University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Health Science Programs:

Medical Technology Comprehensive -
Bachelor of Science

General Studies = 45

General Studies required by major:

Take ONE of the following options:

Take:

MATH 112*, Scientific Topics in Mathematics - 5 hours

OR take 2 courses:

MATH 102*, College Algebra - 3 hours

STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours

*Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher level.

Take all of the following:

CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours

CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hours

CHEM 161GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours

CHEM 161LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hours

BS Science-related course requirements = 9

BIOL 400, Microbiology - 5 hours

BIOL 401, Principles of Immunology - 4 hours

Major = 64

Minimum total hours required coursework = 118

Unrestricted elective in 125 hour program = 7

Minimum total hours required for BS in Medical Technology Comprehensive = 125

All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

A. Medical Technology Specialization

Take all of the following:

BIOL 309, Cellular Biology - 4 hours

BIOL 325, Medical Terminology - 1 hour

Take 1 course from:

CHEM 250, Elementary Organic Chemistry - 5 hours

CHEM 360, Organic Chemistry - 4 hours

CHEM 360L, Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour

Take 1 course from:

CHEM 351, Biochemistry - 4 hours

CHEM 375, Analytical Chemistry I - 5 hours

B. Medical Technology Supporting Courses

Take 15 hours from the following:

BIOL 103GS, General Biology - 4 hours

BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology - 4 hours

BIOL 430, Special Topics in Biology - 1-6 hours

BIOL 440, General Virology - 4 hours

BIOL 465, Physiology - 3 hours

BIOL 467, Animal Histology - 3 hours

No more than 1 of the following 2 BIOL courses:

BIOL 460, Genetics - 4 hours or

BIOL 461, Human Genetics - 3 hours

CHEM 469, Chemistry Seminar - 1 hour

CHEM 351, Biochemistry - 4 hours

CHEM 361, Organic Chemistry - 5 hours

CHEM 375, Analytical Chemistry I - 5 hours

PHYS 205GS, General Physics - 5 hours

PHYS 206GS, General Physics - 5 hours

PHYS 323, Introductory Electronics - 4 hours (Prereq: PHYS 276GS)

PHYS 346, Modern Physics I - 4 hours (Prereq: PHYS 276GS)

HSCI 125B, Orientation to Medical Technology - 2 hours

HSCI 225, Introduction to Hematology - 2 hours

No more than 1 of the following 3 CSIS courses:

CSIS 109GS, FORTRAN Programming - 3 hours (Recommended co-requisite: CSIS 100.B VM/CMS)

CSIS 111GS, Applied BASIC Programming - 3 hours

CSIS 130GS, Introduction to Computer Science - 3 hours

C. Student's fourth year will be their Clinical Year. 35 hours required