“While enrolled in the Graduate Certificate Program in Clinical Pathology, I worked at the U.S. Embassy in the Middle East… I truly enjoyed every course in the program and the professors were phenomenal! Hats off to you for the superb design of this program! The program truly does meet the needs of professionals in the field!” – Rosemary Gieseke, Online Program Graduate

The online Graduate Certificate in Clinical Pathology is a unique program that was developed for medical laboratory personnel, medical professionals, nurses, and people working in the pharmaceutical industry who are interested in expanding and updating their knowledge in clinical pathology. Personnel employed in the biomedical device and biotechnology industries are another population of students who benefit from this certificate program. 

This program is part of the graduate offering in Clinical Laboratory Sciences. For qualified candidates, courses in this graduate certificate can be applied to the on campus Master's Degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences.

The Graduate Certificate in Clinical Pathology consists of 4 online courses offered by the Department of Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Sciences. These include 2 required courses and 2 elective courses:

Required Courses: 
30.550 Human Development and Pathophysiology (Dr. Alease Bruce)
36.551 Advanced Pathophysiology (Dr. Kay Doyle, MT [ASCP])

To Apply into the Certificate Program
To apply into this certificate program, download the Application Form in .pdf file format.

Please note: Graduate students will be assessed a “First Year Student Services Fee” upon matriculation into a graduate degree or certificate program. Please see the Accounts Receivable website

View our latest online course listing to see which of these clinical pathology courses you can register for this semester! For registration information, visit our registration information page.

Contact Information:
For general questions and information about registering for these courses each semester, email Continuing_Education@uml.edu or call (800) 480-3190

For specific questions regarding clinical pathology course and program content, email Eugene_Rogers@uml.edu

For questions regarding your application status, contact the Graduate School at (800) 656-GRAD.
 

Course Descriptions:

30.550-031 Human Development & Pathophysiology
Study of the physiological steady state of the human body and disruptions that result over the life span as well as the pathophysiological mechanisms manifested in disease states. Defense, compensating and adaptive responses to the patho-physiological process as they apply to the various systems are examined. 3 credits.

32.504-031 Health Data Analysis (previously 32.604)
This course is focused on the application of epidemiological and biostatistical methods to the analysis and interpretation of health data. Topics include: epidemiological and statistical measurement, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, anova, correlation and regression, chi-square, and non-parametric statistics. Heavy emphasis on actual health data analysis, using SPSS. Prerequisite: an elementary statistics course.

36.551-031 Advanced Pathophysiology
Prerequisite: Human Development and Pathophysiology or permission of instructor. Disease processes as appropriate and inappropriate variants of normal physiological functions. A detailed examination of certain important and illustrative diseases rather than a survey of diseases in general. 3 credits.

36.553-031 Advanced Pathophysiology
This course is designed to give an in-depth understanding in clinical chemistry. Topics include: analytical techniques and the selection of methodologies. The course allows for a detailed examination and discussion of selected articles from the Journal of Clinical Chemistry. 3 credits.

36.580-031 Clinical Applications of Molecular Genetics
This course focuses on the clinical laboratory techniques that are used in gene therapy. Modern applications of genetic engineering, data analysis, and genome sequencing technology in the clinical investigation of human disorders are covered. 3 credits.

36.613-031 Infectious Diseases
The course is designed for students in the health and biological sciences and is offered for both undergraduate and graduate students. A general microbiology course is advised as a prerequisite. The focus of the course is the pathophysiology of infectious disease. Major infectious organisms will be discussed as biological models and presented in the way they affect major systems of the body. Emphasis will be placed on significant episodes of emerging infections and current technology in diagnosis and treatment of infectious disease in the new millennium. 3 credits.

36.617-031 Medical Mycology & Parasitology
This course is designed to instruct students in diagnostic medical mycology and parasitology. Diseases, specimen collection and handling, laboratory identification and treatment of medically significant fungi and parasites will be studied. Discussion of AIDS related infections and prophylactic treatment will be evaluated. Life cycles of parasites, prevention and environmental protection plans will be analyzed.