College Catalog: 2015-2016
School of Theoretical and Applied Science (TAS): Clinical Laboratory Science (B.S.)
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This program is jointly sponsored by the School of Theoretical and Applied Science of Ramapo College and the School of Health Related Professions of the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences.
Students must complete 96 credits including the General Education requirements, the School of Theoretical and Applied Science (TAS) requirements, and a preprofessional core. Students who transfer to Ramapo College must complete 48 credits at Ramapo, 28 of which are science and/or math courses in the major before completing the program at Rutgers-SHRP. They then complete a 45 credit professional program at Rutgers – SHRP. This latter part takes 15 months starting in the summer after the junior year. Concentrations in:
Cytotechnology
Cytotechnologists are professionals that work in the field of diagnostic cytology. Primarily working with pathologists, they evaluate tissue samples microscopically for a variety of diseases. Cytologists also play a major role in early cancer detection.
Medical Lab Science
Medical lab scientists are professionals who are involved in providing laboratory data crucial for clinical diagnoses essential for patient therapy. Responsibilities of medical lab scientists vary and may include analysis of blood and body fluids, microorganism identification and diagnosis of infection, and managing laboratory information.
Because all Ramapo College and Theoretical and Applied Science requirements need to be completed in the three years the student spends at Ramapo, students should anticipate taking 16-18 credits per semester. Of these, at least two courses per semester will be in the sciences in order to fulfill the prerequisites.
The application deadline for the Rutgers SHRP Clinical Lab Science program is October 15 for classes beginning in June. (Applications can certainly be submitted earlier.) Thus the typical student should submit his/her application in the fall of the junior year to be eligible to commence the professional component at Rutgers SHRP after the spring semester.
Applications received after the deadline will be considered only if enrollment capacity in the majors has not been reached.
In order to be eligible for acceptance in the professional component of the program at Rutgers SHRP, students must have a minimum 2.85 GPA with no grade below C in their sciences.
(*disclaimer below)
- Transfer students who have 48 or more credits accepted at the time of transfer are waived from the courses marked with a (W) below. Waivers only apply to General Education Requirements NOT School Core or Major Requirements.
- Double counting between General Education, School Core, and Major may be possible. Check with your advisor to see if any apply.
- Writing Intensive Requirement (six courses): three writing intensive courses in the general education curriculum are required: First Year Seminar, Critical Reading and Writing, and Readings in the Humanities; the other three courses are taken in the major.
- Not all courses are offered each semester. Please check the current Schedule of Classes for semester course offerings.
CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE MAJOR
- Subject & Course # – Title & Course Description
- GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
- INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (W)
- SELECT ONE – (W) BADM 115 - PERSPECTIVES OF BUSINESS AND SOCIETY OR
- (W) SOSC 101 - SOCIAL ISSUES
- CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II
- AIID 201 - READINGS IN THE HUMANITIES (W)
- SELECT ONE – (W) GE-HISTORY CATEGORY: HIST 101-110
- SELECT ONE – GE-INTERCULTURAL NORTH AMERICA CATEGORY
- SELECT ONE – GE-INTERNATIONAL ISSUES CATEGORY
- SELECT ONE – (W) GE-TOPICS ARTS AND HUMANITIES CATEGORY OR
- (W) GE-TOPICS SOCIAL SCIENCE CATEGORY
- SCHOOL OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCE REQUIREMENT
- SCIENCE IN CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE COURSE LIST*: SELECT ONE
- AMER 307 - TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE IN AMERICA
- ANTH 307 - MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
- CNTP 315 - ART ON THE INTERNET
- COMM 307 - ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING
- ENST 215 - ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
- ENST 223 - ENERGY AND SOCIETY
- ENST 305 - ECOLOGY, ECONOMICS AND ETHICS
- ENST 312 - ECOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
- ENST 313 - APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
- ENST 317 - ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND REGULATION
- HIST 396 - HIST OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT
- INFO 315 - COMPUTER LAW AND ETHICS
- LAWS 390 - TOPICS:
- MATH 441 - HISTORY OF MATH
- MGMT 324 - INVENTION FOR MANAGERS AND SCI
- PHIL 322 - PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
- PHIL 328 - BIOETHICS
- PSYC 306 - ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES
- PSYC 423 - HISTORY AND SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY
- SCIN 210 - SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
- SCIN 230 - COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
- SCIN 235 - HISTORICAL TRENDS IN NURSING
- SCIN 263 - SURVEY OF SCIENCE FICTION
- SCIN 310 - AIDS:BIOLOGICAL, MEDICAL, SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES
- SCIN 390 - TOPICS:
- SCIN 434 - WOMEN AND SCIENCE
- SOCI 230 - SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & MEDICINE
- * Please consult the School of TAS for the currently active courses which meet the SCP requirement.
- CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
- PRE-PROFESSIONAL CORE REQUIREMENTS:
- BIOL 213 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I: LECTURE AND LAB
- BIOL 215 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II: LECTURE AND LAB
- BIOL 331 - GENETICS: LECTURE AND LAB
- BIOL 406 - CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: LECTURE AND LAB
- CHEM 110 - FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY I: LECTURE AND LAB
- CHEM 112 - FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY II: LECTURE AND LAB
- CHEM 205 - BIO-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LEC/LAB
- CHEM 425 - BIOCHEMISTRY
- PSYC 242 - STATISTICS OR
- ENSC 345 - RESEARCH DESIGN & STATISTICS
- Plus ONE additional course that is a Writing Intensive Course in TAS
- PLUS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONCENTRATIONS:
- MEDICAL LAB SCIENCE CONCENTRATION
- REQUIRED COURSES:
- BIOL 310 - MICROBIOLOGY: LECTURE AND LAB
- BIOL 357 - IMMUNOLOGY
- MATH 110 - PRECALCULUS OR
- MATH 121 - CALCULUS I
- RECOMMENDED COURSES:
- CHEM 323 - ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY: LECTURE AND LAB
- PHYS 110 - FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS I: LECTURE AND LAB
- PHYS 112 - FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS II: LECTURE AND LAB
- CYTOTECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATION
- REQUIRED COURSES:
- BIOL 310 - MICROBIOLOGY: LECTURE AND LAB
- BIOL 349 - HISTOLOGY: LECTURE AND LAB
- BIOL 357 - IMMUNOLOGY
- MATH 110 - PRECALCULUS OR
- MATH 121 - CALCULUS I
- RECOMMENDED COURSE:
- CMPS 147 - COMPUTER SCIENCE I
Note: Minimum GPA 2.85 in the major is required for graduation
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