The Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences at the University of South Alabama was established in 1976. The University of South Alabama offers a four-year program in Clinical Laboratory Science leading to a Bachelor of Science degree. The program provides a general education in the liberal arts and basic sciences, and a detailed study in the theoretical, clinical, and technical aspects of the clinical laboratory. The first three years (freshman-junior) of the program are conducted on the academic campuses of the University of South Alabama. The senior year consists of four semesters starting with the summer session occurring after the junior year.  Summer and fall term classes are conducted at University of South Alabama campuses.  The spring term is conducted at the University of South Alabama Hospitals or other clinical affiliates where students obtain supervised clinical education and practice in each area of the clinical laboratory.  Students then return to University of South Alabama campuses for a single course the following summer term.

     Graduates of the program are eligible to sit for certification examinations offered by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP), and by the National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCALP). 

     Our program is fully accredited by National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS), 840 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Suite 670, Chicago, IL 60631, (773) 714-8880).