BSc. in Medical Laboratory Science (Medical Microbiology Major)
A Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Medical Laboratory Science with a Medical Microbiology major is a 4-year undergraduate degree program that trains students to diagnose, treat, and prevent diseases by analyzing clinical specimens for infectious microorganisms
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 programmesSemester 1 3 courses
Introduction to History of Microbiology, and Laboratory Microbiology Role
Basic Microbiology Laboratory Fundamental and Instrumentation in Microbiology
Bacterial Cell Structure, Physiology, Metabolism, Taxonomy, and Genetics
Semester 2 3 courses
Specimen Collection, Processing, and Microscopic Examination of Samples/Specimens
Microorganisms and Infectious Disease
Microbial Culture Media
Semester 3 3 courses
Identification of Gram-Positive and Negative Cocci
Use of Colonial Morphology for the Presumptive Identification of Microorganisms
Microbiology Staining Procedures and Techniques
Semester 4 3 courses
Identification of Gram-Positive and Negative Bacilli
Biochemical Identification of Bacteria
Immunodiagnostics of Infectious Diseases
Semester 5 3 courses
Antibiotics Mechanism of Action and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Spirochetes, Chlamydia and Rickettsia
Anaerobes of Clinical Importance
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.
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.