Program Overview

Graduate Certificate in Hematology

The Graduate Certificate in Hematology is a 12-credit hour, post-baccalaureate certificate program administered by the Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) Program.

Program Description

Graduate Certificate in Hematology students complete 150 clinical contact hours in a hematology laboratory in MLS 516. Graduate certificate students who currently work in a medical laboratory may be exempted from a portion of the required clinical contact hours.

Eligibility for Exemption

Students must have at least one year of experience working in a medical laboratory to be eligible to request an exemption from a portion of the clinical contact hour requirement. Requests for exempted clinical contact hours will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and will require official verification of employment and clinical competence by a direct supervisor.

Documentation of Clinical Competence

Documentation of clinical competence will be modeled after ASCP's official discipline-specific experience documentation required for experiential certification routes (i.e., routes 2 and 4) in hematology. The maximum allowable clinical contact hour exemption will be 70 hours.

Requirements

• Required Courses:
  • MLS 425: Laboratory Operations (2 credits)
  • MLS 432: Hematology I (3 credits)
  • MLS 442: Hematology II (4 credits)
  • MLS 516: Categorical Graduate Practicum (3 credits)
• Total Hours: 12