Clinical laboratory science is aimed at quality performance of clinical laboratory procedures on biological samples from patients. The results of these procedures provide important patient data that aid the physician in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

The clinical laboratory science curriculum offered at IU Southeast, in partnership with Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, provides a broadly based background including specific chemistry, mathematics, and biological science requirements, as well as the opportunity to elect courses from the liberal arts. The student takes the first two pre-professional years at IU Southeast and then approximately 63 professional hours at Bellarmine University. Upon completion, the student receives an IU Southeast degree. The curriculum of the clinical laboratory science program is fully accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science.

Non–Indiana University tuition is required for the professional hours at Bellarmine University. This cost, however, is not significantly different from the cost of moving and living in Indianapolis for a year combined with the instate tuition at IUPUI. Any student who is interested in the IU Southeast Clinical Laboratory Science Program should contact the School of Natural Sciences at (812) 941-2284.

Degree Requirements

Degree Program Admission Requirements

The allied health sciences programs in clinical laboratory science will consider all eligible students for admission to the integrated programs offered at Bellarmine University in Louisville. Pre–allied health students interested in the program are advised that admission into the professional program is not guaranteed. Students must apply for admissions to the professional program at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky.

Applicants to the professional program are considered on their own merits without bias concerning sex, color, or creed. Acceptance is based upon the undergraduate record, letters of recommendation, community and extracurricular activities, personality and motivation, realistic perception of clinical laboratory science as a career, manual dexterity, ability to interact with other people satisfactorily, emotional maturity, and aptitude for transfer of knowledge to practical performance.

All applicants must possess the physical abilities to perform the tasks required of a clinical laboratory scientist. Student must also maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of a 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, a minimum science-math grade point average of a 2.5 on a 4.0 scale; and a minimum grade of C in all required courses.

See “General Requirements for Undergraduate Degrees at IU Southeast”

General Education Component

Note: This is not a re-statement of the University’s General Education Requirement but a list of specific General Education courses which are also requirements, recommendations or pre-requisites for course work in the B.S. in Clinical Lab Sciences

Pre-Professional Requirements (taken at IU Southeast)

*Note: Immunology may be taken at Bellarmine after admission to the professional program.

Professional Program Requirements (taken at Bellarmine)

The last semesters of the degree plan are completed at Bellarmine University. Credit earned is posted as transfer credit on the IU Southeast transcript.