Clinical Laboratory Sciences

The post-bac certificate in clinical laboratory sciences is appropriate for the student who already has a B.S. degree in the basic or life sciences and has a professional career interest in the medical laboratory field. The post-bac certificate provides students with the opportunity to be eligible for national board and state licensing exams in the individual CLS disciplines or for the entire CLS curriculum. As with the minors/certificates listed above, students must complete one or more of the following CLS discipline course sets within the upper-division CLS program curriculum, culminating in a supervised training practicum in a licensed clinical laboratory setting. In addition, a post-baccalaureate certificate is offered in the entire CLS field as a generalist. Please note that prerequisite science courses apply to be eligible for the CLS courses. Students must apply for the post-baccalaureate certificate and meet the same eligibility requirements as students fully admitted into the undergraduate CLS program due to accreditation requirements for clinical training. Please contact a CLS program advisor for additional information at 702-895-3788 or through e-mail at cls@unlv.edu.