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Junior Year in Laboratory Sciences Programs

We now offer a junior year for four of our baccalaureate lab sciences programs:

This is a two semester academic transition to our degree granting programs to fulfill prerequisites and better prepare students for their chosen specialty. The following programs are included:

  • Clinical Laboratory Sciences
  • Cytotechnology
  • Cytogenetic Technology
  • Molecular Genetic Technology

Application deadline is February 1

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for the program: A minimum of 42 semester credit hours (SCH) that must include courses described in parts A & B below. Prerequisite courses must have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, overall and in science classes.

Part A

The Texas Core Curriculum - 42 semester credit hours (SCH) that must include the following specific courses:

Courses and Credit Hours

Communication

English Rhetoric/Composition: 6

Humanities and Visual and Performing Arts

Visual and Performing Arts: 3

Humanities: 3

Mathematics

College Algebra or higher: 3

Natural Sciences

Courses with prefix BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, PHYS or other Natural Sciences: 12

Social and Behavioral Sciences

U. S. History: 6

Political Science (U. S. and Texas constitutions): 6

Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3

For acceptable transfer of core courses using Texas Common Course Numbering, visit the School of Health Professions Student Catalog.

Part B

Required and Recommended courses for entry into the program, that may be part of the Texas Core Curriculum listed in Part A above:

Courses for Clinical Laboratory Science, Cytogenetic Technology and Molecular Genetic Technology must include:

  • Chemistry: minimum 16
    • 8 General Chemistry
    • 4 Organic Chemistry I
    • 4 Organic Chemistry II

      or

    • 3 or 4 Biochemistry

  • Biological Sciences: minimum 8
    • Biology I and II
    • OR Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II

Courses for Cytotechnology must include:

  • Chemistry: minimum 8
    • General Chemistry I and II

  • Biological Sciences: minimum 8
    • To include: 4 Human Anatomy and Physiology

Contact Information

For further information, please contact:

Office of the Dean
The University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
School of Health Sciences – Unit 2
1515 Holcombe Blvd.
Houston, TX 77030-4009
Phone: 713-745-1205 Fax: 713-792-0800
ambettin@mdanderson.org


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