Application Requirements Career Opportunities

Students applying to the program must submit an In-depth knowledge about the profession is Clinical application on Allied Health Central Application extremely important and will make you a stron- System (AHCAS) followed by a supplement ger, more informed applicant who is confi-  Program application specific for Stony Brook. dent and secure in your choice of a career. 

This is applicable to all current students, and trans- fer students. The only exception of course is for An excellent place to begin learning more is freshman who have already declared CLS as their www.ascp/org, the site of the American Society major. for Clinical Pathology and www.ascls.org, the web site of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Applications to the program are online and can be Sciences. School of Health Technology found on the CLS Home Page within The Health, and Management Technology and Management site. Additionally,100% of students who graduate  from Stony Brook’s CLS program have found Basic Sciences Tower - Level 2 - Room 442 Pre-CLS Club / Academic Advising employment. Stony Brook, New York 11794 - 8205 • If you are a major, interested in Clinical Laboratory Sciences or looking to gain The program is accredited by the National  (631) 444-3925 (Secretary) knowledge about the CLS Profession join: Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory (631) 444-8821 (Fax) Sciences (NAACLS), located at: E-Mail: [email protected]  “THE PRE-CLS CLUB” • Meetings are held on the second Wednesday  5600 N. River Rd.,Suite 720, of every month: Rosemont, IL 1:00 PM 60018-5119 BASIC SCIENCES TOWER - Level 2 (Room and Times subject to change) The CLS program is also registered as a qualifying E-mail: [email protected] program with The Office of Professions for New

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National Certification Exam

All graduates of Stony Brook University’s Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program are eligible to sit for the Board of Certification Examinatination  administered by the The State University of New York at Stony Brook is an affirmative action/equal opportunity educator American Society for Clinical and employer. This publication can be made Pathology (ASCP). available in an alternative format and is subject to change without notice. For more information on Academics, please refer to our website: healthtechnology.stonybrookmedicine.edu A Word From Our Chair Academic Prerequisites About The Program

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 Science Department Sciences (CLS), our nationally recognized program Completion of a minimum of 57 credits or semester has developed a distance learning Bachelor of at Stony Brook University. hours with a grade of “C” or better to include: Science 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 care career when you become a CLS major at Stony 3 credits of College Math that support 70 – 80% of the clinical treatment Brook. An important member of the healthcare 3 credits of College Statistics decisions. According to a survey completed by 6 credits of Social/Behavioral Sciences team, clinical laboratory scientists perform tests that the recent workforce New York has a vacancy analyze specimens to produce data for the diagnosis, 6 credits of Arts/Humanities prevention and treatment of disease. 12 credits in Chemistry with Labs to include rate of 8.2% compared to the national vacancy 1 course in Organic Chemistry rate of 2.6%. In New York State, approximately Laboratory testing encompasses the following: 8 credits of with 640 new laboratory professionals are needed 3 credits of General each year and only 237 students are graduat- · Clinical Chemistry ing from accredited programs. Data from the · Program of Study for CLS New York Center for Health Workforce Studies · shows that clinical laboratory technologists are · Immunohematology Foundations in CLS 1.5 credits the personnel category that New York · Microbiology Medical Ethics 1.0 credit fi nd most diffi cult to recruit. In addition, SUNY has · 4.0 credits identifi ed clinical laboratory professionals as a

Pathology 3.0 credits high need professional program. The CLS department offers an upper- division program Intro to Biochemistry 3.0 credits leading to the Bachelor of Science degree as well as Foundation in Phlebotomy 1.5 credits the opportunity for Stony Brook freshmen to declare Clinical Chemistry I , II, III 8.0 credits Special Opportunities For Freshmen a lower-division CLS major. Hematology 4.0 credits Clinical Microbiology I &II 8.0 credits The program offers a four-year option that enables If you are interested in learning more about the Parasitology/ 3.0 credits Stony Brook freshmen students to declare a lower program, I encourage you to come to one of our Medical Molecular Biology 3.0 credits division major. information sessions. Computer Applications 2.0 credits If you are a Stony Brook student who declared Clinical Coagulation,Urinalysis,Body Fluids 3.0 credits Laboratory Sciences as your major during freshman The information sessions are held on the 2nd Immunohematology 3.5 credits year, you must complete the following in order to Wednesday of every month at noon. Pharmacology 1.5 credits advance to the upper division major: Immunology 3.0 credits For more information you can also call the Research Design 1.0 credit · Fulfi ll Prerequisite Courses CLS Program at 444-3925, or on the web at: Research Tutorial 2.0 credits · Complete Introduction Course (HAD 210) Clinical Laboratory Quality Management 1.0 credit healthtechnology.stonybrookmedicine.edu (with an A- or better) Management for Health Professional 1.0 credit · GPA 2.5 or higher is also required CM Advanced Seminar in CLS 2.0 credits Chair | Kathleen Finnegan, M.S.,MT(ASCP)SH For further information on the CLS Freshman Laboratory Rotations Declared major, please contact Jeannie Guglielmo at (631) 444-3046. Clinical Chemistry Practicum 4.0 credits Hematology Practicum 3.0 credits Freshmen are required to come to an information Hemostasis Practicum 1.0 credit session. Microbiology Practicum 6.0 credits Immunohematology Practicum 3.0 credits