In their second year, MLS students complete a 28-week clinical rotation in a medical laboratory, where they gain hands-on experience and mentorship from practicing medical laboratory scientists.

Upon graduation, MLS students are eligible to take a national certification exam.

Rabina Sapkota prepares a peripheral blood smear to visualize the patient's red blood cell morphology, identify and characterize white blood cells.

All MLS students attend the ULM College of Health Sciences Career Fair. This career fair has potential employers who recruit future medical laboratory scientists.

MLS students spend countless hours together in the classroom and the lab, learning and growing alongside one another. This photo, taken on Halloween, shows the students having fun dressed as characters from Despicable Me.

Caroline Ragus screens a patient's petri dish for a possible pathogen.

Jacob Lejeune visualizes red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets during a manual differential count.

MLS Students participate in various service projects on campus and in our community.

Thousands of samples are processed and analyzed on a daily basis in a clinical laboratory.

Molds must be visualized microscopically once they are grown on culture media. This student is performing a lactophenol cotton blue stain to visualize the mold's microscopic structures.

MLS Students have an opportunity in two courses to co-teach with MLS faculty.