Get ready for a meaningful medical career with Montco's Medical Laboratory Technician Associate in Applied Science degree program. After successfully completing our program at Blue Bell Campus's state-of-the-art Health Sciences Center, you will be able to perform diagnostic tests on blood and other body fluids. You'll also deliver valuable information to physicians.

Along with clinical courses, your classes include the humanities and sciences. You'll practice what you've learned at campus facilities and area hospital and commercial laboratories. You'll also develop interpersonal skills, study diseases and relate lab work to other aspects of health care.

After completing our nationally accredited program, you will be eligible to take national certification examinations and and be prepared to work in hospitals, commercial and physician labs, pharmaceutical companies and a variety of other laboratories.

To learn more about the associate's degree, contact Debbie Eckman-Drabick at deckman@mc3.edu or 215-641-6487.

Program outcomes

• Collect and prepare clinical specimens for analysis;
• Operate laboratory instruments;
• Perform a variety of diagnostic analyses according to prescribed methodology;
• Monitor and assess the quality of data generated;
• Recognize problems which may occur during testing;
• Describe principles, reactions and reagents for each method studied;
• Relate test results to other patient information to the extent required for understanding the analyses;
• Demonstrate behavior and attitudes consistent with those of laboratory professionals.

Program Curriculum

*Note: students may have to complete CHE 121 and/or BIO 121 prior to these courses