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Clinical Laboratory Sciences (CLS)

(Formerly Medical Technology)

Rockhurst University offers the Bachelor of Science degree in clinical laboratory sciences in cooperation with St. Luke’s Hospital and North Kansas City Hospital. Formerly this program was called Medical Technology.

Prerequisite courses for admission to the clinical program, designed to meet the requirements established by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS), include specific courses in chemistry, biological sciences and a minimum mathematics proficiency.

Upper-level professional course work is taken at one of the affiliated hospitals. Graduates of the program are eligible to challenge either of two nationally recognized certification examinations to become clinical laboratory scientists or medical technologists. (Graduation is not, however, contingent upon passing any type of certifying examination.)

Undergraduate students interested in clinical laboratory sciences may apply directly  to the program. Applications are obtained from the academic director on campus, or from the specific program of an affiliate.

Students may elect one of two routes of entry into the program. Students who are seeking a baccalaureate degree in clinical laboratory sciences from Rockhurst University must complete 98 semester hours and all non-clinical degree requirements before beginning the professional component at a hospital site. The professional component lasts approximately one calendar year. Upon successful completion of the clinical laboratory sciences course work, the student is awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in clinical laboratory sciences.

Students may choose to complete a degree with a major in chemistry, biology, or other related area, including the specific required courses for clinical laboratory sciences admission, and then apply directly to one of the affiliated hospitals for admission to clinical laboratory sciences as a non-degree student. Students considering this option should discuss the relative advantages with the academic director and the program director.

Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (WGS)

The minor in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies explores critically how gender and sexuality intersects with other axes of identification such as: race, class, nationality, or religion, hence showing how these intersecting identities influence individual’s experiences, achievements and positions in society. This interdisciplinary minor requires a total of 15 credit hours which include one required course: WGS 1000 or WGS 2000. In addition to one of these two courses, the minor requires four upper-division electives chosen from the program list as well as special topics courses. Please note that these courses are described and cross-listed in the departments that offer them.

Other courses may be used by students toward the minor using the Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Option. A course may be counted toward the minor if the student pursues an additional project on a topic pertaining explicitly to women and their roles, treatment, and status in society. Any research should consider questions of method which impact the way data is measured, interpreted, collected, and presented with respect to women. This project must be coordinated through the course instructor, a faculty mentor/advisor serving on the Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Committee and with the signed approval of the Director of the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Furthermore, classes are continually in the process of being added to the program list .

Programs

• Clinical Laboratory Sciences, B.S.

• Military Science Minor
• Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor

• Freshman Seminars

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