Medical Laboratory Technician Training
8 courses · San Diego Miramar College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026 · Spring 2027
MLTT 61 Directed Clinical Practice in Clinical Chemistry
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 160 hours other
- Prerequisite
- MLTT 210 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and MLTT 211 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and MLTT 212 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and MLTT 213 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent
This course provides clinical laboratory practice and experience in general and specialized chemistry. Various instrumentation, as well as bench and manual methods, will be introduced. Emphasis is placed on technique, accuracy, and precision. This practicum will take place at a clinical affiliate site that will be assigned by the Medical Laboratory Technician Training Program Director. This course is intended for students majoring in Medical Laboratory Technology.
MLTT 62 Directed Clinical Practice in Clinical Hematology, Urinalysis and Coagulation
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 160 hours other
- Prerequisite
- MLTT 210 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and MLTT 211 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and MLTT 212 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and MLTT 213 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent
This course provides laboratory practice and experience in hematology, urinalysis, and coagulation. Various instrumentation, as well as bench and manual methods, will be introduced. Emphasis is placed on technique, accuracy, and precision. This practicum will take place at a clinical affiliate site that will be assigned by the Medical Laboratory Technician Training Program Director. This course is intended for students majoring in Medical Laboratory Technology.
MLTT 63 Directed Clinical Practice in Clinical Immunology and Immunohematology
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 160 hours other
- Prerequisite
- MLTT 210 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and MLTT 211 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and MLTT 212 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and MLTT 213 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent
This course provides clinical laboratory practice and experience in serology and blood banking, including syphilis serology and general immunology. Various instrumentation, as well as bench and manual methods, will be introduced. Emphasis is placed on technique, accuracy, and precision. This practicum will take place at a clinical affiliate site that will be assigned by the Medical Laboratory Technician Training Program Director. This course is intended for students majoring in Medical Laboratory Technology.
MLTT 64 Directed Clinical Practice in Clinical Microbiology
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 160 hours other
- Prerequisite
- MLTT 210 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and MLTT 211 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and MLTT 212 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and MLTT 213 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent
This course provides laboratory practice and experience in microbiology. Various instrumentation, as well as bench and manual methods, will be introduced. Emphasis is placed on technique, accuracy, and precision. This practicum will take place at a clinical affiliate site that will be assigned by the Medical Laboratory Technician Training Program Director. This course is intended for students majoring in Medical Laboratory Technology.
MLTT 210 Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Operations
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 32 - 36 hours lecture/96-108 hours lab
- Prerequisite
- BIOL 107 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or BIOL 131 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and BIOL 230 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and BIOL 235 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 100 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 100L with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or CHEM 152 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 152L with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 130 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 130L with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent
This course introduces the theory and practice underlying the basic methodologies used in clinical chemistry and the basic principles of laboratory operations. Laboratory Clinical Chemistry topics include principles and methodologies common to the clinical laboratory to include specimen handling, measurement of biochemistry, data analysis and pathology. Laboratory operations topics include quality assessment, safety, laboratory mathematics, and instrumentations. This course is intended for students majoring in Medical Laboratory Technology to perform clinical chemistry and laboratory operations at an entry level competency.
MLTT 211 Clinical Hematology Urinalysis And Body Fluids
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 32 - 36 hours lecture/96-108 hours lab
- Prerequisite
- BIOL 107 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or BIOL 131 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and BIOL 230 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and BIOL 235 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 100 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 100L with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or CHEM 152 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 152L with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 130 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 130L with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent
This course covers the methodologies and procedures in the laboratory disciplines of hematology and urinalysis. Learning modules for course completion includes physiology, pathophysiology and laboratory analysis of blood, body fluids, bone marrow and urine. This course is intended for students majoring in Medical Laboratory Technology to perform clinical hematology and urinalysis at an entry level competency.
MLTT 212 Clinical Microbiology
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 32 - 36 hours lecture/96-108 hours lab
- Prerequisite
- BIOL 107 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or BIOL 131 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and BIOL 230 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and BIOL 235 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 100 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 100L with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or CHEM 152 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 152L with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent
This course covers clinical laboratory methodologies and practices of microbiology. Topics for entry level clinical laboratory competency includes the preanalytical procedures of specimen collection, transport and processing; bacteriology, mycology, parasitology and virology analytical procedures. This course is intended for students majoring in Medical Laboratory Technology to perform clinical microbiology at an entry level competency
MLTT 213 Blood Bank and Immunology
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 32 - 36 hours lecture/96-108 hours lab
- Prerequisite
- BIOL 107 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or BIOL 131 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and BIOL 230 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and BIOL 235 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 100 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 100L with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or CHEM 152 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or CHEM 152L with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 130 with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent and CHEM 130L with a Grade of "C" or better, or equivalent
This course covers the clinical laboratory principles of the immunohematology and immunology. Immunohematology learning outcomes include donor screening, blood product collection, transfusion testing and quality management practices. Immunology learning objectives covers the knowledge and laboratory practicalities of the immune system physiology, immunoglobulins and complement functionalities, infectious diseases serologies, and transplantation. This course is intended for students majoring in Medical Laboratory Technology to perform immunohematology and immunology at an entry level competency.