Program Overview

Cytotechnology Program

The Cytotechnology program is an intensive program composed of a didactic and laboratory phase followed by directed clinical training at affiliated hospitals and cytology laboratories. The primary goal of the program is to provide the community with cytotechnologists who are prepared to work at the staff level in hospital and private laboratories and university medical centers.

Curriculum

The program offers two tracks: a two-year track and a one-year track.

• Two-Year Track (75 SCH)
  • Junior Year (31 SCH)
    • Fall Semester (15)
      • HS 3101: Basic Techniques Laboratory (1)
      • HS 3110: Medical Terminology (1)
      • HS 3210: Laboratory Mathematics (2)
      • HS 3330: Pathology of Body Fluids (3)
      • HS 4100: Issues in Health Care Ethics (1)
      • HS 4111L: Medical Microbiology Lab (1)
      • HS 4300: Pathophysiology (3)
      • HS 4310: Medical Microbiology (3)
    • Spring Semester (16)
      • HS 3102: Molecular Techniques Lab (1)
      • HS 3254: Immunohistochemistry (2)
      • HS 3300: Immunology (3)
      • HS 3320: Medical Genetics (3)
      • HS 3333: Statistics (3)
      • HS 3340: Research Methods (3)
      • HS 4102: Professionalism and Leadership in Health Care (1)
  • Senior Year (45 SCH)
    • Fall Semester (16)
      • CT 4101: Introduction to Cytotechnology (1)
      • CT 4102: Theory and Practice of Cytopreparatory Techniques I (1)
      • CT 4303: Gynecologic Cytopathology (3)
      • CT 4306: Nongynecologic Diagnostic Laboratory I (3)
      • CT 4404: Gynecologic Diagnostic Laboratory I (4)
      • CT 4405: Nongynecologic Cytopathology I (4)
    • Spring Semester (16)
      • CT 4112: Gynecologic Diagnostic Laboratory III (1)
      • CT 4120: Laboratory Operations (1)
      • CT 4213: Nongynecologic Diagnostic Laboratory II (2)
      • CT 4307: Nongynecologic Cytopathology II (3)
      • CT 4308: Gynecologic Diagnostic Laboratory II (3)
      • CT 4309: Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytopathology (3)
      • CT 4310: Fine-Needle Aspiration Diagnostic Laboratory (3)
    • Summer Semester (13)
      • CT 4116: Comprehensive Cytopathology (1)
      • CT 4615: Clinical Rotation I (6)
      • CT 4616: Clinical Rotation II (6)
• One-Year Track (47 SCH)
  • Fall Semester (17)
    • CT 4101: Introduction to Cytotechnology (1)
    • CT 4102: Theory and Practice of Cytopreparatory Techniques I (1)
    • CT 4303: Gynecologic Cytopathology (3)
    • CT 4306: Nongynecologic Diagnostic Laboratory I (3)
    • CT 4404: Gynecologic Diagnostic Laboratory I (4)
    • CT 4405: Nongynecologic Cytopathology I (4)
    • HS 4100: Issues in Healthcare Ethics (1)
  • Spring Semester (17)
    • CT 4112: Gynecologic Diagnostic Laboratory III (1)
    • CT 4120: Laboratory Operations (1)
    • CT 4213: Nongynecologic Diagnostic Laboratory II (2)
    • CT 4307: Nongynecologic Cytopathology II (3)
    • CT 4308: Gynecologic Diagnostic Laboratory II (3)
    • CT 4309: Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytopathology (3)
    • CT 4310: Fine Needle Aspiration Diagnostic Lab (3)
    • HS 4102: Professionalism and Leadership in Health Care (1)
  • Summer Semester (13)
    • CT 4116: Comprehensive Cytopathology (1)
    • CT 4615: Clinical Rotation I (6)
    • CT 4616: Clinical Rotation II (6)

Bachelor of Science in Cytotechnology

Students entering the two-year track at the junior level take 76 semester credit hours towards their degree. Students entering the one-year track at the senior level take 47 semester credit hours towards their degree. The semester-by-semester schedules include all courses needed to graduate, but the sequences are subject to change.

Job Responsibilities and Research Opportunities

The job responsibilities of cytotechnologists are expanding, and research opportunities are increasing with the advancement of new tumor identification techniques and Human Papilloma Virus testing. With experience, cytotechnologists can perform at the supervisory, educational, and administrative levels.