Rush University Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program

Prerequisites of the Rush University Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program:

Biology – 3 credits, including BIO 326	BIO 141 Foundations Cellular Biology BIO 142 Foundations Organismal Biology BIO 205 Cell and Molecular Biology BIO 326 Microbiology
Chemistry – 4 credits	CHE 121 Chemical Principles I CHE 122 Chemical Principles II Or CHE 161 Accelerated General Chemistry And CHE 202 Analytical Chemistry CHE 225 Organic Chemistry I CHE 326 Organic Chemistry II CHE 327 Organic Laboratory
Statistics – 1 credit	INT 201 Statistical Methods Or INT 211 Fundamentals of Statistics
Psychology – 1 credit	General psychology course
Social Sciences – 1 credit	General social science course
Statistics or Math – 1 credit	Statistics or math course
Electives – 5 or 6 credits	Electives in any discipline

Suggested electives include BIO 315 (Genetics); CHE 334 (Biochemistry); and courses in sociology, psychology, physics, and English. Students must complete the course work with a grade point average of 2.0 or higher.

The Rush program is fully accredited; students completing the program are examined by the ASCP for registry.

During the two years at Rush the student integrates the theory of clinical medicine with the practice of clinical laboratory procedures, learning basic theory and skills in hematology, clinical chemistry, immunology, and clinical micro-biology. As seniors at Rush, the students rotate through the laboratories of Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital and also take courses in management and instructional design.

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