Requirements for Admission

The Admission Committee of the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences will determine the admissibility of an applicant into the program in accordance with the quality of his or her credentials.   An interview will be required.  In addition to the general admission requirements specified in the Student Information section of the Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School catalog, applicants to the Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology degree program as a junior student must satisfy the following requirements for admission:

• Complete a minimum of 64 semester hours of college credit, not including physical education and military science courses
• Earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale
• Earn a minimum GPA of 2.5 on a scale of 4.0 in natural sciences and mathematics courses
• Science courses must be courses offered for science majors
• Complete Organic Chemistry, Microbiology, Anatomy and Physiology within 7 years of admission
• Complete all Medical Technology Program required courses (listed below) 

Texas Core Curriculum Policy
Effective for all entering BS students in Fall 2005 or later:

• The state of Texas requires students to complete a Core Curriculum in order to receive a bachelor’s degree from a public college or university in Texas.  Using guidelines provided by the State, each institution designates its own Core Curriculum.
• Bachelor’s degree applicants who have completed the Core Curriculum at another Texas public college or university are not required to complete the SAHSS Core Curriculum.
• The UT Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School (SAHSS) Core Curriculum consists of 42 semester credit hours in specified component areas.
• Applicants who have attended private or out-of-state institutions of higher education OR applicants who have attended Texas public institutions without completing that institution’s Core Curriculum must complete the SAHSS Core Curriculum by taking the required courses at another regionally accredited college or university prior to enrolling in SAHSS.  Core Curriculum courses are not offered at UT Southwestern.
• College Level Examination Program (CLEP) and Advance Placement (AP) credit may be accepted for Core Curriculum requirements as long as such credit has previously been accepted and indicated on the transcript of the student by a previously attended college or university.

International Applicants

• Applicants whose native language is not English must show sufficient command of the English language.   Such applicants are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).  Evidence of the TOEFL score must be submitted with the application.  Test scores must be sent directly from the TOEFL Information Center to the Admissions Office, UT Southwestern.  (Photocopies will be used for review only and are not accepted as official.)  The TOEFL Information Center website address is:  www.toefl.org.
  
  
• International transcripts must be evaluated (course by course) by an approved agency.   The evaluation report must be received by the Admissions Office before the applicant’s file can be considered complete and then forwarded to the Medical Technology Program for review.  Transcript evaluation service (for a fee) is available from:
  • Education Credential Evaluators, Inc. (ECE)
    Phone:   414.289.3412; Website:  www.ece.org
    
    
  • International Education Research Foundation, Inc.
    Credentials Evaluation Service (IERF)
    Phone:   210.390.6276; Website:  www.ierf.org
    
    
  • World Education Service (WES)
    Phone:   212.966.6311; Website:  www.wes.org