Clinical Laboratory Sciences, B.S.

The Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the premier CLS programs in the nation. We have a strong reputation in the educational and laboratory communities, and our graduates have a strong record of professional success. The CLS program prepares professionals who are competent to perform and interpret laboratory tests, and to explain the appropriate use and meaning of laboratory tests to other health-care professionals and to patients. Graduates are qualified to take the Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) examination from the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP-BOC) and be certified as Medical Laboratory Scientists. The CLS program consists of one year of lecture and student laboratory courses, followed by one year of clinical education courses completed in hospital and reference laboratories in North Carolina. The extensive time students spend in the clinical environment allows them to develop a high degree of technical and professional competency by the time they graduate from the program.