Program Overview

Science, Allied Health Technology Concentration, B.S.

The Allied Health Technology concentration is designed for students who expect to enter a professional school for diagnostic medical sonography, nuclear medicine technology, or radiation therapy technology after completing an appropriate pre-professional curriculum.

Program Overview

This concentration leads to an MTSU degree through completion of 120 credit hours at MTSU, or completion of at least 90 course hours, acceptance into a professional school, and successful completion of the professional program (3+1). At least 36 credit hours of junior and senior level courses must be completed with an average grade of C (2.00 GPA) or better.

Admission Criteria

Admission to the MTSU pre-professional program does not assure admission to a professional program. Selection for admission is competitive and is made by the admissions committee of the respective program according to its selection standards.

Career Options

Career options include:

• Analytical chemist
• Bacteriologist
• Biochemist hemotherapist
• Blood bank technologist
• Chemist
• Clinical chemistry technologist
• Clinical pathologist
• Crime lab analyst
• Cytotechnologist
• Food and drug inspector
• Histologist
• Medical equipment sales representative
• Medical laboratory manager
• Medical librarian
• Medical technologist
• Microbiologist
• Quality control specialist
• Parasitologist
• Pharmaceutical sales representative
• Public health specialist
• Research assistant
• Toxicologist

Pre-Professional Programs

Pre-Professional students have gone on to programs at:

• Auburn University
• Austin Peay State University
• Belmont
• Creighton University
• DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
• East Tennessee State University
• Logan University
• Medical College of Georgia
• St. Louis University
• Samford University
• Southern College of Optometry
• South University
• University of Alabama at Birmingham
• University of Health Sciences Antigua
• University of Louisville
• University of Tennessee
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Western Kentucky University

Curriculum

The curriculum includes:

• True Blue Core (41 hours)
• Major Requirements (37 hours)
• Supporting Courses (24 hours)
• General/Upper Division Electives (18-32 hours)

True Blue Core (41 hours)

• Foundational Skills:
  • Written Communication (WC)
  • Information Literacy (Info Lit)
  • Non-Written Communication (NWC)
  • Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit)
• Knowledge Domains:
  • Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR)
  • Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit)
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE)
  • History and Civic Learning (HCL)

Major Requirements (37 hours)

• CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I
• CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab
• PSCI 4080 - Problems in Physical Science
• BIOL 2010 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I
• BIOL 2011 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab
• BIOL 2020 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II
• BIOL 2021 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab
• BIOL 2230 - Microbiology
• BIOL 2231 - Microbiology Lab
• BIOL 3150 - Radiation Biology
• BIOL 3340 - Human Pathophysiology
• BIOL 3350 - Principles of Radiation in Medicine
• PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I
• PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I
• PHYS 2020 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics II
• PHYS 2021 - Physics Problems Laboratory II

Supporting Courses (24 hours)

• NFS 1240 - Introduction to Nutrition and Wellness
• MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics
• HUM 2130 - Medical Vocabulary
• HLTH 3020 - Terminology in Health and Human Performance
• HLTH 3300 - First Aid and Safety Education
• HLTH 4270 - Bioethical Issues in Public Health
• HLTH 4280 - Instructor's Course in First Aid and CPR
• COMM 2300 - Interpersonal Communication
• MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus

General/Upper Division Electives (18-32 hours)

See advisor for recommendations.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

• Freshman Fall:
  • CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I
  • CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab
  • BIOL 2010 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I
  • BIOL 2011 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab
  • MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus
  • Written Communication
• Freshman Spring:
  • BIOL 2020 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II
  • BIOL 2021 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab
  • Information Literacy
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression
  • Human Society and Social Relationships
  • CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II
  • CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab (for pre-nuclear medicine students only)
• Sophomore Fall:
  • PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I
  • PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I
  • BIOL 2230 - Microbiology
  • BIOL 2231 - Microbiology Lab
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression
  • Non-Written Communication
• Sophomore Spring:
  • PHYS 2020 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics II
  • PHYS 2021 - Physics Problems Laboratory II
  • HUM 2130 - Medical Vocabulary
  • HLTH 3020 - Terminology in Health and Human Performance
  • HLTH 3300 - First Aid and Safety Education
  • History and Civic Learning
  • Human Society and Social Relationships
• Junior Fall:
  • BIOL 3150 - Radiation Biology
  • PSCI 4080 - Problems in Physical Science
  • MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics
  • NFS 1240 - Introduction to Nutrition and Wellness
  • HLTH 4280 - Instructor's Course in First Aid and CPR
• Junior Spring:
  • BIOL 3350 - Principles of Radiation in Medicine
  • BIOL 3340 - Human Pathophysiology
  • HLTH 4270 - Bioethical Issues in Public Health
  • COMM 2300 - Interpersonal Communication (unless Nuclear Medicine)
  • History and Civic Learning
• Senior Fall:
  • 3+1 students will earn the B.S. degree after completion of their professional program. Four-year students will need to complete an appropriate number of upper-division and elective credit to earn degree. See advisor for details.