Admission Requirements

• Minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale
• Minimum of 90 semester hours (or equivalent) to include these prerequisites:

Biology
A minimum of 16 semester hours in Biological Sciences, to include:

a. General Biology or Zoology
b. Microbiology course with lab component
c. Immunology course
d. Physiology course content (prefer entire physiology course)
e. Two courses must include lab component (includes Microbiology lab)

Chemistry
A minimum of 16 semester hours in Chemistry, to include:

a. General Chemistry
b. Organic Chemistry and/or Biochemistry (prefer Biochemistry)
c. Three courses must include lab component

Mathematics
A minimum of one college level course. (Statistics is strongly encouraged)

Notes:

• The content of Chemistry, Biology and Math courses acceptable toward meeting these requirements would be those courses applicable towards a major in those fields or in medical technology. Survey or remedial courses do not fulfill these prerequisites.
• Applicants must possess a baccalaureate degree, or be eligible for one from their college or university upon satisfactory completion of the OSF Saint Francis program, having completed all general education courses, constitution and/or writing proficiency exams, and prerequisites for the major prior to admission to OSF Saint Francis School of Medical Laboratory Sciences.
• Biology and/or chemistry courses must be updated if the most recent courses were completed 7 or more years prior to the planned admission date.
• TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language) scores of 600 or higher must be submitted if English is not the application's native language, regardless of citizenship or visa status.
• A transcript evaluation, with grades and credit hours described in U.S. equivalents, must be submitted for any college credits from a non-U.S. institution that will be used to meet any of the admission requirements.

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