Southwestern Oklahoma State University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025
undergraduate degree before applying for one of the clinical programs. This is the dual degree program and students complete an undergraduate degree in Biology before applying to the clinical program. Upon completion of the clinical program, students receive a B.S. in Biological Sciences and a B.S. in Microbiology, Medical Laboratory Sciences Option. Students do not have to be admitted to a Pre-Medical Laboratory Science program but should regularly seek advisement from the advisor of Medical Laboratory Sciences in the Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences. The clinical training portion of the Medical Laboratory Science option, which involves 30 credit hours, can only be achieved at an accredited hospital in affiliation with Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Acceptance into the hospital-based clinical training program is the option of the hospital program. Student applications are required and must follow specified guidelines. Minimum requirements for application require an overall grade point average (OGPA) of 2.5. The students must have a personal interview with hospital program officials. After all applications and interviews have been completed, the students will be “matched” to a training hospital for their professional clinical training. The Professional Medical Training program at the hospital is 12 months. The students will enroll in clinical courses each semester
of the year – 12 hours in the fall and spring semesters and six hours for the summer semester. Final letter grades for all 30 hours will not be posted until the total clinical program has been completed.
For additional information contact:
Dr. Eric Paul Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences SCI 325 (580) 774-3228 eric.paul@swosu.edu
Natural Sciences Education
Students interested in teaching middle school or high school biological sciences and other science disciplines should refer to the secondary education programs offered by the Department of Education within the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education in the College of Professional and Graduate Studies. For further information contact:
Dr. Rickey Cothran Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences SCI 214A (580) 774-3096 rickey.cothran@swosu.edu
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