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All graduates of Stony Brook University’s In-depth knowledge about the profession is Clinical Clinical Laboratory extremely important and will make you a Sciences  Program are eligible to sit for stronger, more informed applicant who is the Board of Certification confident and secure in your choice of a career.  Distance Learning/Hybrid  Examinatination  administered by the An excellent place to begin learning more is Program American Society for Clinical www.ascp/org, the site of the American Society Pathology (ASCP). for Clinical Pathology and www.ascls.org, the web site of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory For more information on Academics, please refer to our Sciences. School of Health Technology website: healthtechnology.stonybrookmedicine.edu and Management Application Requirements Additionally,100% of students who graduate  from Stony Brook’s CLS program have found Basic Sciences Tower - Level 2 - Room 442 employment. Stony Brook, New York 11794 - 8205 Students applying to the program must submit an“Apply Yourself” application by the deadline The program is accredited by the National  (631) 444-3925 (Secretary) specifiedby the PDF found on their site under the (631) 444-8821 (Fax) courseworktitle “Clinical Laboratory Sciences - DL”. Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory E-Mail: [email protected] This isapplicable to all current students, and Sciences (NAACLS), located at: transfer students. 5600 N. River Rd.,Suite 720, Please check Apply Yourself via the “Apply Online” Rosemont, IL link found in the main menu of our program page 60018-5119 as deadlines are subject to change: The CLS program is also registered as a qualifying healthtechnology.stonybrookmedicine.edu/ program with The Office of Professions for New programs/clinical York State Licensure. Academic Advising

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I would like to introduce you to Clinical Laboratory A cumulative grade point of 2.5 on a scale of 4.0 The Clinical Laboratory Department has Sciences (CLS), our nationally recognized program Completion of a minimum of 57 credits or semester developed a distance learning Bachelor of Science at Stony Brook University. hours with a grade of “C” or better to include: program. Clinical Laboratory Science Laboratory professionals are a crucial part of the You can apply your science education to a health 3 credits of English Composition team, providing diagnostic test results that support care career when you become a CLS major at 3 credits of College Math 70 – 80% of the clinical treatment decisions. According Stony Brook. An important member of the healthcare 3 credits of College Statistics to a survey completed by the recent workforce New team, clinical laboratory scientists perform tests that 6 credits of Social/Behavioral Sciences York has a vacancy rate of 8.2% compared to the analyze specimens to produce data for the diagnosis, 6 credits of Arts/Humanities national vacancy rate of 2.6%. prevention and treatment of disease. 12 credits in Chemistry with Labs to include 1 course in Organic Chemistry In New York State, approximately 640 new laboratory Laboratory testing encompasses the following: 8 credits of with professionals are needed each year and only 237 3 credits of General students are graduating from accredited programs. · Clinical Chemistry Data from the New York Center for Health Workforce · Program of Study for CLS Studies shows thatclinical laboratory technologists · (H) = Hybrid Course are the personnel category that New York · Immunohematology fi nd most diffi cult to recruit. In addition, SUNY has · Microbiology Foundations in CLS (H) 1.5 credits identifi ed clinical laboratory professionals as a high · Medical Ethics 1.0 credit need professional program. 4.0 credits The CLS department offers an upper- division pro- Pathology 3.0 credits H: What Is A Hybrid Course? gram leading to the Bachelor of Science degree. Intro to Biochemistry 3.0 credits Foundation in Phlebotomy (H) 1.5 credits Students who take hybrid courses would need to If you are interested in learning more about the Clinical Chemistry I , II, III 8.0 credits come to campus for some of the laboratory portions program, I encourage you to come to one of our Hematology (H) 4.0 credits of the courses.This face to face time will include wet information sessions. Clinical Microbiology I &II (H) 8.0 credits laboratories and hands on laboratory techniques. Parasitology/ (H) 3.0 credits Each course is different but most require the student The information sessions are held on the 2nd Medical Molecular Biology (H) 3.0 credits to visit campus a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 Wednesday of every month at noon. Computer Applications (H) 2.0 credits times during the course offering. Coagulation,Urinalysis,Body Fluids (H) 3.0 credits For more information you can also call the Immunohematology (H) 3.5 credits If the student completes the program and receives a CLS Program at 444-3925, or online at: Pharmacology 1.5 credits BS degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences from Stony Immunology 3.0 credits Brook, he or she is eligible for ASCP certifi cation and healthtechnology.stonybrookmedicine.edu Research Design 1.0 credit New York State licensure.

CM Research Tutorial 2.0 credits Chair | Kathleen Finnegan, M.S.,MT(ASCP)SH Clinical Laboratory Quality Management 1.0 credit Management for Health Professional 1.0 credit Who Is This Program For? Advanced Seminar in CLS 2.0 credits This program is for working professionals hold- ing an associate’s degree (CLT/MLT) who want to Laboratory Rotations advance to a Bachelor’s degree in CLS or for those Clinical Chemistry Practicum 4.0 credits who hold an Associate’s degree in Science who want Hematology Practicum 3.0 credits employment in the clinical laboratory as well as for Hemostasis Practicum 1.0 credit individuals holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, Microbiology Practicum 6.0 credits Chemistry or Biochemistry who want employment in Immunohematology Practicum 3.0 credits the CLS fi eld.