This is a shared cooperative program with Kankakee Community College which provides both the classroom and clinical experience necessary for a graduate to pursue a career in the clinical laboratory science field. General education and prerequisite courses can be completed at Danville Area Community College. Major specific courses offered by Kankakee Community College can be completed through internet delivery. Clinical experiences can be done at Provena United Samaritans Medical Center in Danville, Christie Clinic, Carle Clinic, and Provena Covenant Hospital in Champaign/Urbana.
| REQUIRED COURSES | HOURS |
| DACC Courses | |
|---|---|
| CHEM 101 College Chemistry I |
4
|
| BIOL 102 Principles of Biology |
4
|
| *BIOL 136 Anatomy & Physiology I |
4
|
| *BIOL 137 Anatomy & Physiology II |
4
|
| CHEM 102 College Chemistry II |
4
|
| ENGL 101 Rhetoric and Composition I |
3
|
| PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology |
3
|
| BIOL 140 Introduction to Microbiology |
4
|
| MATH 111 College Algebra |
5
|
| ENGL 102 Rhetoric and Composition II |
3
|
| Humanities Elective (any IAI approved humanities course) |
3
|
| Total |
33 or 41
|
| Kankakee Courses | |
| MEDT 1114 Urinalysis & Body Fluids |
4
|
| MEDT 1124 Hematology & Coagulation |
4
|
| *MEDT 1415 Physiologic Systems |
5
|
| MEDT 2124 Serology & Blood Banking |
4
|
| MEDT 2214 Clinical Chemistry |
4
|
| MEDT 2044 Clinical Microbiology |
4
|
| MEDT 2316 Clinical Practicum I |
6
|
| MEDT 2462 Med Lab Tech Seminar |
2
|
| MEDT 2326 Clinical Practicum II |
6
|
| Total |
34 or 39
|
*BIOL 136 and BIOL 137 can be taken in place of MEDT 1415 at Kankakee.
MEDT student labs are held at KCC campus biweekly during the semester. It is strongly recommended that all students complete their labs there; however, upon permission of teh director, labs may be completed at a cooperating clinical site for distance students.
Clinical Practicum I and II spend four consecutive days every week (32 hours/week) in affiliated hospitals for Spring Semester Practicum. Students will be assigned their clinicals within a 75 mile radius of Kankakee whenever possible.
Designated as a Tech Prep program.
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