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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 Post Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Blood Bank Technology within the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences must satisfy the following requirements for admission:
- Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university
- Certified medical technologist or have one year of acceptable clinical laboratory experience, and a minimum of one year of acceptable experience in a blood center or transfusion service
- Earn a minimum GPA of 2.5 on a scale of 4.0
- Science courses must be courses offered for science majors
- Complete all required courses (listed below)
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SAHSS Blood Bank Technology Certificate Program Admission Requirements
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Component Areas
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Texas Common Course Numbers
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Credit Hours
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Mathematics
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College Algebra
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MATH 1314 or higher level course
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3
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Natural Sciences
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General Chemistry with Laboratory
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CHEM 1411 & 1412 or CHEM 1413 & 1414
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8
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Organic Chemistry with Laboratory
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CHEM 2423 (It is strongly recommended, but not required, that applicants also take CHEM 2425)
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4
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Biochemistry or other chemistry course
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Upper-Division (Junior/Senior) Course
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4
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General Biology with Laboratory
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BIOL 1406 & 1407 or equivalent
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8
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Microbiology with Laboratory
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BIOL 2421 or equivalent
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4
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Anatomy and Physiology
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BIOL 2401 (or other four hour Biology course)
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4
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Total Credit Hours
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35
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Texas Common Course numbers are provided for guidance. Information is available on-line at tccns.org. Click on “The Academic Course Guide Manual.” Applicants should contact academic advisors at their college or university to determine course equivalencies prevailing on their home campus. Applicants are encouraged to contact the UT Southwestern Admissions Office or the academic program about other courses that may satisfy core curriculum requirements.
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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:
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Education Credential Evaluators, Inc. (ECE)
Phone: 414.289.3412; Website: www.ece.org
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International Education Research Foundation, Inc.
Credentials Evaluation Service (IERF)
Phone: 210.390.6276; Website: www.ierf.org
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World Education Service (WES)
Phone: 212.966.6311; Website: www.wes.org
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For more information, visit the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences web pages at: www.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/medlabsci.
To speak with a representative in the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, contact us at: 214.648.1780 or MLS.SAHSS@utsouthwestern.edu.
