Coordinator:  Douglas W. Morrison, 973-353-1268

A major in clinical laboratory sciences (CLS) leading to the bachelor of science degree is offered jointly by the Department of Biological Sciences at Rutgers University-Newark and the Rutgers School of Health Related Professions (SHRP). The major is offered at the Newark College of Arts and Sciences (NCAS). Students graduating with degrees in CLS become members of health care teams contributing to the diagnosis and treatment of disease. CLS majors are readily employed in a variety of health care, industrial, governmental, and educational settings and also may elect graduate programs in a number of specializations, such as basic and applied science, medical school, and dental school.

Clinical laboratory science majors take three years of coursework at Rutgers-Newark. They must apply to the senior clinical year at SHRP through a separate admissions process. Admission requirements for the senior clinical year include a cumulative grade-point average of 2.75 and grades of C or better in all prerequisite core science courses taken at Rutgers-Newark. Once admitted, students register for their senior clinical year at SHRP specializing in either cytotechnology or medical laboratory science. For more information about the joint program, contact the faculty adviser for clinical laboratory sciences at Rutgers-Newark, Dr. Douglas W. Morrison, at 973-353-1268 or dmorrison@andromeda.rutgers.edu.

For further information about these programs, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions website: http://newarkbioweb.rutgers.edu/department/FAQ-CLS-AHT.html.

Course requirements to be taken at NCAS and at SHRP for the two options are as follows:

Core NCAS courses required of all CLS majors (49 credits)

  21:120:101-102  General Biology (4,4)

  21:120:301  Foundations of Biology: Cell and Molecular Biology (4) and
  21:120:302  Foundations of Biology Laboratory (1)

  21:120:335  General Microbiology (4)

  21:120:340  Mammalian Physiology (4)

  21:120:355  Cell Biology (3)

  21:160:113-114  General Chemistry Laboratory (1,1)

  21:160:115-116  General Chemistry (4,4)

  21:160:331  Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)

  21:160:335-336  Organic Chemistry (4,4)

  21:640:114  Precalculus (3) or 21:640:135  Calculus I

  21:960:211  Statistics I (3)