Clinical Laboratory Technologists analyze body fluids and blood cells to help physicians diagnose illness and provide treatment. They perform chemical tests to determine blood glucose and cholesterol levels, examine tissues to detect diseases, and they type and match blood samples for transfusions.

Clinical Laboratory Science is a traditional program in clinical laboratory science with three years of pre-clinical preparation followed by one year of clinical courses and experiences. After completion of the clinical year, students graduate from Mount Marty with a Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Laboratory Science.

Mount Marty College offers students in the Clinical Laboratory Science program a strong introduction to clinical material during the first three college years. Clinical Laboratory Science equips the student to seek careers in many laboratory settings. Clinical Laboratory Science provides students with a strong science background. The technical difficulty associated with Clinical Laboratory Science makes students great candidates for any biological or chemistry related position.

Medical technology majors will study amino acids, carbohydrates, enzymes, proteins and vitamins, bacteria and disease; the immune system, organic chemistry; scientific methods for analyzing chemical reactions; and the structure and function of cells, tissues and organ systems. Students may also study genetics and techniques that medical technologists use to examine cells and body fluids.

While pursing a degree in Medical Technology, students will develop an indepth knowledge of the field and become competent in the use of current technologies. The year of clinical internship includes both didactic and extensive opportunities to use state of the art equipment in medical technology. Students will be able to pursue special topics of interest in research and present a seminar within the internship year. Courses within the major in the preclinical program of study as well as during internship gives students opportunities to examine the contemporary issues facing medical technologists.