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Prerequisites

POST-BACCALAUREATE CATEGORICAL CERTIFICATES IN CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES (microbiology categorical certificate, clinical chemistry categorical certificate, immunohematology categorical cer­tificate, hematology categorical certificate)

Prerequisites for the microbiology categorical certificate consist of 30 semester credit hours of biological sciences, including a minimum of 20 semester credit hours of microbiology. Prerequisites include

  • genetics
  • general microbiology with lab
  • biochemistry
  • physiology
  • statistics
  • immunology (upper division immunology or CLSC 3065)

These prerequisites may have been completed as part of the bachelor’s degree or may be taken concurrently with courses from the microbiology categorical certificate curriculum upon approval of the faculty advisor.


Prerequisites for the clinical chemistry categorical certificate consist of 30 semester credit hours of biology and chemistry, including a minimum of 16 semester credit hours of chemistry. Prerequisites include

  • general chemistry I with lab
  • general chemistry II with lab
  • organic chemistry I with lab
  • biochemistry
  • immunology (upper division immunology or CLSC 3065)
  • statistics
  • human physiology.

These prerequisites may have been completed as part of the bachelor’s degree or make be taken concurrently with courses from the clinical chemistry categorical certificate curriculum upon approval of the faculty advisor.


Prerequisites for the immunohematology categorical certificate consist of 30 semester credit hours of 30 semester credit hours of biology and chemistry. Prerequisites include

  • computer science
  • genetics
  • immunology
  • statistics
  • and biochemistry

If immunology has not been completed as part of the student’s prerequisites, the following courses will satisfy the requirement:

  • CLSC 3072/3073
  • CLSC 3070
  • CLSC 3071 or CLSC 4035

These prerequisites may have been completed as part of the bachelor’s degree or make be taken concurrently with courses from the immunohematology categorical certificate curriculum upon approval of the faculty advisor.


Prerequisites for the hematology categorical certificate consist of 30 semester credit hours of biology and chemistry. Prerequisites include

  • genetics
  • immunology (upper division immunology or CLSC 3065)
  • statistics
  • physiology
  • biochemistry

These prerequisites may have been completed as part of the bachelor’s degree or make be taken concurrently with courses from the hematology categorical certificate curriculum upon approval of the faculty advisor.

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