Medical Technology

B.S. in Medical Technology

The Medical Technology degree program, under the direction of Dr. Trudy Dickneider, is designed to train and qualify students as medical technologists or clinical laboratory scientists serving hospitals, clinical laboratories, industrial or research institutions. The program meets and exceeds the requirements of the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). The program involves the satisfactory completion of the first three years of a curriculum of study (indicated below) at the University of Scranton and the fourth year of clinical education at a hospital having a School of Medical Technology approved by NAACLS. After completing the program, students take a national certification examination. To date the University has arranged affiliation with hospitals in the cities of Abington, Williamsport and Wilkes-Barre. See affiliations at the end of this catalog.

The curriculum for the Medical Technology program closely parallels the B.S. in Biochemistry so that students have the option to change to the latter after two years, should their career goals change.

Medical Technology Curriculum
Dept. and No.				Descriptive Title of Course	Credits
				FIRST YEAR	FALL	SPRING
MAJOR (GE NSCI)		CHEM 112-113		General Analytical Chem. I-II	4.5	4.5
COGNATE (GE QUAN)		MATH 103-114		Pre-Calculus - Analysis I	4	4
GE ELECT		BIOL 141-142		General Biology I-II	4.5	4.5
GE SPCH		COMM 100		Public Speaking		3
GE C/IL		C/IL 102		Computing and Information Literacy	3
GE FSEM-PHED		INTD 100–PHED ELECT		Freshman Seminar - Physical Education	1	1
					17	17
				SECOND YEAR
MAJOR		CHEM 232-233		Organic Chemistry I-II	4.5	4.5
GE ELECT		BIOL 250-245		Microbiology - Physiology	5	4.5
GE T/RS		T/RS 121-122		Theology I-II	3	3
GE PHIL		PHIL 120		Introduction to Philosophy	3
GE WRTG		WRTG 107		Composition	3
GE S/BH		S/BH ELECT		Social/Behavioral Elective		3
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Elective		3
					18.5	18
				THIRD YEAR
MAJOR		CHEM 350		Intro. to Biochemistry	3
MAJOR		CHEM 370		Instrumental Analysis		5
COGNATE		BIOL 344		Immunology		3
GE PHIL-PHIL or T/RS		PHIL 210 - PHIL or T/RS		Ethics - Philosophy or T/RS Elective	3	3
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Electives	6	3
GE S/BH		S/BH ELECT		Social/Behavioral Elective	3
GE PHED		PHED ELECT		Physical Education Elective	1	1
					16	15
				FOURTH YEAR 1
MAJOR				Clinical Education
MAJOR				Clinical Microbiology
MAJOR				Clinical Chemistry
MAJOR				Clinical Hematology/ Coagulation
MAJOR				Clinical Immunohematology
MAJOR				Clinical Immunology/ Serology
MAJOR				Clinical Seminar
					16	16
					Total: 133.5 Credits
1 There is a $125 Clinical Year Fee charged for each semester of senior year to cover University administrative costs. The student is not, however, charged University tuition for the credits earned in senior year. Some hospitals may charge their own fees. The department has an outstanding record in having its students accepted into medical-technology programs. It should be clear, however, that admission to clinical education is competitive and dependent on the student’s academic record and success in the interview. The hospital is responsible for selection. A delay in beginning the clinical education may delay a student’s graduation. credits for senior-year courses vary from 28 to 32, depending on the hospital. Course titles in that year may also vary.