BIOLOGY (Cytotechnology Track)  (last modified 16 Feb 2007)

CSS is an affiliate of the Mayo School of Health Sciences Cytotechnology Program and the Marshfield Laboratories

FALL SEMESTER

SPRING SEMESTER

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

DGN 1101 The Responsible Self 2 cr

ENG 1110 First Year Composition 4 cr (or spring semester)

BIO 1110 General Biology I 4 cr 

CHM 1110 General Chemistry I  4 cr 

GE

DGN 1102 And Dignity for All 2 cr

CTA 1102 Human Communication 4cr (or fall Semester)

BIO 1120 General Biology II  4 cr 

CHM 1120 General Chemistry II  4  cr 

MTH 1111 (*MTH 2211)

DGN 1101 and 1102 and ENG 1110 and CTA 1102

(1)            CULTURAL DIVERSITY (may meet a second general education requirement)

(2)            SOCIAL SCIENCE

(3)            WORLD LANGUAGE

(4)            LITERATURE

(5)            ANALYTICAL REASONING (met with MTH1111 or 2211)

(6)            NATURAL SCIENCE

(7)            HISTORY (Not HIS 2231)

(8)            FINE ARTS

(9)            PHILOSOPHY

(10)         RELIGIOUS STUDIES

(11)         GENERAL EDUCATION  UPPER DIVISION

   ELECTIVE WRITING COURSE - Must take during junior or senior year

 

        COMPUTER LITERACY

 

Bio 2110 Anatomy Physiology I

* CHM 2200 Organic Chemistry I

GE

GE

 

Bio 2120 Anatomy Physiology II

Bio 2250 Microbiology or Fall semester

* CHM 2210 Organic Chemistry II

GE

Application to the major is made during the SPRING semester of the SOPHOMORE year.

 

Bio 3500 Genetics  4 UD or Spring semester

* CHM 3240 Biochemistry I  4 UD

* PSC 2001 Physics I 4 cr

Bio 4140 Techniques in Microscopy 2 UD

GE

 

Bio 4135 Histology 4 UD (strong recommend) This is an alt year offering and it may need to be taken in the sophomore year.

* PSC 2002 Physics II 4 cr

GE

GE

GE

 

Whether or not courses are taken here depends on which path one follows to enter the Cytotechnology Program – see below.

 

Whether or not courses are taken here depends on which path one follows to enter the Cytotechnology Program – see below.

* These courses are strongly recommended to provide the student with flexibility should the student decide to switch tracks.

32 biology credits (minimum grade of “C”) are required for the major.

A student also needs an internship in a cytotechnology school to be a cytotechnologist. One year of internship in an approved cytotechnology program is equivalent to 32 semester credits of upper division biology course work. The internship may be taken in the senior year or the year following graduation.

 

There are two ways to enter the Cytotechnology Program. 1) Acceptance on completion of your bachelor's degree and meeting the requirements listed below; 2) Entering as a senior where your fourth-year training is valid as the fourth-year completion of your bachelor's degree. If you select this way to enter then you must have completed your general education requirements by the end of your third year. Students entering as fourth-year seniors are expected to complete their bachelor's degree requirements at the time they complete their Cytotechnology Training Program. The following prerequisites are required to apply for admission:

·               Three years (90 semester hours) in an affiliated college (CSS is affiliated).

·               Twenty semester hours in biology and/or the biological sciences -- including courses such as general biology, cell biology, physiology, anatomy, histology, microbiology, parasitology, zoology, embryology and genetics.

·                Eight semester hours in chemistry.

·                Three semester hours in basic mathematics.

·                Your college cumulative grade point average should be at least 2.75 (4.0 scale). Applicants are not selected based on grades alone.

 

 

 

4/18/07