 4 credit hours
• MLT 204-Clinical Immunology/Immunohematology 4 credit hours
• MLT 205-Clinical Hematology 4 credit hours

Second Year - Term 2

• MLT 206-Advanced Clinical Chemistry 2 credit hours
• MLT 208-Clinical Review 2 credit hours
• MLT 276-Clinical Hematology Practicum 2 credit hours
• MLT 277-Clinical Chemistry Practicum 2 credit hours
• MLT 278-Clinical Microbiology Practicum 2 credit hours
• MLT 279-Clinical Immunohematology Practicum 2 credit hours