Medical Laboratory Science Option

The UCCS Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) Program is offered through the University of Nebraska Medical Center MLS Program. UNMC supplies the academic curriculum and is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Medical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). Participating hospital laboratories provide the laboratory internships. The MLS year is 43 credit hours and is divided into three parts:

1. Student lab - 13 weeks on site at UNMC in Kearney, Nebraska beginning in May of each year.
2. First clinical rotation - 17 weeks
3. Second clinical rotation - 17 weeks

During clinical rotations 1 and 2 the student will receive academic material online via Blackboard educational platform coincident with performance of medical laboratory work under the supervision of a hospital laboratory technologist. Upon completion of this year’s work the student will qualify for a post baccalaureate (4+1) certificate with qualifications to sit for the national ASCP certification exam.