Programme

Associate of Applied Science in Medical Laboratory Technology/ MLS A

An Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Medical Laboratory Technology is a two-year undergraduate degree that trains students to perform clinical lab tests on patient samples to help doctors detect, diagnose, and monitor diseases

The coursesWhat this programme teaches, semester by semester. Each course runs for the number of weeks the college sets for it, and every week has its lesson, a narrated version of it, a printable outline and an assessment.

All programmes

Semester 1 10 courses

GEN 101
Introduction to Health Care ( Medical Science Reloaded)
Shared
MLT 100
Medical Laboratory Automation and Computer system
MLT 102
Phlebotomy Procedures and Patient Test (Sample) Management
MLT 101
Introduction to Medical Laboratory Technology and Quality Assurance/Quality
GEN 107
General Microbiology
Shared
GEN 106
Vital Signs
Shared
GEN 105
Ethics and Law
Shared
GEN 104
Problem solving and Decision Making Skills
Shared
GEN 103
Communication Skill
Shared
GEN 102
Medical Terminologies, Anatomy and Physiology
Shared

Semester 2 6 courses

SOC 103
Chemistry 101
Shared
ELC 101
General Sociology
Shared
MLT 104
Immunohaematology (Blood banking Fundamentals)
MLT 103
Haematology
SOC 102
Basic Pathology
Shared
SOC 101
Advanced Mathematics
Shared

Semester 3 4 courses

SOC 104
Antibiotics
Shared
MLT 105
Immunology and Immunoserology
MLT 106
Medical Microbiology
ELC 102
Basic Psychology
Shared

Semester 4 3 courses

MLT 208
Medical Parasitology
MLT 207
Medical Mycology
SOC 205
Microscopy

Semester 5 4 courses

MLT 209
Chemical Pathology (Clinical Chemistry)
MLT 210
Urinalysis
MLT 211
Seminalysis (Semen Analysis)
MLT 212
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF Analysis)

Semester 6 2 courses

SOC 206
Histology Fundamental ( Cell and issues )
MLT 214
Histopathology and Histotechniques

A course marked Shared is taught in more than one SPACS programme. It is the same course, so a student who has passed it does not sit it twice.

Take the week with you

Every week downloads as a printable outline, readable on a phone with the data off.

Listen instead of reading

Lessons come with a narrated version for studying on the move.

Weekly assessment

A short quiz each week, marked straight away, with the score kept on record.

Course material

Lessons, recordings and assessments sit behind the sign-in.

Enrolled students reach them with a link emailed to their college address, so there is no password to remember. Staff use the same sign-in. If you want to know more about this programme first, write to a lecturer.