Curriculum
Professional Curriculum Standard Option
Junior Year Fall Semester
Course Designation |
Credit Hours |
HPCS 3400 Clinical Chemistry I |
4 hours |
HPCS 3405 Clinical Bacteriology I |
4 hours |
HPCS 3455 Principles of Immunology |
4 hours |
HPCS 3110 Professional Issues in CLS |
1 hour |
Total Hours |
13 hours |
Spring Semester
Course Designation |
Credit Hours |
HPCS 4405 Molecular Diagnostics |
4 hours |
HPCS 3450 Clinical Chemistry II |
4 hours |
HPCS 3460 Clinical Bacteriology II |
4 hours |
HPCS 3470 Hematology I |
4 hours |
Total Hours |
16 hours |
Summer Semester
Course Designation |
Credit Hours |
HPCS 3310 Urinalysis and Body Fluids |
3 hours |
HPCS 4300 Applied Research and Statistics |
3 hours |
HPCS 4420 Laboratory Management |
4 hours |
HPCS 4455 Parasitology/Mycology |
4 hours |
Total Hours |
14 hours |
Senior Year Fall Semester
Course Designation |
Credit Hours |
HPCS 4385 Clinical Correlations |
3 hours |
HPCS 3465 Immunohematology I |
4 hours |
HPCS 4440 Clinical Preceptorship I |
4 hours |
HPCS 4480 Hematology II |
4 hours |
Total Hours |
15 hours |
Spring Semester
Course Designation |
Credit Hours |
HPCS 4741 Clinical Preceptorship II |
7 hour |
HPCS 4842 Clinical Preceptorship III |
8 hours |
HPCS 4105 Senior Seminar |
1 hour |
Total Hours |
16 hours |
Total Credit Hours Required
|
Credit Hours |
Prerequisites |
57-58 hour |
Professional Curriculum |
74 hours |
Total Hours for B.S. degree |
131-132 hours |
Note: Curriculum starting Fall 2016 (graduating Class of 2018)
During professional studies, students are required to adhere to all departmental policies
and academic and behavioral guidelines as outlined in the Student Handbook and Clinical
Preceptorship Manual.
A student must have the permission of the program director to be concurrently enrolled
in another university while a student at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center.
Essential Functions for this program include:
- Mobility:
- The student must have adequate gross mobility in order to maneuver in a timely and safe fashion throughout
the department.
- The student must be able to lift his or her arms above shoulder height in order to place or remove
items of ten pound or less from shelves.
- The student must be able to bend over at the waist or squat (waist and knees) in order to place and
remove items of ten pounds or less from drawers and cabinets.
- Manual Dexterity:
The student must have adequate fine motor skills to be able to manipulate small objects in a safe
and precise manner. Examples would include (but are not limited to) being able to operate a computer keyboard; dial a telephone; handle cuvettes,
sample cups, pipette tips, and reagent vials; pick up glass slides from table top,
manipulate tools and instruments used in the clinical laboratory (including a microscope);
collect specimens, and use a pen or pencil in order to communicate effectively in
writing for coursework and clinical/fieldwork/preceptorship to ensure patient/client
safety.
- Auditory Acuity:
The student must be able to hear well enough to respond to significant sounds in a clinical lab. Examples
would include (but are not limited to) being able to hear signals generated from instrumentation that may indicate
normal operating status, critical sample value, or equipment malfunction, and being
able to hear and follow verbal instruction from a coworker or supervisor in order
to ensure patient safety. (National Patient Safety Goals NPSG)
- Verbal Communication Skills:
The student must be able to orally communicate professionally to persons on the telephone
or other health care workers listening specifically to the student in person to ensure
patient safety. (National Patient Safety Goals NPSG)
- Visual Acuity to read, write, discern colors, and use a microscope:
The student must have adequate eyesight such that he/she can recognize and distinguish gradients of
color (such as on a urine reagent strip and special stains), read numbers and words
either on a video display screen, computer printout, or legible handwriting, and interpret
lines and points on graphs and charts to ensure patient safety.
- Intellectual, Conceptual, Integrative, and Quality Skills:
The student must possess the ability to develop and exhibit organizational problem solving skills.
Specifically, the student must have the ability to measure, calculate, analyze, interpret,
synthesize and evaluate data in a short period of time; have the ability to learn
to perform duties and assignments in a timely manner while under stress in a variety
of settings; exhibit the maturity to accept feedback and demonstrate professional
conduct in the classroom, laboratory, and at the preceptorship site.
- Social Behavior Skills:
Demonstrate respect for individual, social, and cultural differences in fellow students,
faculty, staff, patients, clients, and patients'/clients' families during clinical/fieldwork/
preceptorship/ and academic interactions. Demonstrate flexibility and the ability
to adjust to changing situations and uncertainty in academic and clinical/fieldwork/preceptorship
situations. Conduct oneself in an ethical and legal manner, demonstrating honesty,
integrity, and professionalism in all interactions and situations.
Students are required to own or have access to a laptop computer for use in the classroom.
General Recommendations For Laptop Computers:
Hardware |
Specifications |
Processor: |
Intel or AMD processor, 2.0 GHz or greater |
Operating System: |
Windows 7 or later; Mac OSX10.6 or higher |
Memory (RAM): |
4 GB RAM or greater |
Storage: |
120 GB SATA hard drive or greater |
Video: |
128 MB video card or integrated graphics |
Network: |
Built-in LAN and 802.11n Wi-Fi |
Optical Drive: |
DVD+/-RW optical drive (optional) |
The Clinical Laboratory Science Program is accredited by the National Accrediting
Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS), 5700 N. River Road, Suite 720, Rosemont,
IL 60018 (773) 714-8880
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is accredited by the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate, masters, doctoral,
and professional degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane,
Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097,or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation
of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. The commission should be contacted
only if there is evident that appears to support the institution's significant non-
compliance with a requirement standard. A member of the Texas Tech University System,
TTUHSC has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission
on Colleges as a separate institution from Texas Tech University since 2004. TTUHSC
received its reaffirmation of accreditation from SACSCOC in 2009. The next reaffirmation
is scheduled for 2019.