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Dec 05, 2025
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Medical Laboratory Science (BS)
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The Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) curriculum requires 90 credit hours (basic requirements and major requirements) at K-State and the completion of 30 hours (one year) of clinical training at one of two affiliated hospitals in Kansas City: North Kansas City Hospital or Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City. Both sites are NAACLS accredited. Admission into the clinical portion of the training is competitive and acceptance is not guaranteed. After completion of all the requirements for the bachelor’s degree in MLS, students are eligible to sit for the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC), which is the gold standard in certification for MLS professionals.
Students are expected to have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 in both overall coursework and the required science courses. Students majoring in Medical Lab Science must earn grades of C or better in all courses required for the major in the areas of Program Concentration Requirements, including transfer work applied to these areas.
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Kansas State University Core: 34-36 Credit Hours
K-State Core is the foundation for an impactful life and career after time at K-State. The K-State Core framework covers six disciplinary areas: English, Communications, Mathematics & Statistics, Natural & Physical Sciences, Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Arts and Humanities. In addition, a seventh area is reserved for institutionally designated use, which K-State is keeping as free electives. In total, the framework takes up 34-35 credit hours of 100 and 200-level coursework. Students who complete their general education elsewhere cannot be required to take additional general education coursework in the disciplinary areas of the framework without permission from KBOR to continue requiring courses in the K-State Core. Orientation: (1 credit hour)
Outside Concentration: (9 credit hours)
| A&S Outside Concentration is fulfilled by 30 credits of medical clinical training listed below |
Overlays: ([9] credit hours)
May be filled in K-State Core, Outside Concentration, electives, or the Program itself. - Ethical Reasoning Overlay, 1 course Credits: [3]
- Global Perspectives Overlay, 1 course Credits: [3]
- US Multicultural Overlay, 1 course Credits: [3]
Foundational Requirements
Complete the following requirements associated with the primary disciplines for Medical Lab Science: Math: (3 credit hours)
If not met through K-State Core requirements, MATH 100 is required. Select one of the following: Statistics: (3 credit hours)
Select one of the following: Biology: (24 credit hours)
MLS Elective: (3 credit hours)
BIOL 541 preferred Clinical Requirements
30 hours from an affiliated MLS hospital training program. Hours are taken as 12 credits during fall/spring and 6 over a summer. BS Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Requirements: (6 credit hours)
3 credit hours in each of the following, with at least 3 credit hours total at 300 level or above OR at any level with a prerequisite in the same discipline. Fine Arts or Humanities: Any course or combination of courses: (3 credit hours)
Non-Quantitative Social Science: Any social science course that does NOT have a MATH or STAT prereq: 3 credit hours)
Free Electives: (0-44 credit hours)
In addition to K-State Core Free Electives requirement, take any course so that the total credit hours completed equals 120. Total Hours Required for Graduation: 120
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